EGGS ARE GOOD EAT THEM

I eat the yolk when I fry my eggs or when eating a hard boiled egg or deviled egg (mmmm deviled eggs) but I only eat the white in my omelettes or when scrambled.

Hard boiled eggs and hot sauce.. .yummy deliciousness!

Has anyone considered what happens to all the male chicks that are not required for the egg-laying part of the egg industry.

Do you know what happens to the hens when they have gone past efficiency in egg laying?

Eggs - a great source of protein, but at what cost? - no thanks.

Hey, as long as the eggs are free-range, who the hell cares about those pesky male chicks. Right?

Hey, let's all use the assumption that the egg-laying industry has the same practices across the board. Let's also pretend that small farmers who take good care of their birds don't exist, and we should totally not eat eggs because factory farming makes some farming bad.

Alright then. What happens to the male chicks from the farm you buy your eggs at?

Not that is is relevant to the broader topic, but they either raise them for meat or sell them to other farms that need a rooster.

In any case, presenting a false dichotomy is erroneous.

It's not a false dichotomy. Many people are concerned about "ethical" eggs, and they have absolutely zero clue or concern about what happens to the male chicks. How ethical is it to be killing off those billions of males?

I have my doubts about your egg supplier using males for meat, since non-capon meat sucks.

What happens in "the wild" when a hen lays hundreds of eggs in her lifetime? Do all of them get to grow up to be happy adults? Get real. In order to maintain a stable population, 99% of chicken eggs that are laid do not result in an adult chicken.

I am all for doing things humanely when it comes to meat and animal products. But some people really just go overboard with it. Like PETA. I refuse to ever eat vegetarian of vegan. Have you every watched the discovery channel or national geographic? Have you ever seen a predator chase an animal that is terrified for its life, then take it down with claws and teeth, and rip it to shreds while it's still alive, in front of its family??? If animals can eat animals, I can eat animals. YUM lol

My hens would not be very happy if we didn't eat their eggs. They work hard. lol Family of egg lovers here! The whole egg!

I agree....eggs are great and I eat the whole thing. I even eat JUMBO eggs....OMG!!!

MMMMMM I love eggs, scrambled eggs, fried eggs, boiled eggs, omelets. Yummy deliciousness!!!

Has anyone considered what happens to all the male chicks that are not required for the egg-laying part of the egg industry.

Do you know what happens to the hens when they have gone past efficiency in egg laying?

Eggs - a great source of protein, but at what cost? - no thanks.

Hey, as long as the eggs are free-range, who the hell cares about those pesky male chicks. Right?

Hey, let's all use the assumption that the egg-laying industry has the same practices across the board. Let's also pretend that small farmers who take good care of their birds don't exist, and we should totally not eat eggs because factory farming makes some farming bad.

Alright then. What happens to the male chicks from the farm you buy your eggs at?

Not that is is relevant to the broader topic, but they either raise them for meat or sell them to other farms that need a rooster.

In any case, presenting a false dichotomy is erroneous.

Actually, male chickens are generally not used for meat, because there meat is not as good as the females. It is common practice in the industry to separate the chicks by sex at birth, and the males are frequently killed shortly thereafter(frequently by grinding them alive.)

Look, you guys. Get on your local Craigslist ( or UK equivalent) and find a duck breeder/raiser in your area. Very soon they'll be advertising ducklings for sale, maybe eggs too. If they have female ducks they will have eggs, and not all eggs have to hatched, some can be sold as food. Many people thinks that the only suitable eggs for eating come from chickens. These are people who've never had a duck egg. Absolutely delicious.

EGGS..... THE "New" superfood :laugh: .... I AM the EGGMAN :bigsmile:

http://shine.yahoo.com/shine-food/7-reasons-to-love-eggs-2403662.html

http://www.appforhealth.com/2012/10/7-eggcellent-reasons-to-eat-eggs/

http://www.besthealthmag.ca/eggs

I haven't eaten an egg that wasn't laid by our own hens or ducks in about two years. They're wonderful. I boil a batch for snacks to take to work every week now. We sell the extras to friends and coworkers.

We did order just hens for our first two batches of chicks as we were learning chicken keeping and lived in a more dense neighborhood. Once we moved to a more rural location, we got a "straight run" and ended up with 6 hens and 6 males. We picked out one male who seemed most gentle with the hens once they were old enough to start mounting. We processed and ate the five runners-up, and they were also delicious. Our older hens are more like pets and won't be eaten. Our younger hens might end up in the pot if we get to make the decision (rather than losing them to a hawk or other predator). We're hoping a hen will get broody and want to hatch our own eggs this spring.

I am all for doing things humanely when it comes to meat and animal products. But some people really just go overboard with it. Like PETA. I refuse to ever eat vegetarian of vegan. Have you every watched the discovery channel or national geographic? Have you ever seen a predator chase an animal that is terrified for its life, then take it down with claws and teeth, and rip it to shreds while it's still alive, in front of its family??? If animals can eat animals, I can eat animals. YUM lol

Yep, we are actually capable of understanding that they can suffer and do what we can to minimize that. Predators do not know, care, nor make any effort to minimize suffering. Nor do diseases. It's my experience that people who use the word "ethical" in relation to our interactions with animals tend to live in a fantasy world where the only suffering that ever happens is at the hands of humans, and generally have no clue what "ethical" even means.

Hens too old for laying? Pet food, processed into stock and so forth. Male chicks, pet food if not discarded. So what? That is the purpose of meat animals. I'm looking forward to hatching some Muscovy ducklings from my flock, raising them, and butchering them for the table in the fall. Seprwidgets, you are SO right.

But they still don't taste very good.

That's because you likely haven't ever had eggs straight from the chicken. I grew up eating farm-fresh eggs. The difference between "store-bought" (which may have sat in a warehouse for a couple of months by the time you get them) and fresh eggs, is incredible.