other people's diaries

I must admit I get judgy when it comes to eggs. Cage eggs are not an item to be proud off. Skip wasting money on supplements and buy eggs that come from happy chooks.

How do you know the chickens are happier?

I was just going to ask HOW do you know if a chicken is happy? Raised in a cage, it knows nothing else. I think it's pretty damn happy it gets lots of regular food, but I've never been able to read chickens that well. :huh:

I must admit I get judgy when it comes to eggs. Cage eggs are not an item to be proud off. Skip wasting money on supplements and buy eggs that come from happy chooks.

How do you know the chickens are happier?

I was just going to ask HOW do you know if a chicken is happy? Raised in a cage, it knows nothing else. I think it's pretty damn happy it gets lots of regular food, but I've never been able to read chickens that well. :huh:

My parents have free range chickens. I can only guess from their behaviour that the girls are mostly happy. The eggs taste good too. Cage eggs such as the brand the op has in their diary are around $3 a dozen where I live. Extra large free rage in the same supermarkets are around $4-$5 . The cage ones don't tend to be as big either. I believe in getting what you can afford though, but where I live at least free range or even barn raised are really getting more competitive and affordable for most people.

Hey thanks, I learned something new today
I never really gave different eggs that much thought, I figured eggs are eggs, now much different can they be? I think I would like happy chicken eggs :laugh:

I think too many animated cartoons are giving people the idea that animals experience emotions not only in the same way as humans, but for the *same reasons* as humans.

I must admit I get judgy when it comes to eggs. Cage eggs are not an item to be proud off. Skip wasting money on supplements and buy eggs that come from happy chooks.

How do you know the chickens are happier?

I was just going to ask HOW do you know if a chicken is happy? Raised in a cage, it knows nothing else. I think it's pretty damn happy it gets lots of regular food, but I've never been able to read chickens that well. :huh:

My parents have free range chickens. I can only guess from their behaviour that the girls are mostly happy. The eggs taste good too. Cage eggs such as the brand the op has in their diary are around $3 a dozen where I live. Extra large free rage in the same supermarkets are around $4-$5 . The cage ones don't tend to be as big either. I believe in getting what you can afford though, but where I live at least free range or even barn raised are really getting more competitive and affordable for most people.

Hey thanks, I learned something new today
I never really gave different eggs that much thought, I figured eggs are eggs, now much different can they be? I think I would like happy chicken eggs :laugh:

I don't know the science behind it, but it seems that food from animals that are better looked after (happier I guess) tastes better. Of course we buy what we can afford. When we can get better quality , RSPCA approved meats etc, they do defiantly taste nicer. Hopefully these products will get more affordable. I must say we rarely buy organic, but try and get locally grown. It comes down to what we can afford each week and what the kids will actually eat. I sometimes get free bread from work, and have being judged on eating that. Or eating garlic bread to make up my calories. So I do try not to judge, unless the other judges first.

A friend raises & sells chickens (he calls them "greenhouse" chickens because although they aren't 'free range' they're hand raised in a BIG single layer enclosure -bare ground is too wet & nasty for them) and they taste WONDERFUL!!!! Even with very little to no seasoning.
I have no clue about chicken happiness, but I do wish that everyone who eats chicken had access to fresh ones.

I tend to look for new or different meals when looking at someone's diary. Not as a way to compare my diet to theirs.

I look at the food diaries of the people and sometimes the worry me.... not saying my diet is perfect in any way!
If I ate what they ate my body would be starving, I need salads or veggies to fuel myself. I plan on eating this way for the rest of my life, im happy with my diet, it works for me, and in sure they say the same thing about theirs.... its just the lack of fresh produce doesn't sound sustainable in the long run... to me anyway!
These people are meeting their calories needs for the day, but rather than filling up with healthy calories they would rather eat a little bit of something that is calorie dense... end rant

looking at your diary over the past few days you've no real high horse to judge from.

I look at the food diaries of the people and sometimes the worry me.... not saying my diet is perfect in any way!
If I ate what they ate my body would be starving, I need salads or veggies to fuel myself. I plan on eating this way for the rest of my life, im happy with my diet, it works for me, and in sure they say the same thing about theirs.... its just the lack of fresh produce doesn't sound sustainable in the long run... to me anyway!
These people are meeting their calories needs for the day, but rather than filling up with healthy calories they would rather eat a little bit of something that is calorie dense... end rant

looking at your diary over the past few days you've no real high horse to judge from.

I look at the food diaries of the people and sometimes the worry me.... not saying my diet is perfect in any way!
If I ate what they ate my body would be starving, I need salads or veggies to fuel myself. I plan on eating this way for the rest of my life, im happy with my diet, it works for me, and in sure they say the same thing about theirs.... its just the lack of fresh produce doesn't sound sustainable in the long run... to me anyway!
These people are meeting their calories needs for the day, but rather than filling up with healthy calories they would rather eat a little bit of something that is calorie dense... end rant

looking at your diary over the past few days you've no real high horse to judge from.

^^^^^^^ I second this. Cadbury chocolate and cookies & cream ice cream isn't healthy.

Maybe she forgot that:
1- her diary is open
2- pot..kettle
3-

...Or maybe that was her plan all along.

I look at the food diaries of the people and sometimes the worry me.... not saying my diet is perfect in any way!
If I ate what they ate my body would be starving, I need salads or veggies to fuel myself. I plan on eating this way for the rest of my life, im happy with my diet, it works for me, and in sure they say the same thing about theirs.... its just the lack of fresh produce doesn't sound sustainable in the long run... to me anyway!
These people are meeting their calories needs for the day, but rather than filling up with healthy calories they would rather eat a little bit of something that is calorie dense... end rant

looking at your diary over the past few days you've no real high horse to judge from.

^^^^^^^ I second this. Cadbury chocolate and cookies & cream ice cream isn't healthy.

I think too many animated cartoons are giving people the idea that animals experience emotions not only in the same way as humans, but for the *same reasons* as humans.

I like to use liquid egg product so I don't have to worry about things like happiness of my chickens.

Life is so much easier that way

We are talking about an animal that can live without it's brain, correct?

http://www.miketheheadlesschicken.org/history

Mike the Headless Chicken did seem happy, though.

I personally don't feel like sifting through 50+ items in the database just to add 30 calories of onion or broccoli or mushrooms, so I only add foods that have a calorie count of about 80 or higher. When my progress losing weight starts slowing down, I'll start really documenting everything carefully, but right now it's not worth the hassle. Potatoes and fruits have enough calories to get entered in my diary, but I eat a lot more vegetables than it reflects.

I personally don't feel like sifting through 50+ items in the database just to add 30 calories of onion or broccoli or mushrooms, so I only add foods that have a calorie count of about 80 or higher. When my progress losing weight starts slowing down, I'll start really documenting everything carefully, but right now it's not worth the hassle. Potatoes and fruits have enough calories to get entered in my diary, but I eat a lot more vegetables than it reflects.