Cruel eggs in supermarkets... how can you make sure???

[tweetypie_80]

there is no way to tell where an egg in a supermarket product comes from when you buy.. say, a quiche, some egg pasta, some cakes, etc, unless it is labelled on the packaging that the eggs in the product are free range. This is a warning to people - most products like this are from BATTERY FARMS! :( If you think battery farming is disgusting and cruel, please sign my peti tion by clicking the link below. thank you so much!! :)

http://www.thePetitionSite.com/takeaction/875401032

[bethann]

Yeah, this is the reason I stopped eating eggs at all. I felt much better once I stopped feeling guilty about hurting chickens.

[kat]

I don't eat eggs that much. Only when they are "in" something. But the supermarket where I work sells only it's own brand. And they use only freerange organic eggs in their products. Makes me feel a bit better about it!

K

[AccidentalVeg]

Get your boyfriend's mom to give you eggs from her pet chickens and then make your own quiche. You may have to hunt for a boyfriend with a farmer mom. I feel I can't even trust "free-range" labeled eggs. What's to stop some smarty from just sticking battery eggs into a a carton marked "free-range"? I picture some underpaid worker painting the battery eggs with fake chicken doody just to camoflage their elaborate scheme.

;)

[*Star*Lass*]

Not really about hidden battery eggs, but my dad brought in a huge box of battery eggs a few months ago, and i absolutely kicked off with him. So, to make me feel better he brought in a little box of eggs from his friend who owns a few chickens. The box had a little picture on it of the 3 chickens the eggs came from (obviously drawn by a little kid, very basic and cute), and it had their names written underneath. It brought tears to my eyes. :)

[*Star*Lass*]

.....and signed :)

[sorrowthepig]

I feel I can't even trust "free-range" labeled eggs. What's to stop some smarty from just sticking battery eggs into a a carton marked "free-range"? I picture some underpaid worker painting the battery eggs with fake chicken doody just to camoflage their elaborate scheme.

;)
There's nothing to stop misleading marketing statements like this when it comes to egg production in the US because, according to the USDA, there's no such thing as a "free range/roaming" egg. Those terms are reserved for labeling the animals destined for slaughter:
http://www.eco-labels.org/label.cfm?LabelID=111
The only requirement to use the labeling: "Producers must demonstrate to the Agency that the poultry has been allowed access to the outside." Space to accomodate what % of the flock outside, number of access hours/day, composition of range yard are undetermined and unregulated. It's an as-yet meaningless term when it comes to the egg industry.

[kristadb]

It's an as-yet meaningless term when it comes to the egg industry.

Reminder: For the US. Laws vary in every country, so it's important to know what your own country's laws are.

[MollyGoat]

We found a stand at a farmer's market this summer that sold totally humane eggs--it was awesome. They had lots of photos of their chickens and farm, basically a huge beautiful green pasture with real perches for the chickens and lots of room, which was great. Importantly, they didn't get rid of the male chicks but just let the roosters hang out with the chickens, and they also let their hens die a natural death instead of selling them or slaughtering them once they stopped laying. I felt really good about buying eggs from them, and we enjoyed some delicious fresh omelettes this summer :) Now it's back to tofu omelettes for me.

[kristadb]

Off-topic: Mollygoat - have you considered your own chickens? You could rescue some chickens and set up a happy little female rescue centre for them....in your front yard.

[MollyGoat]

Yeah--I really, really want to do that! Chickens are a lot of fun and their sh!t makes great garden fertilizer. Then, omelettes galore...it is definitely on the agenda once the man and I get a permanent home (hopefully in the next two or three years.)

[lucyrulez]

i hate battery farming. my auntie bought 6 beautiful hens..but they had all there neck feathers off from the battery farm, trying to reach for food. there recovering now and love roaming round in her big field. i think it is important tht hens get the respect they need. They give US eggs dont they??? :sheep:

[tweetypie_80]

Yeah, i would absolutley love to have some of my own hens! I think my mum's put her foot down to any more pets though... we have 4 guinea pigs, a cat and a huge tank of fish. not that many to me, i would love to be able to look after more. has anyone kept their own hens/chickens?

http://www.thePetitionSite.com/takeaction/875401032

[kristadb]

My ex-husband's uncle "raised" chickens. I use this term loosely, as the gals just hung out in his front yard :lol: They loved watching traffic, so he fenced off the front yard for them. He had a sign up - free fresh eggs and you could see the girls next to the sign. It was pretty funny.

He didn't do it for any AR reasons. He just inherited some chickens and decided to get them some friends, and then just let them hang out at his place. Sorta like what stray cats do :)

[VeggiTash]

I feel I can't even trust "free-range" labeled eggs. What's to stop some smarty from just sticking battery eggs into a a carton marked "free-range"? I picture some underpaid worker painting the battery eggs with fake chicken doody just to camoflage their elaborate scheme.

;)

Your picture is very nearly correct!

Whether this is the same situation in the US I don't know, but I know for a fact that "free range" can sometimes be no different from battery or barn.. except for the price.

There will be a series of sheds containing battery chickens.. some eggs will go into 'barn egg' boxes, some into 'fresh eggs' and others into 'free range'. But sadly they all come from the same conditions. I doubt this is a universal thing but it happens :no:

[tweetypie_80]

wow, thats cool that the sign said free fresh eggs... just seems kinda cool and old fashioned that the neighbours could drop by and pick up a few eggs. what a pity everything has to be so mass produced and cruel these days.... :no:

http://www.thePetitionSite.com/takeaction/875401032

[tweetypie_80]

how much space to chickens need? is it safe to let them roam around during the day - what do other prople do- there are foxes in the area so i don't know if it would be safe enoguh!

[sorrowthepig]

how much space to chickens need? is it safe to let them roam around during the day - what do other prople do- there are foxes in the area so i don't know if it would be safe enoguh!
Best places to learn about chicken care:
http://farmanimalshelters.org/care_chicken.htm
http://upc-online.org

[beforewisdom]

Compassion Over Kindness ( www.cok.net ) just published some articles, along with the USA TODAY stating that most products labeled "cruelty free" or "free range" aren't. Not even close.

[DannyTanner]

signed.

[dirtysole]

see, here's my problem... i have the room and desire for chickens, my family had chickens when i was little and the b/f and i were going to get some but then it occered to me... even if i buy female chicks from somewhere and never allow them to get fertile so i know i won't have any males... what about the company i got the females from? won't i be supporting the death of THEIR males simply by buying their females?

[tweetypie_80]

THANK YOU! :p

[tweetypie_80]

:bow: is it true online petitions arent that effective?