There is no reason to cause harm to these birds. It's completely and totally unnecessary to do what we are doing to them when we make the cruel choices almost all of us were raised to make.
You might think that since a hen has been rescued from one situation or another, that it’s okay to take her eggs and eat them. Modern day hens that populate the intensive egg operation facility to the urban backyard have all been bred over centuries to lay a dangerously high quantity of eggs. Hens that used to live for 20 years in the wild, laying fewer than 20 eggs per year, are now living for only a couple of years, and they’re laying almost double the amount of eggs in two years than their wild ancestors laid in their entire lifetimes.
Who really needs those eggs? Who really needs those nutrients back? The hens do, and they know it. Laying such a high volume of eggs is not only exhausting for the hens, it also leads to calcium, protein, and amino acid deficiencies, due to the intensive nutritional resources spent on creating the eggs.
Here is what we do with their eggs VIDEO.
There is nothing natural about taking more and more from beings that have been so far removed from their ancestors that they can no longer live normal lives. High egg output from hens and egg consumption by humans is not good for them, and it’s not good for us, either.
"It’s natural to eat eggs, right?" No, it is not, and here is why:
Of these modern breeds, nearly 90% of hens that are allowed to live their full lives will develop reproductive cancers that will kill them. Combined with the people that consume the bodies of cancer ridden birds, and the Earth that is swamped in animal faeces and waste, and polluted water from animal agriculture run-off, the effects of the chicken meat and egg industries are horrific.
We’ve created a monster with these standard practices in animal agriculture:
Even if hens are kept in more open environments, such as a neighborhood farmers home or a small hobby farm, these things will happen:
A key point here is to be aware that no participation in the process of using the bodies of these birds is humane. It cannot be humane. It is impossible for it to be humane on any level, because we’ve created cancer-ridden individuals that have no possible escape from the bodies we have forced them to live in.The way we can remove ourselves from this cycle of death and illness is to go vegan, and it’s so easy to do! Being vegan is good for everyone, and it tastes good, too.
We have every resource at our fingertips in order to discover the kindest way to live. There is no reason to cause harm to these birds. It's completely and totally unnecessary to do what we are doing to them when we make the cruel choices almost all of us were raised to make. Below are some pictures of what is building up inside hens as their bodies begin to deteriorate. This is egg material that was unable to exit their bodies naturally and had to be removed surgically.
Pictures of what is building up inside hens as their bodies begin to
deteriorate. This is egg material that was unable to exit their bodies
naturally and had to be removed surgically.
Even when a hen is unable to lay an egg that her body has produced, she will continue to produce another egg right behind any un-laid eggs, regardless. The process is ongoing until proper veterinary intervention is provided. Any hen with reproductive illness must be seen by a qualified veterinarian who is experienced in treating birds.