Why do some "veggies" object to eating eggs ?

Question

Its a genuine question, is it because of animal welfare ? So, do you object to me eating eggs from my own freerange hens ( that have a better life than me to be honest ! ) ?

Does anyone understand the Chicken life cycle anymore ? An unfertilised egg has no possiblity of ever becoming a living thing.

If you don't believe me, I can send you a box of eggs a month old and you can see if they hatch...have your nose peg ready.

And please, don't say "some veggies eat fish/chicken etc"...they are not veggies.

Answer 1

I eat eggs. I buy vegetarian fed, free range and organic eggs. It's not vegetarians that question the life cycle. Look around at the questions and answers in this section...the folks that think it's a "baby" chicken are omnivores for the most part...and obviously either somewhat ignorant or not very well educated.

Well informed people know that vegetarians do not eat fish or chicken. Why do some think they do? Ignorance and lack of knowledge.

It's surprising that people dont seem to understand that hens lay eggs whether or not there is a male around. With no males around, which is the case with egg farming, these eggs would never be fertilized and therefore NEVER be a chicken.

Answer 2

I am vegetarian and I do eat free-range eggs. I think one of the major problems some vegetarians (myself included) have with eating "normal" eggs one would find in a grocery store lies not with the egg itself, but with the treatment of the hen who produced it. Obviously, the egg is not and never will never be alive. But the hen, over the course of its lifetime, is tortured - crammed into tiny cages without the freedom to walk, stretch, preen, or practice any characteristic avian behaviors. The chicken is regarded as an egg-laying machine rather than a living creature. I (and many other people) simply have no respect for those who treat an animal like this, and will not support such a cruel industry when there are more humane options.

Answer 3

Vegeterians eat Vegetable mostly because they don't believe in eating other living things or formerly living things. There are other reasons. Vegens will generally not eat anything that has been, came from or could become a living thing, so do not eat eggs.

This is only a generalisation from an omnivore (One that eats both). Some veget become so in an effort to loose weight or look better (A diet, in essence) as they think that eliminating meat will mean less fat etc. Meat contains a lot of Vits, Mins proteins etc that help up build better bodies. This is available from vegetables, but often in less proportions.

Some even do it because its cool, or the in thing.

Answer 4

I am aware of this fact but as a vegan I object to the processes of farming animals as a whole. The use of chickens for laying eggs leads to their early death due to their lower production rate in later life. I accept that you, as a small scale chickent farmer working on a small basis and using them for your own consumption, may well not do this, but unfortunately, as with all aspects of farming, there are large players out there who have no consideration for the welfare or life of thier animals.

Vegans choose to live this way to eliminate all aspects of cruelty from thier lives and also reduce the impact they have on the environment. By consuming plants first hand, without having to gain the nutriants via animals and thieir produce (eggs, milk, etc.) we can cut out a huge number of processes which damage the world we live in and which can (but not in all cases) lead to cruel treatement of animals.

I am not going to blame you for eating the produce of your animals which feed off your land, and if everyone had the same attitude to animal welfare that you do I'm certain there would be a lot of happy chickens out there. However, I'd rather not take the chance, and live animal free, cruelty free, happy and healthy.

Answer 5

At the point of eating the egg it has every possibility of being developed into a chicken. This stops me from eating it. It also has animal blood in it. It is more likely to have salmonella than any vegetable I eat. It is your knowledge of eggs which is a bit 'cracked'.
The laid egg is already fertilised. It simply needs to be at a higher temperature to develop into a chicken.

Answer 6

Because all eggs have the cells of an unborn animal. The next time you crack an egg, you may spy a small brown lump. This is the germ. If the egg were fertilised, this would turn into a chick.

Answer 7

That is because there are some veggies who believe in vegetarainism where strictly.

Eg: Jains: there are not suppose to eat underground veggies cos in the course of taking them out of the ground you destroy lot of living organisims...

similarly, Milk products like curd, cheese etc contain enzymes of bacteria. therefor this is also objected.

in the same way, Egg too contain bacteria which they believe one should avoid as per their holy books.

Ofcourse all vegetarians do not skip (underground veggies, milk products) all of the above , which again is undestandable by them as you have to live.

But no vegetarian will eat a egg even though its proved Vegan internationally. Its just instinctive.. like you cant eat beef if your a hindu even though you eat fish/chicken.

Answer 8

Eggs if left alone will not hatch, only if they've been fertilised. The reason people usually object is because of the conditions the chickens have been kept in.

Answer 9

I know they will never hatch, but I feel that eating an egg is wrong. I feel like there could have been life to it. That I am killing something. I know the egg was unfertilized. I know the egg will never hatch. But I feel guilty when I eat an egg.

Answer 10

Sure, animal welfare because of the working conditions for the hens, but eggs are also pre-animals, potential animals.