A question for vegetarians..?

Question

Why, if you don't eat animals do some of you eat eggs???

Answer 1

All you are doing is showing your ignorance as to what an unfertilised egg is.

An unfertilised egg has no chance of being a living form.

i'm a vegan, so avoid eggs, but its not a moral issue for vegetarians - eating an egg does not require the death of any animal.

Answer 2

The chicken eggs that you buy in the grocery store are unfertilized eggs. They don't start growing chicks unless a rooster adds his two cents to it. Chickens lay eggs constantly, whether they're fertilized or not.
Of course, the egg and dairy industry can be just as cruel as the meat industry. I've considered going vegan, but since I already have a hard time living as a vegetarian with three omnivores, it's not happening until I'm completely on my own.

Answer 3

I am a vegetarian who eats eggs. I don't eat meat because I don't like the taste or feel of it, not on principle.
I have no problem with anyone eating meat as long as the animal was looked after and killed humanely before hand.

Answer 4

MOST eggs are unfertilised, but in the paper last week there was a story about a family who had their own farm, that bought a box of eggs but decided to see whether or not the chicks would hatch. Funnily enough after some time in their incubators, two chicks hatched.

I will admit though, that the eggs were from a private farm and not from a mass produced place, but still.

It's all down to personal choice and what your view is on what eggs are.

Answer 5

Eggs are not animals.
It's the chickens that lay the eggs that I worry for so I only eat free range eggs.

Answer 6

I'm a vegetarian and i eat eggs for the reason that chickens aren't killed for their eggs are they so i don't see what the problem is but there are so many different opinions about how far vegetarianism goes as far a vegans and only eating white meat. Eggs don't harm the animal so why shouldn't you eat them?

Answer 7

I would say some are pure vegans - people who choose not to eat anything that comes from animals, including eggs, milk and cheese. Many are not pure vegans. Many other people have decided not to eat certain kinds of meat for one reason or another. For example, I choose not to eat beef, pork, chicken, lamb etc. Why; mostly because of the antibiotics and hormones put into the feed used on those animals.
However, I do eat wild caught fish and seafood.

Answer 8

although I am a vegan and do not eat eggs..I would like to explain it ..chickens must lay eggs ..it is the same as you getting your period but your eggs are microscopic and come out with the blood ..a chicken has no choice but to lay eggs..same as you..Eggs have external fertilization..the rooster must come to the egg and fertilize it for any life to begin ...if you keep the roosters away the eggs would just rot and could Never become chickens..vegans do not eat them Not because they are meat or an animal ..we have problems with the conditions he chickens live under..Hope this helped

Answer 9

If you want to ask that, you could extend it to why do vegetarians consume milk & dairy products or honey - all are animal byproducts in the same way as eggs.

Answer 10

I dont eat eggs