Vegans, would you eat eggs again if..?

-You bought them free-range from a local farm and knew the animals lived happy lives?Even if your local farm is a free range one, if they're in the business of producing eggs then they have to get their chickens from somewhere. The hatchery that supplies their laying birds hatches vast numbers of chicks, about half of which are male. These small male chicks hatch and almost instantly go to a grinder to make vile things like chicken nuggets (not sure about this but I think chicken nuggets are just about the worst "food" ever invented and I'll take any opportunity to slander them!), pet food, fertilisers.



I have a friend around the corner who has chickens in her garden, and she gives (or swaps for some of my home grown vegies/fruit) me eggs occasionally. Her chickens have been rescued mainly from battery farms, and some are also other people's unwanted pets. Her chickens' eggs don't really come with the guilt and gore that mass produced eggs do. I don't buy any other eggs because I can't be sure of their background.Free-range is a clever marketing gimmick, it only means the chickens aren't confined to cages, which means thousands of them could be crawling all over each other on a filthy floor. I don't buy milk or dairy products, and I only eat eggs from my own 9 chickens because I know without a shadow of a doubt that they are happy, healthy and loved and well taken care of. That is the only reason I'm not vegan.
I've actually had to think about this quite often, because my next door neighbors actually raise chickens and I KNOW they treat them well, however my answer still remains the same: No.

My mom thinks I'm crazy, but I would feel guilty imprisoning said animal at all, even if they are raised well. And to actually eat the eggs that came from them? I just couldn't do it. I wouldn't judge if I knew someone who did this, but for me, I just wouldn't be able to feel good about it.
I don't eat them because I don't want to eat them. I mean what is the big deal with this being a vegan doesn't mean you sit out in the woods eating nuts and berries and sleeping with rabbits. Hell, 1/3 of the stuff in a given grocery store is vegan already.



Think about this:



Free range cows live "free" lives until they are killed.

The "other" cows live horrible lives in putrid conditions until they are killed.

Both cows end up being brutally slaughtered the exact same way.



If you were to ask me which of the following two instances I thought were better:



1)Pet an animal and then gut it alive.

2)Torture an animal and then gut it alive.



I would say NEITHER.
Actually free range doesn't mean they roam freely, it just means they get some access to outside. They are also treated like property just as in factory farms. There are no regulations on how they are to be treated. Cage free also is just a bunch of chickens crammed into a pen.



Even if they lived happy lives, I wouldn't, humans are not meant to eat eggs. We're frugivores.
No, because animal protein and cholesterol, from all sources including eggs, has been shown in research studies to increase risk of several different types of cancer and heart disease, among other illnesses. One egg has more cholesterol than what is recommended daily allowance (thats for one day, and in addition to the fact that the amount of dietary cholesterol we actually need is a big fat 0).



Personally, I am not interested in consuming anything that may compromise my health. Nothing tastes that good. I prefer to be cancer and heart-disease free.
Veganism is a philosophy in opposition to commodification of animals.



"Free range" is a welfarist term used by people to make themselves feel better about using sentient creatures as things/machines.



And no- eggs are unnecessary and laden with cholesterol.
No I wouldn't, although I think it's a much more humane option than factory farms. My personal belief is that we shouldn't use animals AT ALL for anything; they are not ours. But then again I have pets. So I guess i'm a hypocrite. Ahh well.
Free-range eggs are often fertile, so this vegetarian would definitely not eat them. Fertile eggs have the potential to hatch so you are killing that little chicken.



Also the thought of eating fried after-birth with embryo parts really leaves me cold.
Eww! No! I wouldn't eat another females menstrual products if you paid me!



Oh bless, you really do believe the whole free-range myth don't you
No, I wouldn't. I didn't really like eggs even before I became vegan.
I'm not vegan, but the only eggs I eat are from Egglad's Best. I am conscientious about what I eat.
I don't eat eggs cuz its gross

would you eat a dogs placenta? its pretty much the same thing. oh wait its not the egg is the actual child
No, it is not necessary to eggs anyone's eggs.
No, I find them gross.
Not after I watched a close up of a hen laying one on youtube.
No. They smell and are gross.



When something with egg ends up in my mouth, it's slimy and nasty.