Tag Archives: hens

What are eggs for?

Posted on June 28, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Most of us are raised to eat eggs. I was. Probably you were too. We are taught that laying eggs is just what hens and quail, ducks, geese and several other species do. And to a certain extent, that’s true. … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Chickens and eggs | Tagged birds, blackbirds, blue tit, cage, chaffinch, Chickens and eggs, crow, ducks, egg-laying hens, geese, genetic modification, hawks, hen, hens, jay, prison, profit, quail, rescue, robins, selective breeding, self destructive, shed, sparrows, spent, woodpeckers, wrens | 12 Comments

On trusting experts

Posted on November 16, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

When we are new to the world, parents and carers feed and clothe us. Most of us have little idea what we are eating, drinking, wearing or using. As children we lack even the ability to grasp the brutality of … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening to veganism, consumer demand | Tagged breast milk, Chickens and eggs, consumer demand, dairy, egg-laying hens, expert, gore, harm, health, hens, humane, justice, milk, money, slaughter, slaughterhouse, trust, truth, vegan, veganism, violence, welfare | 9 Comments

Hens and puppy mills – an analogy

Posted on May 8, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Not a day goes by that I fail to see someone contradicting a post that explains – often at some length – that there is no such thing as a humane egg. As soon as there’s a post about eggs, … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Happy' exploitation, Chickens and eggs | Tagged abolition, advocacy, backyard, chickens, Chickens and eggs, commodification, commodities, consumer demand, dogs, egg-laying hens, ethics, harm, health, hens, humane, motherhood, puppy farms, puppy mills, reproduction, resources, rights, selective breeding, speciesism, truth, vegan, veganism, victims | 25 Comments

The way it’s always been and if we stop they’ll become extinct

Posted on April 9, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

‘ Humans have been using other animals since the beginning of time.’ ‘It’s always been this way.’ ‘If we stop farming them they’ll become extinct.’ The idea that ‘nothing can change from the way it’s always been done’, is commonly … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change, FAQ | Tagged backyard, battery, chickens, Chickens and eggs, consumer demand, Cruelty, domestication, environment, extinct, extinction, factory, free range, genetic modification, harm, hens, humane, justice, sanctuary, selective breeding, slaughter, Torture, vegan, veganism, victims, violence | 9 Comments

In a nutshell: why all egg use is inhumane

Posted on September 6, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

The problems faced by all egg-laying hens are not caused by their environment, but by the very bodies that have been created by humans. Their bodies are the result of years of selective breeding to maximise egg production for human … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Happy' exploitation, Chickens and eggs, In a nutshell | Tagged backyard, chickens, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, free range, harm, health, hens, humane, prisons, resources, sanctuary, sentience, slaughter, vegan, victims | 34 Comments

One little hen

Posted on July 24, 2016 by There's an Elephant in the Room

A little hen. Picture her as she huddles in the crowded press of tattered and wounded bodies, crouched in the fetid stench of ammonia. Her mind may be whirling with complex thoughts and memories; but in her entire experience of … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Chickens and eggs, Sentience | Tagged chickens, Chickens and eggs, consumer demand, hens, justice, respect, sanctuary, sentience, vegan, violence | 5 Comments