#egg industry

[thatveganwhiterose]

Tumblr, I promise you that animal agriculture does not need you licking their boots.

[vegandude74]

[insufferablevegannuisance]

[devoted1989]

7 000 000 000 male chicks are slaughtered every year on the day they are hatched because they can’t lay eggs.

Surplus to the egg industry they are ground up alive, suffocated or gassed. Or simply left to starve to death.

The price that’s paid for consumers to buy eggs can be counted in the billions.

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[homeofhousechickens]

Things I like

-Most birds are active and in good spirits

-no beak mutilation

-bedding in the indoor area looks clean and cozy and good for dust batheing

-plenty of natural safe enrichment. You don't want very tall perches for battery hens they could break a bone.

-Communal roosting

-cockerels used for meat rather than culled at a day old

-use of solar for energy

-when the birdflu isn't a threat they have outdoor pastures the birds can access anytime during foraging time.

-natural daylight

Things I don't like

-birds seem dirty due to communal roosting situation, they are getting pooped on basically. Changing the layout to a almost look like stairs would probably help.

-some birds still show evidence of feather picking, obviously not as bad as American battery farms but always room for improvement. They didn't have as much evidence of this when they could go outside but unfortunately they can't right now for their own safety.

-their feed regime might contribute to the feather picking behavior and poor feather quality if they are truly only using byproducts in their feed. Wheat,soy, and corn byproducts are harder on a chickens gut microbiome than better ingredients.

Things to note-

-Leghorns are more prone to neurotic behaviors than other breeds (this can happen when you take a flighty land race and turn it into a production animal) if they had a different production breed they might see less feather picking. I think they chose pure production leghorns on purpose for sustainability reasons so can't fault them for that.

Their feathers will likely always look a bit shit. White feathers are structurally weaker than pigmented ones and that goes pretty much for all birds.

The feathers you see on the ground are just molted not from plucking of anything like that.

What do you think fellow chicken keepers?

[angry-ahkari]

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[fortitude-en-soleil]

the industrial pace under which the hens lay eggs exhausts them. their bones become brittle and their own weight cause their legs to break.

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[chainedbones]

Olly and Sparkle, two ex battery chickens reaching their fourth birthday, I couldn’t be any prouder of how far they have come. They have faced many challenges, they have went from scared broken little girls to wonderful ladies with amazing personalities. Today is about them and their remarkable fallen sisters 💕 Ginger, Betty, Jolly, Molly, Polly & Maggie 💕