I dont want your eggs they are nasty GRAPHIC Video LINK

[b.hromada]

It makes me so sick!

The poor animals, and to know that we humans treat them like this! We as HUMANS should be ashamed of ourselves! My mom told me about this many years ago when I was a kid, and how disturbing it was! She was in horror about it as well! It just goes to show you how inhumane these egg factories really are, and its everywhere. I agree, EVERYONE should see that video, then maybe they'd have a change of heart.

 

[English Chick]

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There are birds without wings:
http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images/c?q=12d521a82ba15933_large

you know Egg-actley what I mean.... no hen should be caged and forced to live as they do with no quality of life whatsoever, no fresh air, permanent daylight...... could you live like that, I think not, human or not everything deserves quiet time.... battery hens don't get that..........at 72 weeks old battery hens are shipped off for dog/cat food.........no life for them then.....unless they are rescued.............

 

[b.hromada]

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I was thinking the same thing!! Like my city?!

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

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There are birds without wings:
http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images/c?q=12d521a82ba15933_large

you know Egg-actley what I mean.... no hen should be caged and forced to live as they do with no quality of life whatsoever, no fresh air, permanent daylight...... could you live like that, I think not, human or not everything deserves quiet time.... battery hens don't get that..........at 72 weeks old battery hens are shipped off for dog/cat food.........no life for them then.....unless they are rescued.............

I know, I was just trying to make a joke. Apparently it wasn't as funny as I had hoped for.

 

[preppy*hippie*chick]

Thanks for posting that - awful!

JMO but I think civility is lacking in making a blanket statement such as "all the animal rights idiots". As long as there is extreme mistreatment of animals I'm glad that there are "extremists " devoted to exposing it. If this sort of treatment weren't at least somewhat common in the commercial meat and egg industry there wouldn't be so many darn videos!

Being idiots, I doubt the animal rights people just happened to find each and every establishment with horrific conditions. If they did, we should send them after Osama Bin Laden.

 

[77horses]

It's just terrible what some humans have done...what they do everyday to these animals....and it amazes me that they can put those poor chickens through so much pain and suffering everyday, and act like it's OK.
Anyone who can look into the eyes of those poor chickens and not feel any sadness...anyone who can make jokes or excuses about what happens at factory farms and egg farms...anyone who can support this, even though they know all about it, and even though they have other options....ANYONE who is as cruel to those chickens and can still wake up everyday without feeling any guilt...might as well be looking out of the eyes of the devil.

Every time I eat an egg from our chickens, I feel good that I am not supporting such cruelty as what that video shows. I'm so thankful that our chickens are so lucky to have a home, with people who love and care for them, and with time to just be lazy and eat as much grass as they want...They don't know how lucky they really are. Those hens that are in the metal cages will never feel the sun on their backs, or the taste of fresh, green grass in Spring. They will never raise their own family, or be able to have a dirt bath in the sun. They will never, in their whole miserable life, have as good a life as some of the chickens that are raised by caring people. To me, this is just plain sad.

I will never, ever buy cheap eggs from the store again. I already knew all about those nasty, cruel egg farms, and ever since I found out, I have always tried to eat eggs from our own chickens.

Please, don't support this. NO animal should live their life in a tiny metal cage.

 

[tamelroy]

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Now if I owned a farm that is the way it would be!

Any other way is not normal. Even though that farmer was clean, still a small cage. If you know your hens lay around 9-10 in the morning why not let them free range? I am sorry this is a touchy subject to me. Any animal in a cage that small is not right, esp. with that many in one cage.

 

[horsejody]

preppy*hippie*chick :

Thanks for posting that - awful!

JMO but I think civility is lacking in making a blanket statement such as "all the animal rights idiots". As long as there is extreme mistreatment of animals I'm glad that there are "extremists " devoted to exposing it. If this sort of treatment weren't at least somewhat common in the commercial meat and egg industry there wouldn't be so many darn videos!

Being idiots, I doubt the animal rights people just happened to find each and every establishment with horrific conditions. If they did, we should send them after Osama Bin Laden.

Well said. I agree.​

 

[preppy*hippie*chick]

Also, for those who think that it's not too commonplace, this is a brief history of Buckeye Egg Farm which I lived 5 miles from growing up & now live 12 miles from. Not sure who bought it or if it's still operating. No one ever got in to make an undercover video.


A History of Buckeye Egg Farm

1980 - Anton Pohlmann, the owner of Buckeye Egg Farm, arrives in Croton, Ohio and purchases 2,200 acres of farmland in Licking County to build an egg producing facility. At the same time, Pohlmann is operating large hatcheries in Germany, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky.

1983 - A manure spill in Otter Fork Creek kills 150,000 fish as the farm undergoes expansion.

1995 - The Croton facility is producing 65,000 cases of eggs each week. The Agrigeneral operation proposes a new expansion into Hardin County. Residents near the proposed site in La Rue voice their opposition with the EPA. In order to pacify growing pollution concerns from the EPA, Pohlmann installs ground level exhaust fans into all the layer houses. By this time, the pollution factor is apparent. Groundwater contamination, erosion, and environmental damage is noted across Ohio and linked directly to Buckeye Egg.

Anton Pohlmann (know as the "Chicken Baron" in Germany) has been hauled into court over the salmonella outbreak at the facility in Germany. He is accused of inhumanely dealing with the Court ordered extermination of the infected flock by shutting off their food, water, and air conditioning.


1996 - In Germany, Pohlmann is charged with cruelty to animals after he is caught spraying chickens with caffeine and nicotine and feeding them a highly lethal and illegal disinfectant. He is banned from ever owning animals or operating in Germany again.

Despite his conviction is Germany, Pohlmann's operation in Ohio, now known as Buckeye Egg Farm, continues to grow.

1997 - Darkling beetles are introduced into the layer houses to help dry out manure. Neighboring towns become infested and "Terminex" (exterminator) becomes a regular visitor to both the egg facility and the residents' homes.

1999 - Manure lagoons rupture and cause a fifteen-mile fish kill in Raccoon Creek. OEPA mandates a clean up at Buckeye Egg Farm. When there is failure to comply, Ohio files a 27-count lawsuit against Buckeye Egg Farm for violations of environmental laws and threatens to seize assets of Pohlmann.

2000 - Tornado strikes the facility in Croton, damaging twelve houses -each housing approximately 150,000 hens. The tornado left over 1,000,000 hens trapped in their mangled cages without access to food or water. Many of the hens died from starvation, gassing, being crushed by bulldozers, or suffocation when thousands of hens were dumped into huge trash bins while still alive.


2001 - Licking County Common Pleas Court awards more than $19 million in damages to 21 residents living near Buckeye Egg Farm. For years the neighbors have lived with noxious odors, water pollution, billions of flies and other problems resulting from the 7.5 million birds kept between Johnstown and Hartford.

 

[lovelychicken]

I watched it but already saw those before. A lot of people do take care of them, some don't. I wish I could afford free range chicken and not the stuff from the regular store but I can't. Those who have the money to afford the free range/organic chicken go for it. The only thing that bothers me is all the big coorporations that take over everything and leave the small farmer with nothing...thats horrible. They big coorporations should have the compensate the small farms for all they take from them.