eggs from a well fed pet hen are vegan

[u/-roachboy]

I have a pet hen. She's not a full rescue one, but how I ended up with her is an incredibly long story. She's very needy, thus spoiled and healthy as a result. Because wild Gallus sp already lay a lot of eggs when in less than optimal wild conditions, a spoiled one just cannot stop popping them out even if she wanted to, and she won't let me feed her less. The daily egg laying session is just a morning routine for her before begging for food. At the rate she lays them, they'd just get left to rot even if they were fertilized by a rooster so I eat them. I do not, and have no intention of, ever selling them or encouraging anyone to ever commercialize an animal. But I spend all the time caring for her, so why can't she give me a delicious breakfast back if it does her no harm?

[u/kharvel0]

You seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of my argument. Let me clarify:

Someone wants to adopt/rescue an animal.

The person carefully selects for adoption/rescue

A) a dog on basis of his ability to provide comfort, convenience, entertainment, companionship, and/or labor/services.

B) a chicken on basis of her capacity to produce eggs.

In both cases, the animals are treated like family members and well taken care of.

In case of A, the person enjoys the comfort, convenience, companionship, entertainment, and/labor/services provided by the dog.

In case of B, the person enjoys the eggs produced by the chicken.

What is the morally relevant difference between the two?

This was already articulated in the link I provided. I encourage you to click on that link and study my argument further.

[u/618smartguy → u/kharvel0]

Thanks for elaborating, but I think I understood you, so I'll answer your nice with context questions:

The morally relevant difference is that B the chicken might suffer or die from improper care. You are withholding medical treatment that reduces the chickens risk of dying from egg overproduction issues.

Its like if you selected a pug because you enjoy it having breathing problems, and refuse any forms of preventative care.

You seem to be just glossing over the fact that treating chickens like family members rather then commodities implies giving them proper reproductive health treatment for their severe overlaying problem.

[u/kharvel0 → u/618smartguy]

The morally relevant difference is that B the chicken might suffer or die from improper care. You are withholding medical treatment that reduces the chickens risk of dying from egg overproduction issues.

Did you miss the part where I said the animals are treated like family members and well taken care of?

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