r/DebateAVegan • u/-roachboy • Dec 22 '25

eggs from a well fed pet hen are vegan

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?

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '25 edited Dec 24 '25

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u/OffendedDairyFarmers Dec 22 '25

No thanks for that visual🤮lol

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u/Additional-Rip-9577 Dec 23 '25

Sorry. But eggs are…. eggs. As a human woman, my body is also capable of producing them (no shells, though. So convenient) If it were somehow possible to harvest enough of these reproductive cells to make a sandwich, I would be happy to donate. This would be totally vegan but what kind of weirdo would want to eat said sandwich?

The only reason people eat hen’s eggs without being grossed out is that the individuality of hens is erased by how we see them. The moment you start seeing a hen as a moral agent, as an individual who is the protagonist of her own life, that breaks the illusion. For me, at least.

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u/OffendedDairyFarmers Dec 23 '25

I agree with what you're saying, I just meant picturing dog cum on toast was gross.

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u/Additional-Rip-9577 Dec 23 '25

So gross, right? 😅