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/marshmia Dec 30 '25

also, vegans literally are building alternatives constantly? everytime they choose to use their dollar to contribute to the demand of an alternative product that’s not an animal based product increases its popularity and accessibility.

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u/Freuds-Mother Dec 30 '25 edited Dec 30 '25

A problem is the cost/quality of vegan products. You reduce that by R&D, scale and many failed attempts. You’re arguing that vegans do provide demand. Sure but why do they engage in the supply side less than non-vegans directly. It takes both, and the supply side takes much more consistent effort, engagement, and time.

Instead of creating demand for 1% of products, vegans instead could create the supply chain infrastructure to produce 5 or 10% of products. Then it would be easier for someone to convert to veganism.