tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30369024.post8511919406726586001..comments2024-01-23T21:55:22.044+11:00Comments on Free Range Eggs: NSW Greens introduce their Truth in Labelling Billfreerangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744888607623546872noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30369024.post-53107049854131684132011-08-02T01:53:55.278+10:002011-08-02T01:53:55.278+10:00Thanks again for another enlightening post.
We st...Thanks again for another enlightening post.<br /><br />We started with backyard 'pet' chickens this year. I must admit I hadn't seen a live chicken for about 25 years (prior to January) so when we got our first two pullets I didn't realise they'd had their beaks trimmed (stupid me!) It wasn't until we got 4 birds with full beaks that I realised something wasn't as natured intended. <br /><br />Having been an egg consumer for nearly 40 years, I believe all consumers have a right to know about where the eggs they buy come from. It is wrong to keep fowl in a cage or a faeces covered barn or even at such a density that trimming their beaks is deemed necessary. Perhaps the Egg Corp executives wouldn't mind if we snipped off part of their mouths? If they all do it maybe we will see the practice as normal? Perhaps we could push them all into one dimly lit office and leave them standing in their own #@$% while we're at it.<br /><br />It is unconscionable that some producers can and do lead their consumers so far up the garden path with their pretty pics and 'facts' written on cartons. If I had known then what I know now [shudder]. All this dilutes the good work done by true free range farms. I have truly lost faith and I hope to always have my own small flock of chickens so I don't ever risk supporting those big factory egg farms in the future.XTrail DayTripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14064045739974953878noreply@blogger.com