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World's first no-kill eggs go on sale in Berlin (2018)

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Re: World's first no-kill eggs go on sale in Berlin (2018)

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It's very strange to kill male chicks, I'm eating capon instead of regular chicken nowadays because it has much more flavor and a better bite. If people would simply eat them more they also don't have to be killed. Castration is not super animal friendly though.

Capon is considered animal cruelty in many countries, so availability is an issue here.

Aside from that I'm not sure how you imagine not killing the birds by eating them?

Re: World's first no-kill eggs go on sale in Berlin (2018)

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2020 update: the eggs actually became available in supermarkets (REWE) for little extra cost, but are subject to regional availability.

Is it only in REWE or can we find them in Edeka/Aldi/Lidl?

REWE is a little bit away from my location.

Re: World's first no-kill eggs go on sale in Berlin (2018)

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I am by far not an animal rights activst and enjoy my daily portion of meat and dairy, but shreddering millions of male chicks always struck me als plain wrong, even by my carnivorian standards. This is progress that I fully support and I would not mind paying a little(!) extra to make sure that for my scrambled eggs no male chicken are shreddered.

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post #5

False headline. In most western countries eggs are unfertilized in the first place. Here in Israel that's the case.

But you need to raise hens to get eggs. And if it turns out a rooster, you kill it instantly. This method avoids hatching the roosters.

It has often surprised me how many people don't understand this part of the egg industry.

I eat eggs, so I'm definitely not making any moral judgements, but the process is brutal. I would definitely buy no-kill eggs when they come to the UK.

Re: World's first no-kill eggs go on sale in Berlin (2018)

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2020 update: the eggs actually became available in supermarkets (REWE) for little extra cost, but are subject to regional availability.

Is it only in REWE or can we find them in Edeka/Aldi/Lidl? REWE is a little bit away from my location.

REWE has a great online shop in case that’s an option for you. I exclusively use that one for the past year and it works really well.
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