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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)
#222020 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.
Wait a bit for market forces to do their work. I'm sure the others will follow suit
Edit: the article is from 2018. Lidl has announced recently that they plan to have that for their organic eggs starting in early 2021 and their free range eggs until end of 2021. Source: https://unternehmen.lidl.de/pressreleases/2020/200714_lidl_e...
Re: World's first no-kill eggs go on sale in Berlin (2018)
#23Given that this article is from 2018 - does anyone know if this spread to other countries in the mean time? (And for bonus points: to the Netherlands?)
Re: World's first no-kill eggs go on sale in Berlin (2018)
#24It'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.
Egg laying hens are bred for different traits than the ones for meat. So the male chicks of egg laying hens would probably grow more slowly and to a smaller size than ones bred for meat. Thus their meat would be more expensive.
Re: World's first no-kill eggs go on sale in Berlin (2018)
#25I've seen the videos of the male chickens who go straight into the grinder on hatching, but what happens then? Does it get turns into feed or some other useful product?
Pet food, usually. Low grade stock cubes too.
So the question now becomes: what will they use to make pet food?
Given that in US (for example) there are 160 million pets and a cat eats around 200-300 grams of meat everyday, which is more than half of the global World population have at their disposal.
Re: World's first no-kill eggs go on sale in Berlin (2018)
#26I've been buying no-kill eggs for years now, there are plenty of egg distributors that hatch two-use chickens, the males grow large enough to be edible, the females lay eggs. Available for years.
I really don't see an advantage of this technology for the consumer, the real advantage lies with the producers.
Re: World's first no-kill eggs go on sale in Berlin (2018)
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Pet food, usually. Low grade stock cubes too.
So the question now becomes: what will they use to make pet food? Given that in US (for example) there are 160 million pets and a cat eats around 200-300 grams of meat everyday, which is more than half of the global World population have at their disposal.
Using horses is also frowned upon...
Re: World's first no-kill eggs go on sale in Berlin (2018)
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
So the question now becomes: what will they use to make pet food? Given that in US (for example) there are 160 million pets and a cat eats around 200-300 grams of meat everyday, which is more than half of the global World population have at their disposal.
Using horses is also frowned upon...
Not in Europe
Re: World's first no-kill eggs go on sale in Berlin (2018)
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Pet food, usually. Low grade stock cubes too.
So the question now becomes: what will they use to make pet food? Given that in US (for example) there are 160 million pets and a cat eats around 200-300 grams of meat everyday, which is more than half of the global World population have at their disposal.
The article says the chicks are used for reptile food. And now basically the eggs will be used for reptile food instead.
Re: World's first no-kill eggs go on sale in Berlin (2018)
#30I've been buying no-kill eggs for years now, there are plenty of egg distributors that hatch two-use chickens, the males grow large enough to be edible, the females lay eggs. Available for years. I really don't see an advantage of this technology for the consumer, the real advantage lies with the producers.
> the males grow large enough to be edible,
It would seem to me these are still killed. Lacto-ovo vegetarians might still prefer no-kill egg as shown in the article.