Ain't Nobody Here Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Went to Asda briefly today and whilst waiting at the checkout was looking, as you do, at the woman in front's shopping. The last item was a box of eggs. Clearly labelled "eggs from caged hens". Guess how much they cost? 82p . I felt like saying something but didn't have the nerve . She was a young, trendy nice looking girl (I think she may have been foreign) - I thought she'd have been more clued up . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanessa Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Sadly I always come across people that still not care. It just makes me so cross as we are a family with one breadwinner and two small children and as you can imagne money is tight at times but hey I always make sure I am buying most of the things fairtraded, free-range meat and if I can afford most of the times its organic as well. And then I look at my SIL who have no children, two incomes and can't even be bothered to buy free-range eggs. I was so shocked yesterday when I got our veg box and discovered that the eggs I had ordered were barn eggs. I couldn't believe it. They must had run out off eggs and put 3 barn eggs with stamps in with my farm eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I remember posting about an incident I had in Tesco a couple of years ago. A couple in front of me at the checkout had a HUGE pile of shopping & it was all 'Finest' apart from the eggs which were Tesco value. I too didn't confront her, & I am afraid that as the sort of person who fins such things difficult I still don't confront people I see buying Value eggs or cheapo chicken. I just congratulate myself on having more more morals that to do so myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 what do you or what can you say though? People don't respond well to these things being pointed out to them, even when it's done subtlely and with the best of intentions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 My son has no such inhibitions and has (embarassingly) told people off for eating chicken - yet alone buying free range eggs!!! I think it sad that people still buy them - maybe watching videos posted on You tube should be made compulsory.......... Louise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Is it that people really don't care, or just don't know? In general, we don't treat any of our eating animals very well (overcrowded pigs, calves in crates, fish on steroids) and yet most people don't actually seem to know what happens to an animal between birth and the table . I wouldn't be brave enough to confont a total stranger, but I've found myself having conversations about animal welfare with all sorts of folks I've never spoken to before, once word got out that I've adopted ex-batts. If I'm being really honest, I didn't know all the realy horrible details about battery hens until I came to research owning some I think the Jamie/Hugh/Gordon etc programmes have been very enlightening in a lot of respects and a slow gentle education programme may be the best way to catch this particular monkey (or set free the battery hen! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazaddress Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I think its sad that you can still buy caged hens eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I don't think confronting people in the supemarket would achieve anything tempting as it might be. The best we can do aside from supporting HFW and Jamie type campaigns is to keep gently spreading the word to a person at a time. I know at least one of my neighbours has switched to free range after they realised how much better the eggs we gave them tasted. They use a lot of eggs so a small difference. I'd like to convert the neighbours on the other side who do catering. They always appreciate the eggs and are supportive of us keeping chickens even when they get a bit noisy and escape into their garden but they do still buy cheap eggs the rest of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I tend to talk loudly to OH about battery eggs or look disapproving. I'd never directly confront someone though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I don't shop in Asda or Tesco if I can possibly avoid it. I would be constantly biting my lip! I use Ocado a lot, and we have a Sainsburys and a Morrisons within easy reach - both have either phased out battery eggs or are on the way to doing it. There's also a small local Co-op, and hats off to them for making the move so quickly and without all the fuss Tescos are making about cheaper food for people on budgets . We're ALL on budgets, it's how we choose to spend them that matters! I was in Sainsburys this morning and was pleased to see that British outdoor reared pork is stocked at much higher levels than before - and the cheaper belly and shoulder joints were readily available. A belly joint that will feed us all for dinner, with leftovers and lots of crackling, was under a fiver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 I think its sad that you can still buy caged hens eggs Am I wrong, or have you been away for ages ? You look familiar but with a different avatar (and name?) ! Tell me to shut up if I'm talking tosh . Congratulations on the imminent arrival - what date are you due? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazaddress Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I think its sad that you can still buy caged hens eggs Am I wrong, or have you been away for ages ? You look familiar but with a different avatar (and name?) ! Tell me to shut up if I'm talking tosh . Congratulations on the imminent arrival - what date are you due? Your not wrong. I have lurked but not really posted since the fox attack back in the autumn which took all my hens and ducks. I am leaving rescuing some more ex-bat hens untill the spring, and I just felt a little sad with all the chickens talk on here, and I really miss mine im due today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 So sorry about your poor chickens & ducks . I'm glad it hasn't put you off though . Due today ? Any twinges yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 The girls I work with are exactly the same, often boasting about how cheaply they get their eggs & chicken then get really uncomfortable when I walk in, and so they should - i don't suppose things will change, not now that money is tighter than ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazaddress Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 So sorry about your poor chickens & ducks . I'm glad it hasn't put you off though . Due today ? Any twinges yet? all night.. and most of today. But im ignoring the twinges, as I have had tem on and off for over a week (I actually had strong contractions last friday for 12 hours, that got to 5mins apart.... and then stopped) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy chickens! Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Good luck with the baby Kazadress. Just wanted to redress the balance of the lady in Asda, cos converted a friend to free range eggs today. We were talking about eggs and she said she could taste the difference with 'real' ones, but it didn't matter when cooking with them. We talked about battery hen conditions a bit, and got a text later saying she had bought free range eggs this afternoon after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunty e Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 It has horrified me when colleagues at work give me egg boxes to fill up for them, and they had barn or caged hens eggs in them previously I try to gently point out how much nicer free range eggs are, but I would never dare speak to someone in the shop. A man let his (horrid) dog poop on the street in front of me this morning, and then didn't scoop, and all I could manage was a glare. I'm pathetic. Good luck with the baby Kaz, go and run up and down the stairs, my mum swears by it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Good luck with the baby Kaz, go and run up and down the stairs, my mum swears by it Run? At 9 months pregnant? I was lucky to even waddle up the stairs! Good luck kazaddress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Good luck with the baby Kaz, go and run up and down the stairs, my mum swears by it Run? At 9 months pregnant? I was lucky to even waddle up the stairs! Good luck kazaddress! Second time around, I was lucky to make it off the sofa! I was beached for weeks! Best of luck kazaddress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Good luck Kazaddress - keep us posted! I'm another 'chicken' and don't confront people, but my DD and DS usually make a comment about eggs when we're in that aisle. Loudly too actually I'm very proud of them and they watched Jamie Saves our Bacon and now comment loudly on that too. DD checks the labels on everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Morrisons too have large posters saying all their meat is BRITISH. and they have a mich wider range now. I was wondering asbout a T shirt, sweat shirt now with photo's of my girls or the little Jinny photo printed on, with something like this is what a battery hen looks like? After the Hugh Tesco story on tv I just feel sick at the mention of Tesco & THIS i can & DO start "going on" aboyut how disgusted I am bla bla bla AND then bring in the state of MY poor girls. If it sinks in somewhere it has to be good. I think the Jamie Hugh progs should be constantry repeated like all the other stuff on tv these days! tell you what it seriously cuts down what you can eat if youy go out or away. I had started the choc sponge & custard before I choked on it, having diligenrly avoided, all eggs bacon & chicken! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 It breaks your heart when you see cheap caged bird eggs in someone's basket. But I'm one of those people who speaks a bit loud about ' I don't know how people can buy those disgusting eggs, from birds squashed in a cage - I'd like to shove them in a cage ' etc etc. I go on a bit too much & hubby always wants to smash all the battery eggs in shops! He is really touched by the battery lark & it upsets him. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I think the bigger issue is that the majority of caged eggs are hidden in other food. I find it sad that people don't check labels or ask in restaurants if they use free range egg. It's great that people buy free range eggs but if they then buy food that contains battery egg or eat the food in restaurants that is made using caged eggs, they may aswell not bother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 So sorry about your poor chickens & ducks . I'm glad it hasn't put you off though . Due today ? Any twinges yet? all night.. and most of today. But im ignoring the twinges, as I have had tem on and off for over a week (I actually had strong contractions last friday for 12 hours, that got to 5mins apart.... and then stopped) My mum was an old fashioned midwife and told me when I had twinges to get on my hands and knees and scrub the kitchen floor - it worked for me! Both my kids were on time on the actual day I went into labour and were born in the early hours of a friday morning both of them - unusual to go into labour on the actual day as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I was behind a women the other day who had free-range eggs and value chicken I think that she has confused values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
