Chicken Memorials

[fairy&cake]

i cannot believe some food stores wont stop using caged eggs!!!

 

Can you ALLLLLL no matter how short you are of time/energy/paper/stamps/breathe/ even if you need a wee.

 

do this!!!!!!!!!

 

PLEASE!!!!

 

http://www.thehenshouse.co.uk/armchaircampaigner.html

 

 

Just write a nice precise letter to all of the above telling them you wont buy there products with there caged eggs in them!!!! HUFF!!!!

 

Please please do this! Think of all the BALD , SAD, Chooks that havent seen the sunshine, havent felt the breeze on there wrinkly old feet, havent been able to roost for worms, or eat sweetcorn.

 

PLEASE do this.

 

I will be forever greatful,and will *try* and get you all invited to River Cottage Next year for the Bash!

 

Thanks Again!!!

 

Love laura xxxxxx

[mountainboarddude]

in 2012 the battery cages are being ruled out and made illegal, so all egg production systems will be have to be barn reared or free range.

[Mel (& Paul)]

Buffie is the "main chicken" on this - she is the Hen Detective for "the Hens House".

[Martin B]

in 2012 the battery cages are being ruled out and made illegal, so all egg production systems will be have to be barn reared or free range.

 

Unfortunately I am lead to believe that is incorrect. The modern day Battery Cages are being thrown out but they are bringing in "enriched cages" the chooks will have a little more room and they will be able to dustbathe and basic other things like that.

[xChicken04x]

I would love email Asda (where we shop) via email but the only email addres i can get it is through to customer services, do you think its the right place to email or do you think somone will just read it and delete it. I would rather it go to somone like a mannager. Do you think i should try it anyway?

 

xx

[Martin B]

No harm in trying.

[xChicken04x]

Ok, i will try. But what if they email back saying that they dont use battery eggs in there products? Then what will i do after i have just had a good old rant about how discusting it is. Maybe i should pick one product i know contains battery eggs and question them about that.

Any one know of any?

xx

[Dancing Gal]

My letters will be in the mail today. Every little helps, but I do think we need more public awareness. I was blissfully ignorant and thought I was doing enough buy free range eggs, until I decided to get hens of my own. Then my eyes were opened by this forum.

[fairy&cake]

yay!!!!

 

Just write a letter and write the diferent names on the computer.

 

Saves time!!!!

 

Every little does help.

 

 

Love l xxxxxx

[Snowy]

Me too Dancing Gal - can't believe how ignorant I was. The Hen Detective does a fantastic job detecting hidden eggs, but unless there is sufficient customer demand for a free range product, manufacturers have no incentive to change. Ultimately the shareholders shout louder than the consumers! So we do need to do as Laura says and bombard them with requests for free range products! Thanks for the reminder Laura.

[Dancing Gal]

I've just emailed my MP and I've posted a link to the battery site on my local area forum. Just my little bit to raise awareness.

 

The profile of the battery hen problem needs putting in peoples faces. I think I shall write to my local paper and local councillors as well.

[Dancing Gal]

I emailed the co-op this morning - here is their response

 

Firstly, the Co-op is a consumer owned business, and is expected to be

responsive to the needs of the communities we serve. Many of our

customers,

like yourself, are very concerned about animal welfare, and are willing

to

pay more for higher standards of welfare. Equally, many of our shops,

around a third, are situated in areas where the majority of people are

living on very low incomes. Price is, therefore, extremely important

to

them, more important than many other factors.

 

We must ensure that everyone is catered for and that everyone has the

same

access to information and the opportunity to make their own informed

choice. That is why we were the first retailer to introduce clear

labelling

to distinguish eggs from caged hens from those produced using higher

welfare standards. This acted as a catalyst for the law on egg

labelling to

be changed and for other retailers to follow suit, abandoning

misleading

practices such as the use of country scenes which implied that eggs

from

caged hens were actually free range.

 

We also made available free range eggs in all our stores, including

the

very small ones, so that all our customers offered the choice. Again,

that

was a radical move which led to other retailers extending availability

of

free range eggs much more widely. The net effect of this was a

substantial

growth in free range egg sales, both in our business and across the

marketplace.

 

We are continuing to consider how we might reduce or even eliminate

reliance upon eggs from caged hens ahead of the legally enforced date

in

 

2012, without disadvantaging a significant number of our customers.

 

Therefore, to bring free range eggs within the means of more customers

and

to encourage them to switch, we promote free-range eggs more

frequently

than other eggs within our stores. Free-range egg promotions account

for

the majority of all offers on eggs, and this has certainly increased

the

number of consumers buying them.

 

As a result, around 62% of our customers buy free-range eggs, but

this

still leaves 38% who choose caged hen eggs for a range of reasons.

 

Those supermarkets who have already taken the decision not to sell

eggs

from caged hens, are rarely located in low-income areas and, as such,

their

decision does not disadvantage their customers. It is also worth

noting

that, according to a recent survey by Compassion in World Farming, the

Co-op's percentage of free range egg sales is significantly higher

than

that of most of the other major multiples, because of the strategy we

have

adopted.

 

I can assure you that we take every care to ensure that our customers

are

fully aware of all ingredients in our products, often labelling

products

with information beyond the requirements of the law. Research has

indicated that customers prefer to have this choice and welcome this

type

of approach which has become a key part of our approach as a

Responsible

Retailer.

 

We have asked all of our suppliers creating new foods for us to use

only

free-range eggs, and although some of our vegetarian foods do contain

eggs

from caged hens, we include this information on the ingredients panel,

so

that our customers can make an informed choice.

 

I hope that these points help to clarify our approach in balancing the

needs and expectations of all our customers