{"id":32,"date":"2008-10-17T20:46:22","date_gmt":"2008-10-18T00:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chickennews.com\/?p=32"},"modified":"2019-04-12T15:04:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T19:04:51","slug":"commercial-egg-producers-are-disappearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chickennews.com\/?p=32","title":{"rendered":"Commercial Egg Producers Are Disappearing?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oprah was on the other day. And she had a guest on the show, who was trying to shut down commercial animal production facilities – including cattle, pork, and chickens.<\/p>\n

Now … I totally agree that these places offer terrible conditions for these animals.<\/p>\n

BUT … if we allow these laws to be passed that limit the size of cages they can be kept in … there is absolutely NO DOUBT that the prices of the food will go up.<\/p>\n

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Commercial Egg Slideshow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Check out this very informative slide show (from the Department of Animal Sciences, at Purdue University) – detailing several of the steps involved in commercial chicken egg production<\/a>. I think if you look at how this is set up, it will become clear that the ease with which they do this COULD still stay the same. HOWEVER – <\/strong>even if they simply expanded each cage to allow each chicken to move better – they would be losing half of their production … INSTANTLY!
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I am more of the opinion that if you want wholesome, organic eggs – you should just buy them OR grow them yourself. They’re available. Don’t drive the prices up for every single person in America by requiring egg producers to meet a specific spacing standard.<\/p>\n

What do you think? What else can we do?<\/p>\n

All the best,
\nKelson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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