Barnsley vs Millwall matchday thread

Hi! Don't take this the wrong way but I was thinking about this yesterday during breakfast. As an omnivore, I DO respect people who decide for whatever reason to abstain from meat and dairy etc. (Sorry- I know that sounds like "I am not racist but..." starts to a post but I do not mean it that way )
I do eat meat but we take animal welfare seriously and try wherever possible to make sure that our eggs, poultry meat are from sources where animal welfare is paramount. Italy has extremes where many animals are not treated well. and animals are rarely treated as pets e.g. dogs are often left tied up all day etc. But the other side of the coin is that, in our area at least, butchers here are supplied with locally reared animals that are not transported distances to killing factories. They by law have to display a certificate with source details and history for each individual animal carcass they have been supplied with. They generally treat animals meant for food very well, albeit not for moral or ethical reasons but because they believe, rightly IMO, that meat tastes better coming from an unstressed animal. Also meat is quite expensive and most people eat proportionately less in their weekly diet than they do in the UK. (The same cannot be said for pasta!!)
I appreciate all that does not satisfy the moral and ethical standards you have set for yourself but would like to pose a question for you.

We have a friend here who raises and keeps chickens for the eggs (plus a somewhat lazy, randy and noisy rooster to keep the ladies...ahem...satisfied!). They are well fed and looked after and are free to roam around outdoors with coup at night to protect from foxes, and when they stop laying, rather than them ending up in the pot, they are fed in retirement until they 'croak' of natural causes. This is because she gives them names and treats them as pets, much to the annoyance of her husband who reckons, each egg laid probably works out at around 30 euros since they now have more geriatric hens than productive ones. They do, nevertheless enjoy a healthy natural existence. Would all that enable someone who is Vegan to eat eggs produced in that way? Just curious.

 

we had chickens growing up, awful creatures any sign of weakness and they would cannibalise any of the flock,I do not lose any sleep about chickens they are evil and can smell your fear if anyone went into feed them who was a bit nervous they would attack them

 

Try Geese! When I was about 4 (in the 1950s)I had a great aunt who lived on a small holding up a quiet country lane in Billericay (now built up a big sprawling industrial Estate close to the M25). They had no electricity and water came from a hand pump outside and they used paraffin lamps in the house. We used to occasionally visit them and I remember two things...
One being sent to collect the eggs which meant I had to pass several feral bad tempered Geese running free in front of the hen house. They were as tall as me and used to hiss and come at me with wings outstretched (they could smell the fear)! MY father, being of the wartime generation, was very unsympathetic and made me go back to collect the eggs when I ran into the house in tears. Evil b'stards they were.
The second vivid memory I have was him 'despatching' a chicken for my Great aunt when we visited her one summer day after she had lost her husband. It was a single storey cottage and after he had lopped the head off the chicken it managed to fly headless up onto to the roof where it promptly expired having rolled down and got caught in the gutter. He had to get a ladder out to retrieve it so my great aunt could draw and pluck it for dinner.
Regarding those b'stard Geese I always get extra pleasure exacting my revenge whenever we have one at Christmas.