Comments on: Vegetarian Fed

By: Gemma

Gemma — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:18:46 +0000

We have these so-called ‘Vegetarian fed’ hens in Australia too.
Is it that they’re feeding vegetarians to the hens? Or is it that these hens are vegetarian?

..If the latter is the case, then I’d rather buy these eggs than the carnivourous hen eggs, thank you.

By: Joseph A. Nagy Jr

Joseph A. Nagy Jr — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:07:50 +0000

My bad, I did forget about the insects and worms. It’s been over 10 years since I raised them.

My chickens were sort of free range. We had a coup where they could sleep but they spent 90% of their time outside. Our dog was good at rounding them up at feeding time (basic grain feed with some vitamins added).

By: george

george — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:08:17 +0000

Joseph – chickens aren’t vegetarians normally. They eat insects and such as well. Technically, I don’t think there’s any reason for chickens to be vegetarian-fed, and it may actually be bad for them. Now, being free-range and organic is another story; that’s great.

By: ChazInMT

ChazInMT — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:47:34 +0000

Gordy, do the applicants know they’re being hired to feed the chickens? I mean you’d have to have one heck of a Human Resources department that would be able to talk someone into giving up their lives for the sake of eggs. And I would hope that the pay scale wouldn’t be based on a hourly wage.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:38:42 +0000

Good catch, AA! It could just be the font (but still, what crappy font has near-identical characters for O and 0?)

By: Joseph A. Nagy Jr

Joseph A. Nagy Jr — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:27:15 +0000

Being an astute member of the church of omnivorous, I’ve got to ask: Aren’t chickens vegetarian by default? I used to raise chickens and I recall them quite clearly not eating meat.

By: lillian

lillian — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:17:54 +0000

Gordy, I worship at the shrine of your creativity!
I laughed until I cried.

By: AA

AA — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:31:37 +0000

Also, what kind of newfangled measurement is an OOmg? (The zeros in the 100 are actually the letter O.)

By: Gordy

Gordy — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:56:39 +0000

Maybe they hire vegetarians to feed the hens?

By: eric n.

eric n. — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:32:58 +0000

don’t all word nerds have time to catch these things? THEY MUST READ EVERYTHING!

and i thank them for it!

By: lillian

lillian — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:47:14 +0000

being a vegetarian, i’ll be sure to avoid washington state. nonetheless, i am fascinated by the person who is astute enough to catch that and who has the time to read the egg carton. my kind of word-nerd.