(Don’t worry, our eggs are not fertile…and our organic chickens are never allowed to drink cocktails.)
The above is a cartoon off of a carton of organic eggs. Can anyone see the humor in it that I do?
Now if I understand the motive correctly behind this gimmick, it’s to ease the consciences of those who would be disturbed to think that they might be eating little chicks which have not had the opportunity to hatch yet. Most of these types of people though don’t mind that unborn babies get torn apart when they’re sucked out of the womb before they’ve had a chance to be born.
The humor I find behind this cartoon is that I wonder how many people stop to think long enough to realize why there typically are so few roosters around to fertilize the hen’s eggs before they’re laid.
Those in the egg produce business purchase hens… well, because most know that roosters don’t lay eggs, right? Well then how do they know they’re buying hens and not roosters?
Ever hear of the term chick sexing? Most of the males (roosters) are disposed of within days of their hatching because they are irrelevant to egg production.
The term for this type of disposal is called chick culling. You can read about these different methods employed for killing roosters, but then you might feel insulted the next time you see a cartoon like this one on a carton of eggs.
No wonder most people prefer to remain ignorant. It’s so much more pleasant.
