neither the chicken nor the egg came first; it was the rooster. edit: you're a yolk to us. pre-edit: would you want an experimental penguinism guide to producing human eggbabies?
@@Vinnicombe1 _platypuses aren't friends, they're food!_ (universal platypuses, that is... you cut their legs off, then they happily await the new legs to grow back, it's a win-win situation, really)
I am no bleeding heart animal rights activist and I absolutely love eggs and eat them everyday, but I choose to pay a higher price from local farms because I know their chickens are grown free, they have space to walk around and have some semblance of a happy life, it just feels right.
We would also use acoustics to check for hidden cracks in our farm fresh eggs - an egg with even a tiny hidden crack will have an off sound compared to an uncracked egg when you gently tap the two together. Cracks are still ok to use, but we would save those for ourselves rather than sell them to customers.
Entire video shows how eggs are mass produced and at the end tells the audience "Don't buy your eggs from these guys go buy free range or organic instead. " I'm sure factory that allowed Discovery to film at their plant appreciated that.
I dont think the effect of this woulf be that drastic as we would like it to be. As mass produced items tend to be way cheaper it is a more appealing option for most people.
these machines never cease to amaze... I can't fathom how these machines are, well, made :D (how people come up with that, I mean... yeah, they're smart, studied people, of course I'd know nothing about it)
Good to see that they changed the voice over for this one. I can't be the only one here who remembers the original line, "As for the chickens, their reward for all their hard work? An all-exclusive trip to the slaughterhouse!"
Soy or soybeans should NOT be given to animals to eat, as that soy could be transferred to people when they eat the actual eggs. Soy is NOT good for men.
@@46993-r they actually are intelligent enough to understand what is happening. They know they're absolutely cramped and miserable. Just because you don't understand the self awareness of a chicken from a human standpoint, doesn't mean they don't have one. And just because they're bred for it doesn't make it right.
Hears a fun fact about eggs. Washing chicken eggs actually removes a coating on the eggs which naturall occurs to keep bacteria and outside contaminants out of the inside the egg. The best way to clean an egg is when it's ready to actually be used. In other words right on the spot.
@@Crazytesseract This video is public. They want to "prove" that the place is humane by making it look extra shiny when the cameras are rolling in case someone important sees it while searching for evidence of animal abuse
Soy or soybeans should NOT be given to animals to eat, as that soy could be transferred to people when they eat the actual eggs. Soy is NOT good for men.
It's amazing how much thought and process is given and put into producing the foods we see in our grocery stores. I found it interesting and informative when the presenter said, white or brown the eggs are the same inside. As a grownup, I've only ever bought brown eggs. For some unexplained reason I always thought brown eggs were better, all things being equal of course.
even more so "amazing" when you realize how much of it is tossed in the garbage without any remorse, ugh... I'd totally buy stuff that are close to or post expiration rate (or "shelf life"), if it was like /2 or /4 cheaper... I'm sick of everything being terribly overpriced, and how things that aren't sold are being discarded... foreign company chain brand grocery stores especially... You could literally "end world hunger" with the $h*t that gets tossed in the garbage, but noooo, let's not do that... or at least alleviate the _sitch_ for low income ("poor") people (like me!)... Humanity is pretty wasteful, innit. (and they're the same eggs, yes... the narrator just says that there's an option of choice, if you for some reason have a personal, subjective moral dilemma with the caged chickens, you can, like, you know, decide not to buy these, maybe? that there are alternatives, you see)
@@ArinJager1 That is capitalism, give people an abitrary date to throw stuff away and typically they will buy more. Keep it turning, feed the machines. Keep it turning.
@@officerlarry2686 weird, I find occassional chicken $h*t on my eggs... I thought eggs shouldn't get wet unless right before you have to use them... different country customs, I guess :/
Funny fact: Countries like the USA require the cleaning of eggs. Afterwards, because the natural protective layer is cleaned off, they are sprayed with oil to protect them again. In Europe they don't clean the eggs as the natural protective layer is considered sufficient. Feathers and dirt on the eggs is mostly done on purpose to give customers the idea that the eggs are natural and better. Source: I'm one of the designers of these machines
But they are a commodity. Living organism or not. Side note...you might want to look into the living condition of "free range" chickens. It's very similar to these guys but instead of a few in a cage, there's thousands crammed beak to butthole inside a large warehouse.
Another side note. Yogurt is filled with living organisms and not only are they kept in air tight containers their whole life, when they are finally eaten, they're still alive when it happen. Where the fuck is peta. Fuck you yoplait!!!!
@@46993-r aight so lemme explain. People tend to see animals as just commodities and resources rather than living beings. In a way, they are. But, with this in mind, they tend to be mistreated. For animals with brains, it is inhuman to keep them in bad conditions because they are psychologically damaged. It is seen as wrong to make an animal suffer through life before ultimately dying for us to eat. At least let the animal live in the gentle bliss of a farm before having a quick and painless death. I guess it doesn’t affect the quality of food, but if you think about it from your point of view, you would rather live a happy life before having your neck snapped than living in a crowded and unkept cage. If I had the ability to become vegetarian, I would. Cows, chickens, pigs, and other mass produced farm animals are not given the right to live as a living being, but is forced to suffer until death. Think about sea world. The whales there are proven to have lots of mental disorders like depression and anxiety. But, they are often seen as means to an end for entertainment. Therefor, is it okay to just let them suffer to entertain us? Are humans the most superior in that sense? Should we just use all the other animals to fulfil our desires and wants? I think cohabiting is more important. We can use these animals for our desires as long as we help them in return. Give them good lives, treat them as we would treat our loved ones or pets, and when we ultimately use them for our own desires, make their passing as quick and easy as possible to avoid suffering Sorry for the long rant. I am slightly passionate about this topic, and I have a friend who is really passionate about it.
poor chickens... never see the sun or walk on the grass. I am glad i have my own free range happy chickies! eggs taste way better too. but yes, I named them Piri Piri, Nugget and drumstick.
Robert, egg tastes are impacted by what chickens eat, if you don't believe this, just feed your chickens some garlic bread & you'll accept it VERY fast lol. With this in mind, eggs from chickens that have access to insects & other high quality food scraps & other foods they tend to get as pets will generally have FAR more flavour than caged chickens on a controlled, constant diet of soy & grain. Even the yolk colour will be different. I think most people with backyard chickens have at some point needed to buy eggs instead for one of many reasons & the difference is extremely clear to anyone who's done that!
Nah, the claims of free range chicken's eggs are tastier is entirely false. It's pretty similar in taste and nutritional value. It's more about ethical value
I went from peanut butter, through honey, to eggs... _good tmes_ (not that I haven't seen these before, either ages ago on actual cable TV, or on here many years later) ^^ life's strange
I most certainly don't... I only buy cage-free. On average it's about $3.50 a dozen, which in the grand scheme of things isn't much when you think about the stuff we spend money on, like alcohol. I've stayed over night with a friend a couple times recently. She cooked breakfast the next day and used the type of eggs you see in this video. They literally tasted like sadness compared to the cage free I'm used to, but I didn't want to be rude. Were it up to me I would have uberd or driven her car to the nearest grocery store and bought a dozen cage free eggs. The yolks are bright orange instead of pale yellow, and the shells are tougher. They're also more nutritious.
@@wakywind42 I've heard that schtick before, but the eggs I get are ACTUALLY cage free/free range. You can tell by the eggs themselves. I've compared them to eggs my friend occasionally brings me from his parents who own chickens. The only real difference is that the sizes and colors are not standardized. Some are big, small, white, tan, brown, etc.
Yeah, these stupid vegans cry a river. Yet eat their boyfriends eggs at night. Isn't that hypocrisy already? And oh it's meat so they unconsciously eat meat!!
@@nahor88 lol you sound like you're helping humanity by yourself. You sound arrogant. Next time please educate yourself and watch documentaries about “free ranged a.k.a caged free" chickens you're blabbing. You're just making yourself look like an ignorant fool.
This is how when a mommy chicken is ugly and can’t find someone to love it she gets depressed and lays a egg then big boi bob comes over to snatch dat egg and sell it online
While the conditions don’t look extremely bad, they don’t look remotely good either. Before I started keeping chickens, I thought they had no thoughts or feelings. I’ve been keeping chickens for 5 years now. I’m here to say that they DO have thoughts and feelings. Watching this vid made me feel sad. Poor little things 😭
Brittany hutt oooooooor everyone can eat what they want (with some exceptions, like cannibalism). I love eggs, to be honest, so I wont stop eating them. They’re cheap, easy to cook, and good source of protein. I’m a broke person so eggs are good
StoneOfMoon lol I just seen this comment hun eggs are like 2.99 for just 12 and you have to boil or fry 3 at a time just to get a decent meal out of it that’s not cheap to me their full of cholesterol and they don’t have any taste on their own so they basically taste like crap without salt on the other hand you can get two 5lb bags of potatoes for 4.99 and it has zero cholesterol and two potatoes fills you up way more than 3 eggs.. oh yea did i mention non fertilized eggs are the chickens period so you basically like eating fried up periods
Brittany hutt well, not everyone got a perfect pancreas to only consume potatoes (even though they’re delicious), they’re just carbs and I need to watch my glucose levels. And I know eggs are basically chicken period. I told this to my coworkers and they all looked grossed out at me and I just laughed at their reaction. I know my food. I graduated from a culinary school. And last time I checked, cholesterol in eggs are not as harmful as everyone made it sound a decade or so ago.
Okay. to those "aCkshuAlLy..." people, The show's name is "How it's made". This episode covers eggs, So it's not unnatural that the episode's name is "EGGS". please.
Why would they need to make a video about how it's made with free range eggs? Egg comes out the chicken, farmer goes and finds the egg, not a very interesting video huh?
Very interesting process of working with eggs. Very sophisticated machines. Eggs now is costing $8.00 a dozen. Does the chickens charge more to make eggs?
A little trick for those who care about the chickens laying their eggs- the more orangey and bright the yolk, the happier the hen. The yolks will be bright and orange if the hens get to forage and eat bugs and grass as opposed to just chicken feed.
A more orange yolk just means a diet with a higher concentration of carotenoids, which can be artificially induced by just increasing carotenoid content of factory farm feed. Egg producers are aware of this common misunderstanding and they take advantage of it to make customers believe a product is more humane than it actually is
@@Rockzilla1122 better way to distinguish between egg yolks is taste. but i think well fed chickens will have a good color yolk, if you don't include the trickery of egg producers
_a chicken does not compute the man-made abstract concept of happiness_ (the video literally tells you what's in the feed - it's actually better than bugs and grass)
I feel like this the type of video that'll be on somewhere 80 years from now, and people will freak out seeing chickens living in what seems like torture and on top of that so casually the narrator's talking over
I doubt anything will change really. There are 7 billion people to feed - factory farming will continue. Most people really do not care - they want to believe that their meat & eggs just "arrive" at the store in pretty packages. 😎
@@therealchickennugget220 depends on local state laws. Like here in TN. The product can be 100% animal cruel and still advertised as free range or organic.
You: I can’t believe that these poor hens are being held in cages for the rest of their lives! Me, an intellectual: yo i’d lock myself up for some free gatorade
People: OMG, those poor chickens should be out in nature Also people: living in high rise buildings, concrete everywhere, fake plastic trees, and always inside on RU-vid.
Literally has nothing to do with people's opinion on animal rights whether you live in a cardboard box in poverty or in a mansion as a millionaire bud. You should learn the difference between value and morals, as they are two independent variables.
@@symbolitical4158 I'm saying that WE are in cages. We can't/won't/don't improve our own lives. We should also be out in nature. As for the chickens, I live in the rural country, I have dirt under my finger nails. There are free range chickens all over the place near me. The Hawks get some, "my" coyotes get some, I imagine snakes and raccoons get some. Nature isn't always nice and doesn't listen to my set of morals. But I wasn't making a comment on how we should be treating chickens, what balance of protection should be given for the benefit of their unfertilized eggs. I reiterate, we have made ourselves an artificial environment to "live" in, and avoid nature at all costs.
@@markfairbanks3533 there are 7 billion people on our planet. 99,7% of the earth’s surface is not usable for human occupation and that last 0,3% is divided between housing, infrastructure and food cultivation. And our population only grows, meaning there is no other way to produce enough food to feed everyone (even if food gets distributed evenly in the future). No one bats an eye at how brutally a lion murders an antelope because its in their nature and necessary for survival. Its not pretty, but would you rather go hungry at all times or even die from starvation so the animals we slaughter anyway for their meat or produce to have had a good life? That sentiment is completely misplaced, because whether an animal has been happy or not it will end up on someone’s plate after been cultivated, kept and brutally murdered. The only reason for treating cattle in better conditions is to make better quality food, because an animal that has had the freedom to roam around while alive is tastier. But without mass production humanity goes into destination fked instantly.
You think they wouldn't? I'm still trying to explain to my wild turkey that hands are NOT for eating! My former chicken had a taste for blood & would peck at moles to make them bleed to drink & was especially fond of mormon skin lol. If they'll do that to adults, imagine what would happen if you left a baby with them!
