shocking any one else watching channel four

shame on the big egg producers

thats terrible, if you raise a animal for meat you should at least give them a half descent life

People want cheap meat, this is the only way, if they give them more room, the price goes up, but they are still better off over here than a lot of asian countries

it is usually the supplier that gives the discount, a supermarket is there to make money, not give discounts

40% of corn grown now goes into Biofuel, ethanol (car fuels) so the growers have a bigger market now, the bio fuel makers are offering better prices than feed producers

Most people have a consience when buying their meat, but some cant afford to be so choosy

I know the meat I buy is from a good source and the animals are well cared for

Not all meat suppliers are bothered about animal welfare

A couple of reasons egg prices went up was, 1, they were given 40% more room (but they are still battery hens) 2, the price of feed has risen, 3, the price of fuel has risen (to get them to the market, slaughterhouse, to the supermarket, the hatching of eggs for both meat and egg producing birds 4, wages have risen (well for some)

All I can say is my birds have a good life, are well fed and seem happy enough, but it comes at a price that I am prepared to pay for

The way the birds are kept now are called colony's, their life is 72 weeks, then they will go for slaughter and the supermarkets
In the fifties, there were no factory farms, but after rationing, it all changed, the UK wanted more cheap eggs, hence the factory farm was imported from the US
Egg prices in the UK in the fifties were £7.50 a dozen in todays prices, if they didnt have factory farms or colony's eggs would be over £20 a dozen today
There are over 4 billion hens in the UK, producing 850,000 eggs a day, the average family in the UK eats 32.3 chickens a year
Not all are produced by factory farms (my 6-8 eggs a day )

It is a sobering thought that the egg laying hens short life is six times that of a meat bird !

I know I'm late with this but, I've been unemployed, try living on benefit and you buy what you consider the cheapest (what ever) for the quality.

I have to agree, on a low income it is not easy to be ethical but it can be done, I know I've done it.