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On Tue, 8 Aug 2017 10:22:45 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

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>> lid says...
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>>>> I know some egg farms are nasty conditions but . . I don't know how
>>>> you can feed a chicken, clean, sort, candle, pack an egg, ship it and
>>>> sell it at a profit for .0377 cents.
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>>> The sad thing is also that there are people who buy these eggs. Really
>>> basic creatures who only think of money.

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>You need balance. It is a very cheap price to pay for good protein.
>For a low income family it could made the difference between eating junk
>and healthy food. The chickens should be raised with no harm, but the
>cage free $5 a dozen is prohibitive for many people too.


I posted an article about US chicken farming recently. The meat is
rotting on their bodies while they're still alive. Conditions are
despicable. You people really need some basic standards.