• naught@sh.itjust.works
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    19 hours ago

    Veganism is a philosophy about animal exploitation. Vegans don’t even eat honey because it is an animal product. If you eat eggs from a back yard chicken, you are still participating in the exploitation of that animal and feeding systems which further exploit animals. Some detailed further reading:
    https://theminimalistvegan.com/backyard-eggs/

    So no, a vegan would not do this. Though, what OP said about nomenclature remains true - some people are loose with the terms

    e: a word

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      7 hours ago

      Would it be exploitation to give food, shelter, love, companionship etc in exchange for the eggs?

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        56 minutes ago

        Veganism isn’t a religion, it’s a label people use to self identity as not eating anything from animals.

        Every person decides for themselves what counts. I’m sure there are people who identify as vegan that are ok with backyard chicken eggs, and there are ones that don’t.

        There is a whole industry around providing the chickens that people purchase for their backyards, and that industry has to sort the male chickens from the female, and then destroy the males. You can’t really participate in purchasing chickens without being involved in that aspect, which most vegans would object to, even if the chickens that live with them would be treated humanely.

        There’s also some vegans who are fine with honey, and some that aren’t.