"Digger" > wrote in message ...
> On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 22:40:29 +0100, "pearl" > wrote:
>
> >"C. James Strutz" > wrote in message ...
> >
> >> there are NO eggs that are sourced ethically.
> >
> >I'd have to disagree with that. These are 'my' chickens;
> >http://www.iol.ie/~creature/vicious.html (the 'commentary'
> >is obviously sarcasm). They'll lay eggs, and leave them.
>
> Probably the most sickening example of overgrazing
> I've ever seen! ;-)

The bare patch is recently-shifted earth, and it was taken early spring.

> >> The problem with this is that you can't source any food from animals
> >> without exploiting them in some way.
> >
> >I hand-raised a nanny goat, who quite happily provides milk.
>
> Perfectly ethical to drink, in my opinion, even though
> I believe it's not a vegan food item.

Vegan, it isn't. Ethically obtained, it is.

> >Her kid is grown and still with her- weaned in her own time.
>
> Now you've done it! What's a female kid called: a kiddoe
> or something?

A female kid.