On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 12:26:12 +0100, "pearl" > wrote:
>"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.

I was only kidding. Lovely looking birds btw, especially
the black and white one in the first photo and the
coloured one in the second.

>> >> 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.

I totally agree.

>> >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.

Females are does, so why not call them kiddoes, kiddo? ;-)