Comments on: An Egg is Not a Chicken’s Abortion

By: Flausher

Flausher — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:04:51 +0000

The term ‘abortion’ is wrong, I will agree with that, but you don’t seem to understand it either. Abortion implies the hen is pregnant, and then the baby hen is killed. WRONG.
However, the term period is possibly about right.
The eggs we usually eat are UNFERTILLISED. this is the bird equivalent of a human period. Admittedly the odd fertillised egg may slip through, but then they won’t have developed anyway.
I am vegetarian. I have NO PROBLEM eating eggs. They are in no way baby chickens. Chickens don’t just turn pregnant, they need a rooster to make them pregnant. people seem to forget this…

By: Cheche

Cheche — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:10:22 +0000

i like chickens! :B

By: nine

nine — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:27:17 +0000

I this week heard “chicken abortion” for the first time in conversation and I’ve laughed for about three days.

By: adg

adg — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:43:01 +0000

Actually guys, I’m retarded, chickens do not in fact have uteruses.
pwnd

By: WTF

WTF — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:36:13 +0000

Does he really have to explain the difference between human menstruation and bird eggs? I mean, are you really that stupid? I suppose the processes of a woman menstruating and a bird laying an egg are comparable, but they’re obviously not the same. They’re no more the same than arms and wings.

By: Mark Gordon Brown

Mark Gordon Brown — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:52:12 +0000

Thanks Savannah for that clarification.

By: Savannah

Savannah — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:59:31 +0000

I agree that they aren’t abortions. However, you don’t seem to really understand a human female’s menstruation. Humans also release an egg. Because we are mammals, our ovaries release an egg into our uterus and the walls of our uterus build a layer of blood during the month. If the egg is not fertilized, both the egg and the blood is released. That is our menstruation cycle.
Chickens release an egg daily, fertilized or not. That is their menstrual cycle. As you mentioned, if they are refrigerated they do not develop into a chick. It is obviously not an ‘aborted’ fetus but it is a part of their menstrual cycle, so to speak.

By: garnet77

garnet77 — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:54:52 +0000

I heard this argument on a national radio show a few weeks ago and must admit that some of the hosts comments were pretty gross. In fact I did not eat an egg for a few days. Now that I have read your article I feel a bit better. Thanks for the info.

By: eddiego65

eddiego65 — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:47:20 +0000

Thanks for clearing things up!

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:53:13 +0000

I live in Atlanta and he fact that an egg is a chicken’s period was actually being promoted on a radio show last week. I was pissed because I thought I can’t believe they would try and scare people by saying such a thing. I will admit it grossed me out. I really feel that it’s irresponsible of them to do what they did.