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For the past two years, I've had several - seven to be exact - pet chickens. They are truly lovely animals and are spoiled rotten! As I'm considering moving from a vegetarian lifestyle to a vegan one, I'm a bit torn as to what I should do with their lovely eggs! I already give lots away, but I'm still going to end up with lots and lots of eggs this spring and summer. What would you do in my position?

Try selling them at your local farmers market. Donate them to your local food bank or mission shelter. Offer them up to local churches for bake sales/church meals.

At least these eggs came from kind animals treated with respect instead of the horrors of factory farm hen houses.

I believe, that if you decide to become "a vegan", then it's your own choice and you make your own rules. I only use the term vegan because it's easier for some people to get the right picture (actually, when I say I eat mostly plantbased, people automatically say, "then you're vegan?". Most of the time I don't want to explain to them that I'm not a 'real' and strict vegan, so I let them keep that cubicle they like to put me in). So, your rules, your principles. I decided to keep on eating eggs, if they're from my own hens, or family's/friend's hens. That way you don't participate in the animal cruelty involved with industrial eggs. And for me, that's the only reason not to eat eggs. So when they come from chicken that you know are treated well, I don't see why you shouldn't eat eggs. Of course, don't eat to much of them, don't overdo, but an egg once in a while won't hurt you.
You know, when you eat healthily 80% of the time, it doesn't matter what unhealthy foor you eat for the other 20%, the body neutralizes it. And I'm still not quite sure if eggs are helathy or unhealthy.

But it's still your own choice of course, that's just my point of view on it :)

There's absolutely nothing wrong with eating your chick's eggs! They're your pets (I'm assuming you don't have a rooster so you're not 'destroying' any baby chicks)
In that case the eggs are a gift to you and very super nutritious.
You really should never put eggs in the compost--the shells are great but not the insides!
I agree that no factory farmed eggs should be supported or bought--it's just barbaric. But your pampered little 'girls' are gonna lay anyway....it's natural. Don't feel bad for utilizing the gifts they give you! Rejoice in it and feed them all your kitchen scraps!