Why Don’t We Eat Goose Eggs If They’re Bigger Than Chicken Eggs | Murph
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Goose eggs are 3x bigger than chicken eggs, richer in nutrients, and were once prized by ancient Egyptians and Romans. So why did they disappear from grocery shelves? The answer isn't taste — it's biology. Geese lay only 30-45 eggs a year (vs. 300+ for chickens), refuse to breed in confinement, and can't survive industrial feed systems. This is the hidden story of how modern agriculture selected for compliance over resilience — and why our entire egg supply now rests on a fragile genetic monoculture vulnerable to bird flu.
In this video:
The evolutionary biology of chickens vs. geese, feed conversion ratios, why goose eggs carry higher Salmonella risk, the history of the egg carton, and what avian influenza outbreaks reveal about industrial food systems.
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We often, on Sunday mornings after church, would have scrambled 2 goose, 3 duck, and maybe 3 chicken eggs cooked with sausage, served with homemade Buttermilk biscuits that we dipped in maple syrup. We had a big family.
I can honestly tell you the eggs were DELICIOUS and there was no problem in cooking them up and scrambled in a large skillet.
I noticed in college we were fed the same diets fet to animal. This is the first video I have seen that mentions this and I would enjoy seeing a video dealing with metabolic disease,the sad diet and humans living in tiny boxes and being worked to death...
I don't eat the sad,I eat hflc and carnaviour with no seed oils....Anyway,excellent video.I have really enjoyed your"why don't we eat" ideos and you have produced some of the best educational,thoughtful,videos I have ever seen.
A goose can be sitting right out in the middle of the snow in her nest and be perfectly fine! A goose goes through your field and gently cuts off the top of all of your long grasses… Like a living lawnmower. The goose can eat weeds from underwater in your pond. The goose can also guard your farm yard better than a dog. And the goose pops out free eggs anytime you want them… But nobody wants them because they taste nasty. That’s all. This long-winded story is just a waste of your time. Nobody likes goose eggs, that’s why they call ZEROS goose eggs. IF YOU’RE THE ONE THAT HAS TO EAT THE GOOSE EGG… IT’S NOT A HAPPY DAY. END OF STORY.
😢It’s that simple… Plus, there’s a lot of people who are allergic to goose eggs. Even if they’re as nutrient dense as you would love to say, the fact is people don’t like them because they have a nasty strong flavor. We had chickens and geese. Both of them laid eggs, and we had six kids. All of us hated the goose eggs… And our next-door neighbor was allergic. She tried them and broke out in hives. There’s not always some conspiracy or crazy story to go with that shit. It’s just a fact… They eat grass and onion stems 🎉and all kinds of nasty stuff that chickens don’t eat, making their eggs have a very strong flavor that people don’t like.😮
Pregnancy it's supposed to provide all and enough nutrients for both mom and baby. I'm sure plenty of different nutritious foods are necessary.
Why Don’t We Eat Goose Eggs If They’re Bigger Than Chicken Eggs | Murph
Murph
10,336 views
Goose eggs are 3x bigger than chicken eggs, richer in nutrients, and were once prized by ancient Egyptians and Romans. So why did they disappear from grocery shelves? The answer isn't taste — it's biology. Geese lay only 30-45 eggs a year (vs. 300+ for chickens), refuse to breed in confinement, and can't survive industrial feed systems. This is the hidden story of how modern agriculture selected for compliance over resilience — and why our entire egg supply now rests on a fragile genetic monoculture vulnerable to bird flu.
In this video:
The evolutionary biology of chickens vs. geese, feed conversion ratios, why goose eggs carry higher Salmonella risk, the history of the egg carton, and what avian influenza outbreaks reveal about industrial food systems.