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post #11 of 33
8/8/11 at 5:31pm

We only allow the kids to hold their chicken on their laps in the coop or in the house.  Our kids were taught to respect all animals.  They are allowed to give treats as well.  No neighborhood kids in the coop without me present.

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post #12 of 33
8/8/11 at 5:34pm

This is going to stress your birds out, and they could be hurt.  I don't allow kids visiting my place to harass the poultry.  Instead, I have them help me feed and water, collect the eggs, and how to hold birds properly.  This can be a learning experience, and I have found that kids of any age, and even special needs chicldren can learn proper animal husbandry.

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post #13 of 33
8/8/11 at 5:35pm

Simple, plain chicken torture. Sorry sad

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post #14 of 33
8/8/11 at 5:38pm
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Originally Posted by Patricia Jane 

Simple, plain chicken torture. Sorry sad


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post #15 of 33
8/8/11 at 5:44pm
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Originally Posted by danielkbrantley 

Thanks for all the response. I will certainly put a no-chicken-tossing policy in place.

I was just unsure if they were like dogs. Let kids mess with them and they are more docile. Glad I found this out now, before it went on for more than a few days!

Until next time...

EDIT: Today was the first time I saw it happen. Hopefully it's not been more than a few days, but it may have only been today, as I've seen the same kids pick up the chickens before, hold them for a minute or two, and gently set them on the ground. Viva la pollo!


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post #16 of 33
8/8/11 at 8:32pm
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Originally Posted by Dar 

not to spark a spat.....but......

would you like for me to throw you up in the air ..only as high as you can jump.....over and over and over?


I don't agree with the kids treating the chickens like that simply because it is wrong. They are teasing the birds and risking an injury to them, they could become stressed which is never good. For those reasons they should be made to stop.

However, I must take umbrage with the rationale being applied to humans in the above quote. They are chickens, we are humans. Apples and oranges.

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post #17 of 33
8/8/11 at 8:44pm
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Originally Posted by epeloquin 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dar 

not to spark a spat.....but......

would you like for me to throw you up in the air ..only as high as you can jump.....over and over and over?


I don't agree with the kids treating the chickens like that simply because it is wrong. They are teasing the birds and risking an injury to them, they could become stressed which is never good. For those reasons they should be made to stop.

However, I must take umbrage with the rationale being applied to humans in the above quote. They are chickens, we are humans. Apples and oranges.


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And the kids may not know better, no one has asked how old they were. If they are old enough and been taught to be nice, or have been told to stop and yet continue it would be different. My daughter who is 6 was caught doing this the other day. She knows to be nice to animals, but she also does not realize chickens don't fly like other birds. When I had my conure and she was being to clingy, irritating I'd give her a little toss back towards the cage (she could fly).  She simply didn't know better, she has been told and will be in trouble if caught doing it again, but she was not torturing my chickens by any means. And I am more at fault than her, kids and animals shouldn't be left alone unsupervised, period. For the best interests of both. smile

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post #18 of 33
8/8/11 at 8:49pm

If there is an unlayed egg inside if her, it might break and cause her to be egg bound

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Im a guy that has 1 Light Brown Leghorn Rooster, 1 RIR Light Brown leghorn cross Roo, 9 Hens, a RIR, Black Star, Australorp, 1 Easter Eggers, 2 Cochin mix Banties, White Bearded Silkie, and what looks like a Cuckoo Marans mix hen as pets. and 3 mix breed hens
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post #19 of 33
8/8/11 at 8:51pm

LOL, this thread title played in my head like a news anchor from dateline 2020 was reading it. "KIDS. innocent fun... OR CHICKEN TORTURERES?"

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post #20 of 33
8/8/11 at 8:54pm
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Originally Posted by aubreynoramarie 

LOL, this thread title played in my head like a news anchor from dateline 2020 was reading it. "KIDS. innocent fun... OR CHICKEN TORTURERES?"


Lol yuckyuck

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Seramas, call ducks, mandarin ducks, and geese SCNA member  MO NPIP pt tested flock 

My website http://ittybittybantiebarn.weebly.com/  

FB poultry group, The Roost- https://www.facebook.com/groups/415500468537164/

 

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