Save some Battery Hens hurry!

Yep, stress effects color/body condition/feather condition/etc. Shame these girls don't just deal with the temporary stress of a molt or predator, but rather chronic stress for the duration of their short lives.

punk-a-doodle said:

Yep, stress effects color/body condition/feather condition/etc. Shame these girls don't just deal with the temporary stress of a molt or predator, but rather chronic stress for the duration of their short lives.

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So does egg laying.

chickened said:

What is wrong with slaughter? I. Am serious what really is wrong about the use of old hens to make into food for people and or pets? I applaud those for their nobility that take in these birds but for us that raise very valuable birds it is too great of a risk to have birds that god knows what they are packing in our flocks or near them That is my main objection to rehoming them. People dump them around here thinking I will take them in and I cull them instead. I guess I have seen the negative side of rehoming them

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cassie said:

Actually, Random Ramblings IS a discussion thread. That is what it is for. As for not sending these hens to slaughter, what do you propose should be done with laying chickens that are too old to lay? Seriously. How many people can afford to set up a retirement home for old chickens, whether they are a backyard flock raised to provide eggs for a single family or battery hens from a commercial egg farm? Think about it.

Chickens can be useful in many different ways. They can be pets, producers of eggs, producers of meat, producers of feathers, or any combination thereof. In the wild, they just end up as some critter's dinner. Most domestic chickens end up the same way.

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I have nothing against slaughter, or culling. Especially when the animals lived their lives properly taken care of and had a good life. When it is done inhumanly, or if the animal has a hard life before the slaughter, that's the thing that bothers me. I simply wanted these hens to go and have a chance at a new kind of life.

Sorry If I offended anyone in anyway. I did not mean to make anyone upset.

FrankiesMom said:

I understand GoldenSparrow posted here not knowing where else to post. So, it wasn't intended as the start of a discussion forum.

That said, GS now knows where to post in order to not read other people's opinions. Because that's what these are OPINIONS - and everybody has one. And everybody has the right to one.

GS, I agree that these hens need a better life, even if it's just a few weeks to fatten them up before they become dinner. IMHO of course.
Personally, I'd add a couple to my flock if I could - after carefully having quaranteened of course!

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Thanks for understanding.

Yep, believe I addressed that and made a distinction between different levels and types of stress in my post.

GoldenSparrow said:

I have nothing against slaughter, or culling. Especially when the animals lived their lives properly taken care of and had a good life.  When it is done inhumanly, or if the animal has a hard life before the slaughter, that's the thing that bothers me. I simply wanted these hens to go and have a chance at a new kind of life.

Sorry If I offended anyone in anyway. I did not mean to make anyone upset.

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You didn't offend me. Take a lot actually. I have actually been to an egg farm willamette egg and the hens I assure you are not unhappy an unhappy hen in a hens little world will absolutely quit laying if she is stressed. This would be counterproductive to the egg farm The unhappy part is the human observation factor or assumption that the hen is unhappy as if that emotion is really comparable yo a human. Do they run around in the grass free and wild? No that is not a reality for them and as the creator of those type birds the creator has authority over them. That is just the way it is They do IMO deserve good treatment and if someone has the funds to provide chicken social security the are free to do so but don't guilt people into taking them with sad photos and half truths as my experience has been that when someone adopts an animal that they really don't want it suffers