That article holds no surprises for me....I've been on this forum for 5 years and have watched the urban movement towards chickens with much dismay. This society, with their "I want it! Give it to me now!" attitude brooks no arguments about the welfare of the animal. They think that love means letting every animal live, live, live even when the quality of that life is a misery, and showering it with food of all kinds, expensive coops, cute clothing and claims of "humane" treatment being the equivalent of "compassion".
Spoiled children with a new toy...soon to be an old toy. I never heard the term "attrition" until I came to this site. It seems to be the definition of doing nothing wise or prudent for the welfare of the flock of chickens at all.... and then letting predators, pet dogs, and illness plague the flock until they are dead and you can apply "chicken math" to get more new toys. All the while acting shocked when someone mentions killing them for mercy reasons or for food, with self-righteous claims of "I could NEVER do that!!", as if that was a badge of honor~to claim you could never give your chicken a more merciful and humane death than "dying naturally", which translates into the aforementioned "attrition".
IME, attrition is a word used by those who want a euphemism for "poor husbandry" and "no compassion for my flock..only for ME". I have people like that in my own family...who have begged me to sell them some of my livestock. There is no amount of money they could offer that would induce me to let them have one of my own good animals...not those that are near and dear to me. I'd rather give them to someone who has their heart screwed on right than someone who thinks "attrition" is the way to thin out a flock.
Spoiled children with a new toy...soon to be an old toy. I never heard the term "attrition" until I came to this site. It seems to be the definition of doing nothing wise or prudent for the welfare of the flock of chickens at all.... and then letting predators, pet dogs, and illness plague the flock until they are dead and you can apply "chicken math" to get more new toys. All the while acting shocked when someone mentions killing them for mercy reasons or for food, with self-righteous claims of "I could NEVER do that!!", as if that was a badge of honor~to claim you could never give your chicken a more merciful and humane death than "dying naturally", which translates into the aforementioned "attrition".
IME, attrition is a word used by those who want a euphemism for "poor husbandry" and "no compassion for my flock..only for ME". I have people like that in my own family...who have begged me to sell them some of my livestock. There is no amount of money they could offer that would induce me to let them have one of my own good animals...not those that are near and dear to me. I'd rather give them to someone who has their heart screwed on right than someone who thinks "attrition" is the way to thin out a flock.
