I see your point, and I do agree those examples would be cruel to the animal. I know there is no point in denying cornish cross purpose is for meat. But that doesn't mean it would be cruel to ration a CXs food. Most people who raise cornish for their intended purpose as meat, including me, still...
The lethal conditions in chickens caused by being overweight are not good ways to die. Egg binding and prolapse aren't very comfortable either. Eating does make them happy, but the result isn't just a shortened lifespan. It's pain, discomfort, and then death.
Doodle and Smudge can still be very...
I'd cut their ration down to 1/4 cup of food a day. If you wet the portion down, their crops will feel more full because the food has expanded. To help them feel full throughout the day, they can have low carb foods: grass, dandelions, spinach, etc.
I'd guess they will start laying around 7...
Lemon Blue follows the genetics of blue, black, splash.
No copies of the blue gene = Brown Red
One copy of the blue gene = Lemon Blue
Two copies of the blue gene = Lemon Splash (or "sport")
A Brown Red that comes from Lemon Blue breeding is that exact same as another Brown Red. Brown Reds from...