Angry vegan claims school hatchings are irresponsible.

[Cornishboyraptor]

So basically got into an arguement with some people on a fb group and apparently it's just for entertainment, irresponsible, cruel and its abusive?
This comment starts they held them of cause.

 

[Cornishboyraptor]

Here.

 

[Tre3hugger]

Yup. Some people have different views, often quite extreme. FB is a cesspool and a waste of time. None of this is news... lol

 

[nuthatched]

So....what do you want?
Most schools/classes don't have a good plan for their chicks and have no idea what they're doing or proper care, she has a good point. But most schools figure it out quickly and find appropriate homes for the chicks.
However, getting kids to better understand the life/food cycle is important, maybe chicks aren't the best way to teach kids that since chickens (and every living thing) require commitment. Maybe guppies are a better choice.
In my experience, a large portion of vegans and animal rights people (not hating on them, both good things) at least 50% have no idea about animals or that wild, natural behavior in animals isn't Bambi, nature is cruel, violent and bloody.

 

[Chookchicken]

From what I’ve seen often they just keep the chicks until they are around 4-6 weeks. After that they get sent to a good home. Most of the time schools don’t hatch that many chicks, maybe 5 or 6. Which means schools don’t find it that hard to re-home them. I think it’s good that students get to learn how to candle chicks, how to take care of them, and get to watch them grow and develop, I think it can be beneficial. I don’t think it’d be very beneficial if they were doing it with very young children. I think grade 6+ would probably be the best time to do it. long as the school knows what they’re doing and the chicks get re-homed around the time they stop needing a brooder there isn’t a problem with it.

Your always going to get into fights with people on FB, some people just like the drama.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I am quite sure my teenage daughter is a genius because her kindergarten class had a life cycle project with hatching chicks.
She was so enamored with the chicks and the whole process that we have been keeping chickens ever since. I am also a vegetarian.
I tried being a vegan, but I missed cheese too much.

 

[Cornishboyraptor]

I had experiences of my school hatching out chicks where I live (cornwall) and they got the eggs from one of the teachers parents farms. They hatched, kept them for around 6 weeks and went back to their farm. Another experience when I was in year 1 and my teacher that was hatching chick brought them to school and showed us all, I loved it, we all got to hold them and my teacher would tell us about how to care for them. And my next door neighbour is a teacher that the head teacher brought in his/her own eggs for the school to hatch with broody hens, which the children has. I had loads of good experiences with them as children and a bit older and now I have chickens with breeding programs. I think hatching chicks is a positive thing for school based on my experiences.
Apparently my view is unpopular on that certain page, people with views very much like petas. I very disagree with peta.

 

[PippinTheChicken]

I think it's important to teach kids about responsibility, and where animals come from.
Some kids never get the chance to own any animals so I think it's a great experience for them too.
On the other hand, some schools aren't prepared for chicks and have no idea how to care for them.

 

[Skyle]

As far there is someone that is 100% willing to take home (with a proper space for the chickens) all the chicks if they don't find other homes, that knows how to and can properly take care of them, that knows what to do during incubation. Then, there's no problem.
What I wouldn't approve is when people that have absolutely no knowledge try improvising things. Then they have chicks hatched with problems due to the incubation and they don't know what to do and they don't know how to take care of them, so the chicks suffer and die.
Many people out there think that newborn chicks need just 70°, that they can feed them just bread and/or veggies and they will thrive well. I have no problem with this, there's always time to learn and nobody can know everything. But if you are planning to get or take care of an animal you have to learn at least the basics before getting it.
So, like for every person that is planning to take care of a living being, teachers have to know what they do if they are hatching chicks at school.
I think that is a great experience for kids (and also teenagers), especially when, now, less and less people know farm animals. There are kids that have never seen a chicken and think that the meat in the supermarket appears from nowhere or like grows on trees.

 

[Cornishboyraptor]

As far there is someone that is 100% willing to take home (with a proper space for the chickens) all the chicks if they don't find other homes, that knows how to and can properly take care of them, that knows what to do during incubation. Then, there's no problem.
What I wouldn't approve is when people that have absolutely no knowledge try improvising things. Then they have chicks hatched with problems due to the incubation and they don't know what to do and they don't know how to take care of them, so the chicks suffer and die.
Many people out there think that newborn chicks need just 70°, that they can feed them just bread and/or veggies and they will thrive well. I have no problem with this, there's always time to learn and nobody can know everything. But if you are planning to get or take care of an animal you have to learn at least the basics before getting it.
So, like for every person that is planning to take care of a living being, teachers have to know what they do if they are hatching chicks at school.
I think that is a great experience for kids (and also teenagers), especially when, now, less and less people know farm animals. There are kids that have never seen a chicken and think that the meat in the supermarket appears from nowhere or like grows on trees.

I agree with if the teachers has no idea to look after them. I never had a teacher not know how to look after the chicks. And sorry I'm familiar with celsius. I'm guessing that's around like 32 degree celsius. In my experiences I had teachers that know how to care for and look after chicks. We have a lot of people with farm animals or relatives with them in Cornwall being its very rural.