Anyone else feel guilty selling chickens?

[McChooky]

I just sold my 9 hens which 5 were bought and 4 were raised since they were children, even though they were bought, they were all loved, we sold them to a chinese family for about 12 dollars each and they were gonna eat them, i feel so bad for the chickens, especially the younger ones we raised since they were jumping out of the box scared and they feared them, the 5 older ones were carried to the car by hand and they just seemed to quiet and it was like they knew their life was over, it was honestly so sad.

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