Cruelty to Chickens in Factories

[cubalaya]

MAYBE NOT BUT I CAN RAISE ENOUGH FOR ME. sorry caps. i can raise my own pork. i can trade or barter for some grass fed beef. i can grow and can my own vegetables and fruit. i can kill a few deer, rabbit, turkey and ducks. i can catch some fresh fish. i can grow edible mushrooms on my oak tree logs. i can collect black walnuts from my 3 walnut trees. i even plant some crops just for my animals. turnips are great. we usually eat the first pickings on the greens then the animals get the rest. we eat the turnips once they get big. we plant them in aug. and are still getting them in december. we plant more in march and get them until it gets hot in june.

 

[chickortreat]

Of COURSE you've never heard your chickens complain about how they are treated. How ridiculous is that. I've never heard the dog next door complain to the owner "Your son picks me up by my ears, make him stop!" either. I truly never gave it much thought as I enjoyed my fried chicken, until I had chicken in my own yard and see how they respond to people and each other. Very social beings that come to their name, intelligence exhibited. After watching a documentary on Factory Farms and the hazardous waste, I realized I could not support such an industry of torture. No they don't complain, they are only existing. I buy my chickens from a farmer who raises his chickens in a pasture where they are all over the place; another farm in Burnet, TX where I bought my breeding pair of rabbits for my rabbitry, raises their ducks, geese, and chickens in large fenced enclosures. They are not packed in, have natural cover for inclement weather, and live as free a life as a bird could hope for. They eat as many bugs as they want and have feed as well. It can be done. People pay top dollar for what these two locations produce...humanely and with respect for the animals in their care.

You buy chickens that are raised with dignity and respect. Then you KILL AND EAT THEM. That's my point.

 

[My Pretties]

Sorry, but you got it wrong. I thought I had stated, I'm a vegetarian. I don't eat ANY animal flesh. I raise the chickens, I get the eggs. When they are through with their egg laying life they live here as pest control pets. They still have a purpose. Chickens don't think of bugs and eating from the ground as "nasty stuff." I've taught my grandson bugs are a healthy source of protein! We wash and cook them, but at 4 he thinks eating bugs is wonderful and is always wanting me to make him a GRUB BURGER. So far (I keep telling him anyway) I haven't found enough grubs to make him a grub burger since the chickens eat them first. I'm sure they love the juicy baby land lobsters. So no, I NEVER kill my birds! If sick or injured we will put one down to spare them misery and still not eat her.

 

[chickortreat]

I commend you for your being a vegetarian. That said though, I cannot imagine life without meat.

 

[My Pretties]

I'm 62, I didn't think I could either. Watching ONE documentary changed my life dramatically. I've learned how to make "meatless" meatloaf (I know, an oxymoron) because at times I do miss meat. If "Farmer John" raised a couple head of cattle that were free ranging, living a good life as God intended them to live and he decided to slaughter one using methods that DO exist to get the animal killed almost instantly without terror, I would be able to enjoy whatever he offered me. One might say I'm a reluctant vegetarian standing up for what I believe, yet missing what I left behind. I can't move to the country to have ranch hands and animal wranglers to do the deed, so veggie burgers it is for me. I don't belong to PETA either!

 

[angel8035]

I commend you for your being a vegetarian. That said though, I cannot imagine life without meat.

That's what my husband said, but he is now a happy vegetarian who eats guilt free It is really not hard - if you really enjoy meat there are plenty of substitutes for hamburger, sausage, bacon, etc. But once you have been veggie for a while, you will start to enjoy other new foods more and not really even miss meats. That is just our experience, but we are happy being vegetarians and feel healthier for it.

 

[angel8035]

I'm 62, I didn't think I could either. Watching ONE documentary changed my life dramatically. I've learned how to make "meatless" meatloaf (I know, an oxymoron) because at times I do miss meat. If "Farmer John" raised a couple head of cattle that were free ranging, living a good life as God intended them to live and he decided to slaughter one using methods that DO exist to get the animal killed almost instantly without terror, I would be able to enjoy whatever he offered me. One might say I'm a reluctant vegetarian standing up for what I believe, yet missing what I left behind. I can't move to the country to have ranch hands and animal wranglers to do the deed, so veggie burgers it is for me. I don't belong to PETA either!

I admire that you have made the friendly choice, though it is not the most enjoyable to you. Whenever people tell me that they eat meat because they "enjoy" it, my response is always that killing another creature for our pleasure doesn't sound like a very good reason to take a life. I don't need meat to live, and though I may enjoy the taste, I don't believe that a brief moment of gustatory pleasure is a good enough reason to kill another sentient being. Plus, now that I have been without meat for several years, the thought of it actually turns my stomach and I have discovered a new love for vegetables and fruit that are 10x healthier than bacon and hamburgers. Just my philosophy

 

[Jessica Lynn]

Sorry, but you got it wrong. I thought I had stated, I'm a vegetarian. I don't eat ANY animal flesh. I raise the chickens, I get the eggs. When they are through with their egg laying life they live here as pest control pets. They still have a purpose. Chickens don't think of bugs and eating from the ground as "nasty stuff." I've taught my grandson bugs are a healthy source of protein! We wash and cook them, but at 4 he thinks eating bugs is wonderful and is always wanting me to make him a GRUB BURGER. So far (I keep telling him anyway) I haven't found enough grubs to make him a grub burger since the chickens eat them first. I'm sure they love the juicy baby land lobsters. So no, I NEVER kill my birds! If sick or injured we will put one down to spare them misery and still not eat her.

You eat bugs?

 

[chickortreat]

I kill 2 or 3 deer every year to put in the freezer. I suppose they live "[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]a good life as God intended them to live"?[/FONT]