Do you kiss your chickens?

[Miss Sebright]

Chickens have WAY cleaner mouths/beaks that dogs, cats, and even people. I share popsicles and fruit with my birds all the time. They deserve kisses for the joy they give me!

 

[chickenbottom]

i kiss them all the time they are my babies mostly penelope she is so snuggly

 

[NYREDS]

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No disrespect intended but I truly think you don't understand--- it has nothing to do with relationships with humans. I have been married for nearly a quarter of a century to a wonderful man--- I've raised two great kids into loving, responsible and well adjusted adults. I have always loved animals in that they are an expression of God's amazing creation, providence and love. My animals--- including my chickens bring me such joy--- just their being--- the fact that I care for them and they provide for me. Animals are, to me, a sign of God's love for us--- a gift that teaches us about our relationship to Him. I think it is more sad when a creature created by God cannot be loved and appreciated for what it is--- a living breathing being that with a little care provides so much in return. It is sad to me when I see animals treated as objects--- a commodity to be used. It is interesting how in our society we recognize people who abuse and torture animals as having the potential of eventually becoming killers of human beings--- Being a good steward of God's creation to me means seeing the goodness in it---- that bring joy to my heart and that is expressed in the care and affection I feel towards the creatures he has provided for me..... Just my .02... for what it is worth!

Well said Kelidei!

And yes I kiss my chickens on the lips all the time... they are free range and they're clean! I have had moments when I've realised what plant they'e been eating based on their beak-breath.... that's always a weird moment.....

The only chicken "lips" I'm aware of are on the back end but each to their own.

Being a good steward of animals is one thing, anthropomorphising them is another. Contrary to what mant here seem to think your chickens don't love you. They don't have the capacity to love. They are conditioned to respond to you in a certain way because you bring their food. If your chickens lived with me for a month they'd respond to me & fail to recognize you.
I meant it when I said some of this makes me sad. I see poeple here write things about chickens that make it sound as if chickens are their chief source of emotional support. To me that's very sad.
I've raised chickens for most of my life. I enjoy raising them. I think they're beautiful creatures. They can be very entertaining & they make good soup, They're chickens. Not a bit different from the ones that come in a bucket @ KFC.

 

[safarichick101]

My chicken, ginger is the cutest thing out there. She always runs to me and into my open arms! Is that not love? I think we underestimate animals. Elephants are known to remember friends from long ago. And dogs sometimes grieve over the loss of their owner, and even my rooster, canello, whent into a state of depression after the loss of his favorite hen. And to this day he doesn't mate, I haven't seen fertilized eggs since her death.

 

[fivelittlechicks]

I do ALL the time!!! especially my little baby hen named Chipmunk!!

 

[kelidei]

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Sincerely I hope you give us more credit then that! I think all of us here realize that our chickens don't "love" us back. I don't expect my chickens--- or my dogs for that matter--- to love me back. And yes--- I do realize that when my dogs get between me and something they feel is a threat to me they are not doing it because they "love" me--- they are instinctively protecting the pack member who provides their food and goodies--- if they had opposable thumbs who knows what they would do!!! Same with my chickens--- when they come running to the fence I KNOW they are not thinking "hey look! there's mom" they are thinking "hey she's the one with the treats--- let's go see what she has." I really do get it---- I promise you--- BUT that doesn't stop me from expressing the joy they give me by a little kiss on the top of their cute feathery heads--- same with my dogs---- and probably with my goats when I get them this spring--- it's an expression of joy--- not a warped form of "relationship"

 

[NYREDS]

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Sincerely I hope you give us more credit then that! I think all of us here realize that our chickens don't "love" us back. I don't expect my chickens--- or my dogs for that matter--- to love me back. And yes--- I do realize that when my dogs get between me and something they feel is a threat to me they are not doing it because they "love" me--- they are instinctively protecting the pack member who provides their food and goodies--- if they had opposable thumbs who knows what they would do!!! Same with my chickens--- when they come running to the fence I KNOW they are not thinking "hey look! there's mom" they are thinking "hey she's the one with the treats--- let's go see what she has." I really do get it---- I promise you--- BUT that doesn't stop me from expressing the joy they give me by a little kiss on the top of their cute feathery heads--- same with my dogs---- and probably with my goats when I get them this spring--- it's an expression of joy--- not a warped form of "relationship"

You're pretty new here. Pay a little more attention to what some [many] people post before you conclude my point is without validity.
Beyond that, to my way of thinking, there's something creepy about giving chickens "a little kiss on the top of their head".

 

[Ladyhawke1]

The capacity to care has no bounds. What humankind thinks it knows does not register on nature's scale. There are things in heaven and on earth that are unexplainable. Our ability to explain them is so limited and those that try to explain the phenomenon, they do not have the tools, at least not in this universe.

However, that life force which drives us all, and we as humans find so poor at explaining….the animals right in front of our eyes perform this feat as easily as they do breathing air.

 

[chseeads]

If kissing chickens was the worst vice in the world, what a wonderful place this would be. lol

 

[kelidei]

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You are right--- I am new here. I didn't mean to ruffle any feathers (no pun intended). I guess I just don't over analyze things said on a message board.