Hatchery video- Holy cow- I'll hatch my own from now on

poor things is right

 

yea, that doesn't look good. is this done at all hatcheries? i have never ordered hatchery chicks - - but i hope some of them are doing it because they enjoy chickens, thus wouldn't hurt them.

also, and this is just an idea - - perhaps if we buy them (from hatcheries), we can save them from.....who knows? like a rescue.

 

It is difficult to watch processes that appear inhumane to some, but are seemingly normal in certain industries. This industry is just one of a few. Also, I'd like to point out that all food comes from somewhere, but more on that later in the post. I do not work for any hatchery or anything even close to it and neither am I bashing the posters feelings towards this video. I would like to offer some practical reasoning though

Before y'all start throwin' eggs at me , I did watch the video and I didn't see anything I thought to be true animal cruelty, but I did see some practices that if, it were my company that I would surely change.
My background is in process engineering so I have a tendency to pick things apart into pieces and look at specific details, so here goes:

I would bring the conveyor that separates the shells and chicks closer to the one that the chicks fall onto, a smaller distance could reduce any broken legs and such. Either that approach or something completely different for the purpose of separating chicks and shells.
The chick sexing part where the employees throw the chicks down the appropriate ducting I have a problem with, I would get rid of the ducting and provide something that doesn't involve a 'fall' or being thrown.
I don't have any issues with the chicks being put into 150 count crates, as chickens are flock creatures and like the warmth of the others.
The spray vaccinations would seem to be better suited than a needle application, to me anyway, so I'd keep this the same.

I think the OP has a good point on chicken processing and what is involved.
Here is my rant on the food side of things, eggs, meat, ect... so take with a grain of salt
I am the type of person that wants to know what my food has been subjected to, what's in it, and if it's harmful to me.
I also know where food comes from, and I just fail to see the advantage of promoting ignorance of 'where food comes from' within a society, and that thought process is not only tolerated in modern times, but seems to be preferred.
Bottom line is: yes sometimes things 'look' cruel when they may not be. Throwing chicks on the floor and stomping them would be a case of animal cruelty for sure, so would not feeding them till they starved to death just as an example.
I think knowledge is key as sometimes the lines between animal cruelty and practical necessity can get blurred.
Thanks to the OP for posting the video!

Oh yes, and BTW, you should try hatching your own. I'm on my second hatching and find it very fun and really addictive

 

i don't think i understand the concept of a hatchery. which hatchery is this video from? anyone know? do they all operate that way? or is it one big operation and hatcheries get their chicks from this big operation?

i will be honest and say i truly thought it was a team of people going through each bird and filling each order - - kind of like hatching at my house only with a few more people, better equipment, etc.

 

Quote:That was my vision as well. I'm going to stick to hatching my own. More rewarding and more fun.

 

Quote:Looks like a creepy roller coaster ride for chicks. Makes me glad I hatched my chicks from eggs. At least I know my babies weren't tossed and dropped - at least by me. Also shows me that my gentle handling of the eggs and chicks wasn't all that necessary - they apparently can handle a great deal more roughness then I gave them.

 

I don't know what hatchery that video is from that the OP originally posted, but I did find Murry McMurray Hatchery on a episode of "Dirty Jobs" on YouTube showing chick sexing.

It is in 2 parts

Here is Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=Y4g_WCmznW4

Here is Part 2: