Help! Found a poor chicken that fell off a poultry truck

[AidKD]

@AidKD, please read the beginning of this thread, page two, where I said I rescued three of these commercial type chickens and a turkey to the age of five years old, just fine, and they actually thrive.

That's up to you if you want to keep those birds for so long. I'm sure you take good care of them, but any animals being kept alive outside of its "healthy" living time frame is not thriving.

What exactly is wrong with allowing an animal that had no control over her unnaturally engineered body, to have the chance at life?

What's wrong with it is they are not "designed", so to speak, to live that long. Therefore, the animals deals with health issues a normal animal wouldn't deal with, and that puts them in pain, which is wrong.

That science was wrong on our part, so reversing the "trend" would be right thing in this situation to do.

I agree, but you can't reverse the trend on the animals that are already subject to the trend. You take away their quality of life, and that's not right. Reversing the trend would be going with natural chickens who live natural lives and get fat in a natural amount of time.

Since you do not have the experience raising these breeds past slaughter age, stop discouraging her when you do not know what you are talking about.
Read that would you? So that I do not have to repeat myself?

Um, I actually have quite alot of experience in this...

And excuse my frankness, but I find your unhelpful comments disgusting, and disturbing.

Okay, that's fine.

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

And of course if I see that it’s suffering I will not prolong its suffering.

This is the key point of this entire thread that's getting a little lost I feel.
The animal's welfare comes first and foremost. Not everyone has the time or resources to put into a high maintenance bird and if they don't then they definitely should not be trying, that is cruel. If you can provide that then go right ahead. I've kept "disabled/special needs" chickens before, it's an experience.
There is also nothing wrong with preventing or ending an animal's suffering, that's exactly what humane euthanasia is.
Wishing you all the best with your new chicken

 

[AidKD]

I think I’m going to keep it next to my flock in its own separate area and hopefully have him/her roost at night with them in a separate section I have that’s not being used.

That sounds like the best idea in the circumstances.

And of course if I see that it’s suffering I will not prolong its suffering.

I'm sure you won't.

 

[Twilia]

That's up to you if you want to keep those birds for so long. I'm sure you take good care of them, but any animals being kept alive outside of its "healthy" living time frame is not thriving.

What's wrong with it is they are not "designed", so to speak, to live that long. Therefore, the animals deals with health issues a normal animal wouldn't deal with, and that puts them in pain, which is wrong.

I agree, but you can't reverse the trend on the animals that are already subject to the trend. You take away their quality of life, and that's not right. Reversing the trend would be going with natural chickens who live natural lives and get fat in a natural amount of time.

Um, I actually have quite alot of experience in this...

Okay, that's fine.

@AidKD,

I keep them because someone else wronged them, physically abused them, so I figure it is up to me to make that up to them.

Now, you said they do not thrive. Mine have never had health issues other than the norm things like bumblefoot... They live with my flock just fine, and my turkey is prolific at jumping to roost.

Every situation is unique. The problem you are wary of is not yet a problem and to overreact so much as to cull an animal so soon before the chance of anything happening, is not what I consider right, or just.
However, I value your take on this and considered what you said.

I apologize, please excuse my invalid assumptions, dang I hate those, but have you also raised this breed before?

 

[AidKD]

@AidKD,

I keep them because someone else wronged them, physically abused them, so I figure it is up to me to make that up to them.

Now, you said they do not thrive. Mine have never had health issues other than the norm things like bumblefoot... They live with my flock just fine, and my turkey is prolific at jumping to roost.

Every situation is unique. The problem you are wary of is not yet a problem and to overreact so much as to cull an animal so soon before the chance of anything happening, is not what I consider right, or just.
However, I value your take on this and considered what you said.

I do see what you're trying to get at here. I don't agree, but I do see. I told op that I'm sure they wouldn't let the chicken suffer.

I apologize, please excuse my invalid assumptions, dang I hate those, but have you also raised this breed before?

Many hundreds

 

[casportpony]

That's up to you if you want to keep those birds for so long. I'm sure you take good care of them, but any animals being kept alive outside of its "healthy" living time frame is not thriving.

I beg to differ. I raised two BBW turkeys that thrived for many years, and a friend of mine, @DylansMom, had one that lived to be nine.

 

[Twilia]

I do see what you're trying to get at here. I don't agree, but I do see. I told op that I'm sure they wouldn't let the chicken suffer.

Many hundreds

I am vegetarian. My family raises these breeds on the homestead (It is ethical this way vs. commercial). These breeds are not ethical in general, and I hope in the future folks choose more ethically, maybe even heritage breeds.

Since we all have so very unique life experiences, we all conclude different beliefs based on our perceptions of Truth, which we are seeing from different angles. Debating opinions is beneficial to both parties if you learn from it. However, your choice of words in your first post is still disturbing but am only glad my honesty did not offend you too much. Because it seems to rub some folks the wrong way, too often.

I enjoyed discussing this with you and other folk, but must get off now, it's getting late.

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

I beg to differ. I raised two BBW turkeys that thrived for many years, and a friend of mine, @DylansMom, had one that lived to be nine.

I think it's important to remember though, sometimes care cannot change genetics. Breeds like Cornish X and BBW do not all have the exact same genetics. If an individual is genetically prone to a particular health condition no quality of care is going to extend that lifespan. You can see that in poorly bred dog breeds, you can pour thousands of dollars into vet care but you can never fix their genetics.

 

[AidKD]

I beg to differ. I raised two BBW turkeys that thrived for many years, and a friend of mine, @DylansMom, had one that lived to be nine.

I can honestly say that I have next to no experience with turkeys. I've not owned many, but out of those not many I've only ever gotten one raised past the baby stage without it dying.

 

[Daisy June]

Gosh, you did such a nice thing. I hope she survives this and that the two of you get a chance to tell your story. Bless you.