How do I rescue chickens from slaughterhouses and factories?

[Acre4Me]

@nicalandia makes sone good points. Not to mention, humans are omnivores and need animal protein. Many people in US have an inexpensive source for protein in eggs and chicken meat. Not everyone can or wants to pay top dollar for their food. Not everyone can grow their food either.

And then there is the ingredient sector. Eggs go into mayonnaise as one simple example. So much mayonnaise is produced in the US that it is produced “in-line” not by batch. One run may be a 3-day continuous run. The water portion being mixed with the egg and oil portion directly in the lines and emulsified en route to the final container. When bird flu was a problem a few years ago, there was an egg shortage. The egg shortage meant mayonnaise was in short supply bc you can’t make mayonnaise without eggs...there is a federal standard of identity for mayonnaise dictating that the only emulsifier is egg. There is one for “salad dressing” which is the white mayonnaise-like spread too and it states “salad dressing” must have a certain % egg content, but it can have stabilizers too. The egg shortage got pretty bad that for awhile even the large “salad dressing” brand we are familiar with had to change their formulation and had to remove “salad dressing” from the label bc they were not using enough eggs in their formulation at that time. Then there us the baking industry, etc. eggs go into many products. Do you want all these products to increase in price? What about the people who aren’t as well off as you?

egg farms aren’t the factory farms of yesterday either. In my area there are egg producers and one recently built a huge new building with lots of ventilation. In addition, there is employee health and safety that is thrown into the mix, and government oversight And inspection.

you can vilify them if YOU want. But, as for me, I’m glad that there is a way of providing good protein and nutrition to a large number of people.

 

[nicalandia]

Yep, the factory farming practices make it possible for poor people to afford meat. I wanted to put a dent into that system by producing meat for the same price Walmart can offer chicken. I found out the only way to do that is to do what the factory farms do. While the chicken I eat was raised humanely in my back yard, it costs me more to raise my own than it costs to go to walmart and buying a whole giant chicken. Poor folk gotta eat and I prefer they eat more than I prefer to pat myself on the back for opposing the systems in place that feeds them.

You can't beat big corporations at what they do best, cut costs, bribes and shady deals and government discounts.

The most a Backyard breeder can hope is to raise their birds humanly and sell them locally to conscious buyers willing to pay the premium for such meat

 

[Marie2020]

I disagree. You can at least give a few of those hens (and maybe more) a good end to their life. Keep rescuing!

With you 100% @cluckmecoop7 . The more rescued the better, every life counts

 

[nicalandia]

With you 100% @cluckmecoop7 . The more rescued the better, every life counts

Priorities people

Some people that like to pad themselves on the back for "rescuing" a few spent hens, have the luxury of buying organic eggs, organic products never even thought about sponsoring a third world country child. 3 million children die of hunger every year.

 

[Acre4Me]

You can't beat big corporations at what they do best, cut costs, bribes and shady deals

lol. Not all corporation rely on bribes and shady deals.

 

[Fishychix]

Priorities people

Some people that like to pad themselves on the back for "rescuing" a few spent hens, have the luxury of buying organic eggs, organic products never even thought about sponsoring a third world country child. 3 million children die of hunger every year.

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Unfortunately a lot of these children don’t actually see any of this money. And all of the clothes we donate usually end up in their landfills instead of ours. No one really asks these communities what they actually need. I’m all for helping those in need whenever and however I can but I’d rather help in ways the receiver can appreciate rather than what makes me feel good about myself. I do research before I donate to anything overseas and only give my clothes to our Free Clothing Center and the Salvation Army. I’ve stopped giving to Goodwill due to the massive amount of money their CEO makes, same with United Way.
We can go on and on with this and get nowhere except angry at each other.

 

[Folly's place]

Agree. It's a sad topic we aren't going to fix here.
Chickens! This is about chickens!
Mary

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I've got to add that (at least where I live) you don't see any vegetarian or vegan body builders or even athletes

I think adopting a spent hen from a factory is very similar to adopting a dog from a pound. You know you can't save them all, but you can at least save that one (or three). I would love to myself since I don't need a lot of eggs, but like I've said before, there's just not many places here for those types of rescue

 

[Compost King]

I've got to add that (at least where I live) you don't see any vegetarian or vegan body builders or even athletes

I think adopting a spent hen from a factory is very similar to adopting a dog from a pound. You know you can't save them all, but you can at least save that one (or three). I would love to myself since I don't need a lot of eggs, but like I've said before, there's just not many places here for those types of rescue

I would take on a rescue battery hen because the manure to me is more important than the eggs, but I won't go out of my way or jump through hoops to get them. Sometimes I see people sell their spent hens on craigslist but I won't pay for them. People often try to sell animals of no value on there. I will take them if they are free and offered with in my county, thats about it. If they are battery leghorns they will scratch up a pile of leaves into dust in a matter of hours. Those are some great birds for composting purposes.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I would take on a rescue battery hen because the manure to me is more important than the eggs, but I won't go out of my way or jump through hoops to get them. Sometimes I see people sell their spent hens on craigslist but I won't pay for them. People often try to sell animals of no value on there. I will take them if they are free and offered with in my county, thats about it. If they are battery leghorns they will scratch up a pile of leaves into dust in a matter of hours. Those are some great birds for composting purposes.

I always forget the manure part is important to some people. That's something every bird can do