I really want to save some chickens or ducks....

[TheDuckCrew]

even though my parents would never let me, i just wish i could go and buy some chickens or ducks from a meat farm or anywhere else where they wouldn't get a full and happy life. i was looking at a thread about cornish crosses and it just broke my heart. these girls had gotten a real life and were totally happy, i want to make a bird's life like that! i'm sorry there's really nothing anybody could do, but i just had to say something.

 

[serendipity22]

your intentions are noble...

Cornish Crosses typically don't live very long. They've been bred to hit a goal weight in a quick length of time. So even if you don't butcher them in the correct time frame, they are likely to go feet up from a heart attack...

 

[TheDuckCrew]

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yeah i know. but on the thread i was reading, it was saying they were able to keep them from having a heart attack with asprin and would give them limited amounts of food so they don't overeat. not starving them, but giving them what they should be eating.

 

[hennypenny9]

You could always try a local egg farm. They get rid of (ship off to become dog food) battery hens when their production drops off. But I'm betting they still lay plenty for a normal family, and you'd get bonus karma points. I was reading a thread about this not to long ago...