I went to the local Atwoods, and decided to get some babies. Well, when I head over to see the little chicks, I was just... horrified. Horrified at what I saw: bloodied baby chicks that have been vent-pecked so much they are soaked in blood and just being mutilated by the others, chicks crowded and crammed into tiny brooders, so that they have no space at all. In these situations, the slightest peck from another chick just starts a riot of attacks on the chick that's been pecked, seriously harming it, or even killing it.
The chicks have pasty rear, bloodied vents, dirty brooders, foul water... it makes me cry. I hate looking at their chicks because of this; you'd think I'd have remembered the monstrosities of the chick section. I didn't.
I saw one dying, laying, stone cold, in the brooder, peeping, and being trampled by other chicks. An employee comes up, takes the chick, and puts it in a paper towel and throws it away in the garbage cans. He tells me it's just a chicken, that its no big deal, that it's just how it is... well, it may be a chicken, but if it breaths and peeps, eats and drinks... by golly, it's a living creature that shouldn't be treated that way!
I just wanted to pour out my thoughts. I hope that you guys are like-minded and understand.
(Mods, I am so sorry if this is considered animal rights...)
The chicks have pasty rear, bloodied vents, dirty brooders, foul water... it makes me cry. I hate looking at their chicks because of this; you'd think I'd have remembered the monstrosities of the chick section. I didn't.
I saw one dying, laying, stone cold, in the brooder, peeping, and being trampled by other chicks. An employee comes up, takes the chick, and puts it in a paper towel and throws it away in the garbage cans. He tells me it's just a chicken, that its no big deal, that it's just how it is... well, it may be a chicken, but if it breaths and peeps, eats and drinks... by golly, it's a living creature that shouldn't be treated that way!
I just wanted to pour out my thoughts. I hope that you guys are like-minded and understand.
(Mods, I am so sorry if this is considered animal rights...)