Indianapolis News Article on Chickens!!

[ethingtonart]

So, I had to go back and read the comments. It is so bizarre how people can have such opposing views on different animal species. If you kept dogs or cats like that you would soooo go to jail, but since chickens (cows/pigs) are "only food" who cares if they are happy or mistreated???? What a load of you-know-what!

Did you read this one..."Puhleez. They're chickens. Nobody "loves" chickens like a dog or cat. They're not pets. Chickens don't love back. They're food! Yummy, tasty food!"

or this one..."There aren't many animals dumber than a chicken. Among vertabrates anyway. Fish are dumber, but only a little. Happiness is not something a chicken is capable of feeling. They don't feel anything. They lack the parts of the brain that register anything beyond primal anger and fear.

or..."I don't eat much meat, io am mostly vegetariean, and I am an animal lover. However, this is the dumbest a@@ thing I have heard in a long freakin time. Its a chicken, they are dumb as posts, who cares."

Grrrr. That makes me so upset!!
Of coarse, there are some positive comments on there too, but it seems that the majority were of the opinion that chickens are mindless egg and meat producing machines.​

 

[chickerdoodle]

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Did you read this one..."Puhleez. They're chickens. Nobody "loves" chickens like a dog or cat. They're not pets. Chickens don't love back. They're food! Yummy, tasty food!"

or this one..."There aren't many animals dumber than a chicken. Among vertabrates anyway. Fish are dumber, but only a little. Happiness is not something a chicken is capable of feeling. They don't feel anything. They lack the parts of the brain that register anything beyond primal anger and fear.

or..."I don't eat much meat, io am mostly vegetariean, and I am an animal lover. However, this is the dumbest a@@ thing I have heard in a long freakin time. Its a chicken, they are dumb as posts, who cares."

Grrrr. That makes me so upset!!
Of coarse, there are some positive comments on there too, but it seems that the majority were of the opinion that chickens are mindless egg and meat producing machines.

Chickens were one of the first animals trained with clickers--the same method used for dolphins, whales, dogs, horses, etc. They were smart enough to know that if they did a particular thing they would get a treat and actually were able to do more complex behaviors than any" rocks" or "posts" I've met and I am a behaviorist! There is a lot that takes place in the brain that we still do not know--who are we to just say a living being has no feelings? They also said dogs did not have feelings until recent research proved this was untrue. It is hard to differentiate instinct and preservation from true feelings but I think that we need to use OUR feelings to see the injustice being done to these sentient creatures.

 

[ethingtonart]

Chickens were one of the first animals trained with clickers--the same method used for dolphins, whales, dogs, horses, etc. They were smart enough to know that if they did a particular thing they would get a treat and actually were able to do more complex behaviors than any" rocks" or "posts" I've met and I am a behaviorist! There is a lot that takes place in the brain that we still do not know--who are we to just say a living being has no feelings? They also said dogs did not have feelings until recent research proved this was untrue. It is hard to differentiate instinct and preservation from true feelings but I think that we need to use OUR feelings to see the injustice being done to these sentient creatures. rant

VERY well said!!​

 

[urban dreamer]

(sigh) The artical itself didn't bother me but the comments that followed made me cry. How is it that these selfish people are allowed to reproduce and vote? Nothing makes me want to be at home right now, with my chickens, in the cold, than stupidity like this.

 

[Schultz]

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VERY well said!!

I second that!! And as for the person in Pittsboro who said chickens were not welcomed there; I cannot find any law saying so. I will try to send that person a message if someone else hasn't already!

Thought this was funny, enjoy!
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iGJ4SmYJ7PEmn6l_cWyctCzbWMEwD9C2QIA00

 

[ducks4you]

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Agreed. Not to preach,

, but, add the cost of eggs to our future because they're gonna change this, sooner or later.

 

[Egg_newton]

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Did you read this one..."Puhleez. They're chickens. Nobody "loves" chickens like a dog or cat. They're not pets. Chickens don't love back. They're food! Yummy, tasty food!"

or this one..."There aren't many animals dumber than a chicken. Among vertabrates anyway. Fish are dumber, but only a little. Happiness is not something a chicken is capable of feeling. They don't feel anything. They lack the parts of the brain that register anything beyond primal anger and fear.

or..."I don't eat much meat, io am mostly vegetariean, and I am an animal lover. However, this is the dumbest a@@ thing I have heard in a long freakin time. Its a chicken, they are dumb as posts, who cares."

Grrrr. That makes me so upset!!
Of coarse, there are some positive comments on there too, but it seems that the majority were of the opinion that chickens are mindless egg and meat producing machines.

I bet these people have never ever seen a real live chicken up close let alone interacted with them. How in the heck would they know how smart they are or that no one could love a chicken as a pet. The obvouisly have never met a silkie or my Petey.

 

[Lensters]

I was following along right up until the "reporter" quoted a PETA representative and someone from organization. Pretty much discredits everything in the article if the news is coming from homegrown terrorists.