Is it just me?

[RodNTN]

While I wouldn't eat my own pet chickens, I don't think twice about eating chicken from the store

 

[Melky]

 

[Alexandra33]

I can still eat store bought, humanely-raised, organic chicken.....just not my beloved hens. However, NOTHING tastes better than a aggressive rooster. Yum. Been there, done that aplenty.

~Alex

 

[Sunshine_Chick]

I can still eat store bought, humanely-raised, organic chicken.....just not my beloved hens. However, NOTHING tastes better than a aggressive rooster. Yum. Been there, done that aplenty.

~Alex

As, Ruby Thewes, from the movie Cold Mountain said; "I despise a floggin' rooster, lets put him in a pot".

 

[ChocolateMouse]

No problem here, at least not ones that I named. We raise meat rabbits too ( that makes a lot of people upset) I don't name the young just the adult breeders. If you have no feelings when processing meat then something might be wrong .Really though, I feel grateful each and every time we process a animal to feed our family.

Every bit of this is me.

For me, raising chickens just throws it all into perspective. I find myself MUCH more willing to pay more money for food at the grocery store, especially raised in specific ways. I will happily drop the $3 extra dollars on free-range or cage-free eggs even if I don't know how they were raised because I appreciate how much work goes into simply keeping the animals alive. And I feel a little grossed out when I buy cheap chicken breasts... Not because of the chicken breasts but because of the low price. I actively prefer to consume the higher priced meat just because so much goes into them. It's strange how much I feel bad buying something on sale even though it's not my call and everyone else is buying it and my buying choice is a drop in an ocean.

I'm also a little freaked out when I buy a pack of chicken legs thinking of how many individuals went into that pack. One time I brought grilled bbq rabbit legs (fronts only, kind of like chicken wings) to a party and someone was like "I had a pet rabbit as a kid! How many rabbits died to go in there!?" with hostility, but he was also eating a chicken leg. He had no problem with how many chickens went into the pack of chicken legs he ate, only with the rabbits. But I think about it every time I buy or eat anything now a days.

So, like, I definitely still think about it. It's 100% changed how I think about it. But I don't get squeamish, instead I feel humbled.

 

[CCUK]

Every bit of this is me.

For me, raising chickens just throws it all into perspective. I find myself MUCH more willing to pay more money for food at the grocery store, especially raised in specific ways. I will happily drop the $3 extra dollars on free-range or cage-free eggs even if I don't know how they were raised because I appreciate how much work goes into simply keeping the animals alive. And I feel a little grossed out when I buy cheap chicken breasts... Not because of the chicken breasts but because of the low price. I actively prefer to consume the higher priced meat just because so much goes into them. It's strange how much I feel bad buying something on sale even though it's not my call and everyone else is buying it and my buying choice is a drop in an ocean.

I'm also a little freaked out when I buy a pack of chicken legs thinking of how many individuals went into that pack. One time I brought grilled bbq rabbit legs (fronts only, kind of like chicken wings) to a party and someone was like "I had a pet rabbit as a kid! How many rabbits died to go in there!?" with hostility, but he was also eating a chicken leg. He had no problem with how many chickens went into the pack of chicken legs he ate, only with the rabbits. But I think about it every time I buy or eat anything now a days.

So, like, I definitely still think about it. It's 100% changed how I think about it. But I don't get squeamish, instead I feel humbled.

In my town we have a butchers that sell two whole cooked chickens for £5!
I can't find a whole live chicken for less than £10 unless it's a roo. There's a certain irony of commenting on eating rabbit whilst eating chicken legs. Some things just don't sit right with some people.

 

[Shadrach]

I won't eat store bought chickens any more. I know too much about the conditions they're kept in.
All the chickens here have names. I'll eat one of them from time to time.
I don't really understand those who keep chickens as pets and then buy chickens that have lived in appalling conditions to eat.

 

[CCUK]

I won't eat store bought chickens any more. I know too much about the conditions they're kept in.
All the chickens here have names. I'll eat one of them from time to time.
I don't really understand those who keep chickens as pets and then buy chickens that have lived in appalling conditions to eat.

Not all store-bought chickens live in appalling conditions. If you check the labels and know what means what like RSPCA assured or red tractor (in UK) than it will have been raised to the best standards. Also you can check to see if its pasture, barn or cage raised. Most people don't really have the option to have half a dozen meat birds in the garden!

 

[Shadrach]

Not all store-bought chickens live in appalling conditions. If you check the labels and know what means what like RSPCA assured or red tractor (in UK) than it will have been raised to the best standards. Also you can check to see if its pasture, barn or cage raised. Most people don't really have the option to have half a dozen meat birds in the garden!

I don't understand your point and I don't think you've understood mine.

 

[CCUK]

I don't understand your point and I don't think you've understood mine.

I understood that if you have pet chickens than why would you buy store chickens because they're raised in appalling conditions. My point is that not all store bought chicken is raised badly. It should be clearly labelled on the chicken as to where it has been raised. People can then make an informed choice as to what they buy. To say that all store bought chicken is raised in appalling conditions is untrue and unfair on the farms that are providing better conditions and welfare for them.