Is it just me?

[rjohns39]

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I try to grow as much of my food as I can. That way I know how it lived and what it ate.

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[Shadrach]

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.

My point was that the chicken seems to be in an unusual position and one which is contrary to rational thinking.
It reasonable to assume that those who have contributed to this thread are in a position to keep a few chickens. For some these chickens have become pets. In general if one keeps a pet of a particular species one doesn’t buy others of that species to eat. Dog lovers for example would probably not buy dog meat in a shop no matter what it’s keeping conditions had been like.
For some it seems, because they give a creature a name and maybe rear that creature from a baby the notion of eating that creature becomes abhorrent. Yet it seems another creature of that species that is nameless and presented as product is viewed differently.
I could understand if such people were to state that they no wouldn’t eat any chicken any more but to be able to differentiate a single species between product and pet I find a little odd to say the least.

 

[CCUK]

My point was that the chicken seems to be in an unusual position and one which is contrary to rational thinking.
It reasonable to assume that those who have contributed to this thread are in a position to keep a few chickens. For some these chickens have become pets. In general if one keeps a pet of a particular species one doesn’t buy others of that species to eat. Dog lovers for example would probably not buy dog meat in a shop no matter what it’s keeping conditions had been like.
For some it seems, because they give a creature a name and maybe rear that creature from a baby the notion of eating that creature becomes abhorrent. Yet it seems another creature of that species that is nameless and presented as product is viewed differently.
I could understand if such people were to state that they no wouldn’t eat any chicken any more but to be able to differentiate a single species between product and pet I find a little odd to say the least.

This is because people generally get attached to pets. Some people have pet pigs for the sole purpose of rearing to butcher one day. People are different in how they view a pet or the purpose of which they but it. There had been a few threads before about people who want to raise and butcher there chickens then fall to pieces when it comes to doing it. The first and most important rule of raising animals for meat is not to give it a name! This is true for most people not everyone though!

 

[Shadrach]

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.

There are pasture raised chickens which is probably the most humane way of farming chickens currently that are available in the chain supermarkets.
It's interesting to investigate exactly what the descriptions of these various 'better kept' chickens actually means in reality.

 

[CCUK]

There are pasture raised chickens which is probably the most humane way of farming chickens currently that are available in the chain supermarkets.
It's interesting to investigate exactly what the descriptions of these various 'better kept' chickens actually means in reality.

Precisely. If you look at free range it isn't necessarily the vision of chickens running happily around a field enjoying grass and bug! A free range chicken can still be effectively a caged chicken but with more space and the opportunity to behave in a more natural way. Like an enhanced cage cage for a battery hen is only 20% more space. The size of an A4 sheet of paper. Pasture raised is the best possible conditions for a commercially raised chicken.

 

[MochaDuck]

I haven't gone through this myself (yet) but I understand it. I know I couldn't raise chickens for meat. I'd stop eating chickens first.

 

[itsasmallfarm]

does not bother me that much. raised a batch of meat chickens found out i am not a fan of killing animals you raised your self.
am more against factory farming and the conditions of the animals, so i don't like eating chicken from the store.

i much rather hunt for my meat instead. i really enjoy wild duck and goose, and shot my first deer last year. the animal lives a natural life, plus hunting is good to keep some animals in balance (thinking of snow geese overpopulation)