LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[fluffycrow]

That makes sense!! Good point!!!

Don't know if it's a point as much as it is my viewpoint. I feel like too many times we (as humans) try to decide who is right and who is wrong, when we can be both right, and both wrong, and just have different viewpoints. Experiences, as well as many other things shape us, and the way we view the world. I might see culling a terribly sick bird as a form of euthanasia, while someone else as a simple butchering

 

[ShrekDawg]

Don't know if it's a point as much as it is my viewpoint. I feel like too many times we (as humans) try to decide who is right and who is wrong, when we can be both right, and both wrong, and just have different viewpoints. Experiences, as well as many other things shape us, and the way we view the world. I might see culling a terribly sick bird as a form of euthanasia, while someone else as a simple butchering

Yeah that makes sense!

 

[TwoCrows]

I don't consider euthanasia as butchering. You butcher to eat. You cull/euthanize to spare their pain and suffering (of course you can cull for other reasons, but we are talking about it in this context). Both of them involve killing, but one is for our "benefit" if you can call it that, while the other is to spare the bird's pain. I will do that if it comes to it. Don't know how I'll bring myself to do it, but if I bring them into the world, I can't keep them here if they're slowly and painfully dying

I don't either, butchering and euthanasia are 2 different things. For me, I can't take the life of a perfectly healthy bird just because I have too many, as in cockerels. It just goes against my connection with all there is. Their lives are just as precious as mine. But if one was suffering to the point that ending their lives would end their pain, this I can do. It's still not easy but I apologize for taking their lives and I end it. It's a horrible task but I can't let something agonize from an accident or an excruciating organ failure thing. Seeing them suffer hurts me far worse than ending their lives.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I don't either, butchering and euthanasia are 2 different things. For me, I can't take the life of a perfectly healthy bird just because I have too many, as in cockerels. It just goes against my connection with all there is. Their lives are just as precious as mine. But if one was suffering to the point that ending their lives would end their pain, this I can do. It's still not easy but I apologize for taking their lives and I end it. It's a horrible task but I can't let something agonize from an accident or an excruciating organ failure thing. Seeing them suffer hurts me far worse than ending their lives.

I totally get that perspective because I loved all of mine as pets but in my case, my dad was complaining about the crowing plus they were fighting bad even through the fences so I didn’t have much of a choice I still regret it today but I would’ve had to get rid of them eventually anyways when we moved. The quail though I specifically raised them for meat but then I never ended up eating them myself though I did give some to the dog.

 

[TwoCrows]

I totally get that perspective because I loved all of mine as pets but in my case, my dad was complaining about the crowing plus they were fighting bad even through the fences so I didn’t have much of a choice I still regret it today but I would’ve had to get rid of them eventually anyways when we moved. The quail though I specifically raised them for meat but then I never ended up eating them myself though I did give some to the dog.

I am so sorry. Everyone looks at this differently, ultimately when you are on your own, you can manage your flock as you see fit.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I am so sorry. Everyone looks at this differently, ultimately when you are on your own, you can manage your flock as you see fit.

Thank you so much it sucked. They were sooooo sweet to me lol

 

[TwoCrows]

Thank you so much it sucked. They were sooooo sweet to me lol

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Oh how adorable!!! Well, know that you gave your birds a wonderful life, they knew they were loved by you and I am sure they are still watching over you in spirit. ❤

 

[ShrekDawg]

Oh how adorable!!! Well, know that you gave your birds a wonderful life, they knew they were loved by you and I am sure they are still watching over you in spirit. ❤

Awww thank you so much!

 

[TwoCrows]

Awww thank you so much!

 

[ShrekDawg]

thanks