You can look at it that way or you can view it from another perspective. Most of the people on this thread are here to help others, not hurt them. Friends flatter and tell you what you really want to hear, but the really good friends care enough about you and the situation to tell the truth.
The truth of the matter is that many of us have had or seen sickly, deformed or just genetically problematic chicks that the flock has very correctly tried to eliminate for some reason....sometimes we can see the reason and sometimes we cannot. From a human aspect it may look very cruel but I've found that the flock is almost always right and they sense or see something we cannot.
It may seem heroic or compassionate to try and save a chick with problems and sometimes it actually works....but mostly it ends sadly and all the while the poor bird lives at a constant disadvantage within the flock. Folks with experience in such things will often try to throw up a red flag of warning to those who may not have been there or done that so they can spare the person~but mostly the animal~from distress. While these truths may seem hurtful at the time, in the end you may look back and see how helpful some were trying to be. No one here likes to hurt people but sometimes the truth must be spoken and the truth sometimes is a hurtful thing.
I've been in a position to tell friends the hurtful truth on this forum....some even on this very thread. At the time I could tell it might have been somewhat hurtful for them to hear and there was a lot of resistance to the helpful advice, but in the end and in retrospect, I'm sure they might now see the wisdom of that advice.
