MJ's little flock

[Aussie-Chookmum]

It's an interesting point.
I think it reflects the reality of the chickens life; a constant struggle to be free.
There are billions of chickens, three times more chickens on this planet than humans I've read. I doubt if 1% of them are free.
I don't know what the percentage is that get killed every year to provide food for us, our dogs, cats, most pet foods have either chicken of fish in. As a sweeping generalisation I would estimate most chickens get killed by humans.
Reading BYC for example one might be tempted to believe that all those pet loving chicken keepers are improvinng the lot of the chicken.
No creature in it's right mind would choose to be a pet of a human.
Even the 'nice' keepers shut their chickens in tiny little pens, steal their eggs, prevent them from carrying out their natural actions. Then they force breed them so they can have 'pretty' chickens, or more productive chickens.
It seems that society has reached a point where people would rather construct a delusion than deal with reality. Everybody busts a gut to appear 'nice' and make their environment 'nice'.
The picture, apart from being rather well done, reminds me of just how not nice we actaully are.
Reality, it's always worth bearing in mind.

Just saying....

There was no quote with your post Shad. I'm guessing that was in response to my reaction to your computer screen.

You are quite right of course. You are a hard headed realist and while I admire that, it is often quite scary!

Let me hide behind my delusions and ignorance for short time and I will ease myself out by increments that I can handle. That way I won't go completely catatonic and may be of some use in the long run!

 

[Shadrach]

The Widlife Photographer Of The Year awards have just come out.
Got to love this even if I don't like cats.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Got the lot in one shot for a change. Tribe 2.
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Barking Bracket.
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These chickens are so pretty.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

It's an interesting point.
I think it reflects the reality of the chickens life; a constant struggle to be free.
There are billions of chickens, three times more chickens on this planet than humans I've read. I doubt if 1% of them are free.
I don't know what the percentage is that get killed every year to provide food for us, our dogs, cats, most pet foods have either chicken of fish in. As a sweeping generalisation I would estimate most chickens get killed by humans.
Reading BYC for example one might be tempted to believe that all those pet loving chicken keepers are improvinng the lot of the chicken.
No creature in it's right mind would choose to be a pet of a human.
Even the 'nice' keepers shut their chickens in tiny little pens, steal their eggs, prevent them from carrying out their natural actions. Then they force breed them so they can have 'pretty' chickens, or more productive chickens.
It seems that society has reached a point where people would rather construct a delusion than deal with reality. Everybody busts a gut to appear 'nice' and make their environment 'nice'.
The picture, apart from being rather well done, reminds me of just how not nice we actaully are.
Reality, it's always worth bearing in mind.

Just saying....

You make a really valid point. When you get right down to it, we humans manipulate everything in this same way.
And I am one one those people that creates my own little world, trying to make it ideallic. It comes from decades of realizing that I can’t do anything to improve the world we live in, it is what it is. So I try to make my tiny space on earth the way I’d like things to be.

 

[Ribh]

Nope, too violent for me. Clever but too violent. That chicken is fighting for it's life! There is a plate and knife and fork right there for goodness sake!

Shad, how can you relax with that computer screen?

I much prefer Ribh's. But then I love horses and red heads.

It's called *Chicken Invasion*. The sub ~lineal message Shad is terrified of being over run like the poor man , of whom only a boot can be seen.

 

[Shadrach]

There was no quote with your post Shad. I'm guessing that was in response to my reaction to your computer screen.

You are quite right of course. You are a hard headed realist and while I admire that, it is often quite scary!

Let me hide behind my delusions and ignorance for short time and I will ease myself out by increments that I can handle. That way I won't go completely catatonic and may be of some use in the long run!

I didn't quote you in order to make the point general and not directed at you in particular.
Having a bad day so read, consider and put it down to a Shad rant.

 

[Shadrach]

It's called *Chicken Invasion*. The sub ~lineal message Shad is terrified of being over run like the poor man , of whom only a boot can be seen.

Too late to be terrified. It's all over now.

 

[Ribh]

I much prefer Ribh's. But then I love horses and red heads.

I love redheads ~ but there is something about the wildness of this photo that deeply appeals to me.

 

[Ribh]

I didn't quote you in order to make the point general and not directed at you in particular.
Having a bad day so read, consider and put it down to a Shad rant.

Oh, Shad. Have a hug. I hope your day improves soon.

 

[Ribh]

@Aussie-Chookmum Let me hide behind my delusions and ignorance for short time and I will ease myself out by increments that I can handle. That way I won't go completely catatonic and may be of some use in the long run!

And I am one one those people that creates my own little world, trying to make it ideallic. It comes from decades of realizing that I can’t do anything to improve the world we live in, it is what it is. So I try to make my tiny space on earth the way I’d like things to be.

I'm obviously in good company. A hard headed realist I am not. The world, or @ least the people in it, are more than I can handle most days.