Over a third of 50K chickens dead from starvation

[chickened]

Well, apparently these were laying hens and they were not in cages but running loose in a large building.

The company that rents the place said they were in the process of finding an alternative to normal practices of euthanizing and through a communication error they were abandoned.

They saved about 2,000 hens the rest were euthanized by the county.

 

[Henny peeny]

I have had to kill off a few bunnies because of money I would not let my animals starve if I was to run out I either would kill them off or try to give them away BEFORE my food ran out.
Here is a horse



My husband would go to work and see this horse it finally was told to me about the condition of this horse, I called a animal rescue group I was going to try to get the horse myself but I don't know how to care for a starving horse and once I talked with people and how much it has to eat I was not able to money wise help it so the rescue group was my opinion which they did get the horse BUT it was to late I wish so much I would of known sooner but I feel at least it had a chance and it was well taking care of the rescue said it went off the feet and they got it back up but then it went down again and the kidneys and live failed and they put it down which was the most merciful thing to do.

I wanted to charge these people with cruelty but the rescue said they were feeding it but not enough and they would bring charges up IF they thought to. It was a old couple and they fed it the right stuff but not enough, I don't know if your horse is not getting better and it is loosing weight either you go to the vet or feed it more or both no charges was filed I feel there should of been. Just because they were a old couple is no excuse I feel.

The horse wold of died in the barn or out in the field if I didn't do something. But it died anyhow.


Rhayden

 

[Moonkit]

I think he would have been hard pressed to simply give away 50k chickens... and with health regulations the way they are, I don't think he could have taken them any where to be slaughtered commercially before the food ran out.

Inspite of that.. the man should have started asking for help when he saw that the food wasn't going to meet the need.

 

[chickened]

Knowing a little bit about how these lease barns are ran the guy was under a contract to do such and such so the details may shed some light on this. My guess is that the lessee said we will come get the birds for slaughter like always, the owner said OK I will put them in this big barn to free up the cages. Then the communication breakdown happens, you know how that will go "we will get them picked up tomorrow" or something similar. The owner to his defense may of had no knowledge to the situation until contacted. The guy is Vietnamese or some other oriental persuasion and probably has a communication barrier of some sort. Anyways I can see something like this happening in that area given my experience in dealing with orientals that do not speak english.

With the new regulations and pressure from animal rights groups in California it would not surprise me if this happens more and more as farmers realize the profit in this business is reduced.

Another unintended consequence to animal husbandry laws being legislated at the ballot box I suspect.