Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Iluveggers]

Seriously, it's like being sentenced to a life time of mall shopping with your wife (if applicable) or in my case my eldest.

Now now…lol. I’m a wife & I hate mall shopping!

 

[pennyJo1960]

I understand my view of canines is not shared by all.
Be a solid owner fence the birds in know the danger is what I would ask.. otherwise I would havew to dump or kill 2 of my own..
I shop on Amazon not in a mall.

 

[GregnLety]

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That is a truth I don't believe I've seen written on the boards before.
When I see these rooster bashing threads I just want to keep these people with me for a month and show them exactly what these useless roosters do for their hens. Seriously, it's like being sentenced to a life time of mall shopping with your wife (if applicable) or in my case my eldest.

love having roosters but sometimes have to limit who free range together

 

[MaryJanet]

If someone prepared the corpse for you would you eat him?

For now, if it were a friend who performed it with care and thoughtfulness, I would probably try a bite and discover I couldn't go further.

I comprehend the reason and substance of your argument, but my worldview isn't quite there yet.

 

[Shadrach]

One thing about hatcheries, if they didn’t exist many breeds of chickens would be extinct or very difficult to acquire for small farmers or backyard flock owners.

I don't know which foot leads. Do the hatcheries tell the breeders which breeds they want or do the breeders say we've got this, this and this?

Now here's a thing. I think chickens should be difficult to aquire. Perhaps if people had to search for a few months for the breed they want they might place a higher value on it's life.
I think you are right, some breeds would go extinct quite rapidly. I'm not sure this would be a bad thing.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Oh heck I agree there @Shadrach if I sold peeps I do not do it with a whim.

 

[Shadrach]

I can imagine the eye rolls and the scoffs I get as I'm explaining these things

I'm not rolling my eyes and I can't think of anyone here who would be likely to be rolling theirs.

 

[Aunt Angus]

I'm not rolling my eyes and I can't think of anyone here who would be likely to be rolling theirs.

Thanks for that. I've gotten lots from folks in the "real world."

 

[Shadrach]

I know the person to whom you are referring. She is devastated all the way around. She did it primarily to protect the rest of her livestock. While I disagree with her decision, it was not made lightly or out of malice. I feel similarly about roosters who are killed to be eaten or because they are "unneeded", but I do not judge. I hated seeing dogs for sale for meat in Asia when I was there, but I did not judge. I felt the same when I saw farmed horse meat in some parts of Europe. Folks shoot dogs pretty frequently when they kill livestock. I hate the decision. Not the person.

Most farmers I've known kill any dog that attacks livestock. I think I would to now. I know shepherds who have had a litters from sheep dogs. Not all dogs it seems can be trained for the job. Those that proved unreliable got shot. It's been that way for generations. I have no opinion on it one way or the other. There are good arguements on both sides

 

[Shadrach]

Now now…lol. I’m a wife & I hate mall shopping!

No point in having the title Roosterist if I can't be a bit sexist every now and then is there.