should i let my chickens die naturally?

[PippinTheChicken]

As an owner of plants and animals, I usually do anything I can to help them live... But I don't really understand your problem, is your chicken sick? Is it just old?

 

[PippinTheChicken]

yes but eating the apple and throwing the core in the garbage destroys the potential life of all those seeds. So it does hurt the plant's ability to reproduce.

I put my apple cores in the garden.
Birds eat them.
They poop out the seeds
Plants grow from the poop-seeds, the poop is also a fertiliser for the seed as well!
Sorted!

 

[Aapomp831]

I put my apple cores in the garden.
Birds eat them.
They poop out the seeds
Plants grow from the poop-seeds, the poop is also a fertiliser for the seed as well!
Sorted!

Be careful with that! Apple seeds contain cyanide and while a few won’t hurt, eating them in copious amounts could cause a serious problem!

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Be careful with that! Apple seeds contain cyanide and while a few won’t hurt, eating them in copious amounts could cause a serious problem!

Don't worry, I'm not a big fan of apples!

 

[neo71665]

As soon as my birds stop producing eggs they are food for me.

I grew up on a farm so I'm used to it. Everything has a purpose and chickens serve double. First is eggs and as soon as they slack up on that it's their time to be replaced. I also raise cattle and butcher them.

 

[PippinTheChicken]

As soon as my birds stop producing eggs they are food for me.

I grew up on a farm so I'm used to it. Everything has a purpose and chickens serve double. First is eggs and as soon as they slack up on that it's their time to be replaced. I also raise cattle and butcher them.

I hace chickens as pets. I would never eat them. They are silkies so they aren't GREAT at laying either...
Chickens have a lot of purposes!

 

[neo71665]

I hace chickens as pets. I would never eat them. They are silkies so they aren't GREAT at laying either...
Chickens have a lot of purposes!

Not arguing that but mine are farm animals at the end of the day. My granny raised silkies and I've ate plenty of them growing up. I raise dual purpose birds for a reason.

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Not arguing that but mine are farm animals at the end of the day. My granny raised silkies and I've ate plenty of them growing up. I raise dual purpose birds for a reason.

Yes, some people have chickens for different reasons- those reasons should be respected! So it's fine

 

[Niki1313]

Depends on the bird for me, I have one welsummer hen that has adopted my new chicks this year, she has taken very good care of them so far. So she will probably die naturally. I got a few cinnamon queens for eggs, those ones will be sent to butcher between ages of 2 -3 years. Roosters I have if they are mean will go to butcher as soon as possible. While roosters who mind their manners will stay in our barnyard flock. If a bird is injured badly, and cant be saved then I would put it down.

 

[Tre3hugger]

Plants don’t have feelings or consciousness. Please - don’t be ridiculous. What are we supposed to survive on, air and the lord? Makes no sense and this is completely irrelevant.

Air yes, the lord no!