There's alot of free meat out there

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I see ads for free unwanted roosters and old laying hens on Facebook and Craigslist.
I could live off that meat!
I got a great idea for a ad!
What do you think?
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I like it.
A lot of people may hate you but that's their tender thin skin's problem.

I really believe people should consider that in the US alone, 9 billion chickens are slaughtered each year. That's nearly 25 million per day. Over 50 billion annually worldwide. That's 137 million a day. At least 98% of them are confined from hatch to slaughter.
That number doesn't include the over 300 million male chicks ground up alive for animal feed because in the egg industry, males don't lay eggs.
Pet people likely block out this information but those with dogs and cats contribute to those numbers when they buy dog and cat food containing chicken. If the food is salmon, lamb, beef, elk, etc. based, animals still die to feed pets.

At least the birds the OP wants to take off the hands of those who can't keep them have lived a much better life up to the point they were no longer needed.
 
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ChickenCanoe said:
I like it.
A lot of people may hate you but that's their tender thin skin's problem.

I really believe people should consider that in the US alone, 9 billion chickens are slaughtered each year. That's nearly 25 million per day. Over 50 billion annually worldwide. That's 137 million a day. At least 98% of them are confined from hatch to slaughter.
That number doesn't include the over 300 million male chicks ground up alive for animal feed because in the egg industry, males don't lay eggs.
Pet people likely block out this information but those with dogs and cats contribute to those numbers when they buy dog and cat food containing chicken. If the food is salmon, lamb, beef, elk, etc. based, animals still die to feed pets.

At least the birds the OP wants to take off the hands of those who can't keep them have lived a much better life up to the point they were no longer needed.
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I agree with you! I just don't think life and death should be made a joke... It is a pretty big sacrifice that animals pay to feed us, and I believe they should be treated with a due amount of respect...
 
I've posted ads before because I RAW feed my personal dogs and my foster dog and we go through a lot of meat. I will post several times a year looking for unwanted roosters, old laying hens and any other meat items that people either don't want to eat or if they have been in the freezer too long and are going to be thrown out. I will tell them explicitly that these animals will go for food but will be processed here with love and respect before they go and are going to a good cause too. If they want their birds to go to a "pet" home then they shouldn't message me saying they have a rooster they need me to pick up.
 
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