As I read these posts, it seems to matter if the chicken had a name or was ever part of someone's flock whether it is, or would be considered, as a pet.
Now, if it comes from somewhere else, or if it was a meat bird without a name, it seems to be food.
Name= pet
Ownership = pet
Ownership w/ distinction of being a laying hen = pet
No name=food
Someone else's chicken = food
Meat chicken=food
Sounds like some chickens just get lucky and some drew the short straw of destiny!
Odd, isn't it, what little things determine how people think.
They are all chickens but some deserve pet status while others are designated as food.... but they are still pretty, fluffy chickens
somewhere, just as appealing as the ones in
our yards. Just as quirky, funny, and cute. But they are still food to those who feel like only
their chickens shouldn't be food. Funny thing, isn't it?