In recent years, the animal welfare world has moved beyond looking at how to minimize suffering to exploring whether animals can also enjoy their lives, Torrey said.
John Glisson of the U.S. Poultry and Egg Association says broiler chickens are âcouch potatoesâ and that some people may mistake the birdsâ laziness for a medical issue. He said trying to assess welfare is tricky beyond established industry measures, like whether a chicken dies from disease before itâs slaughtered.
Still, animal welfare is becoming a bigger public relations concern, and companies say theyâre always looking for ways to take better care of their chickens....
UPS, I mentioned some time ago that my dad was an alcoholic. One of his drinking buddies was a fellow from Cumming, Georgia named Junior Samples. (Yes, THAT Junior Samples.) I met Junior a couple of times, too, but didnât know him nearly as well as my dad did. My parents were divorced, and my dadâs second wife was one of Juniorâs first cousins. Sadly, my dad and Junior both died relatively young, Junior at age 57 and Dad at 60.
Instead of wasting thousands, if not millions, of Canadian taxpayersâ dollars on this inane project, why didnât the researchers just interview Foghorn Leghorn?
Yes, Jim, and for very good commercial reasons. My stepdad owned a relatively small chicken farm, raising âonlyâ 70,000 birds at a time. Cannibalism among the species gallus gallus domesticus can run as high as fifteen percent. Youâre talking about 10,500 dead chickens in one cycle. No marginally profitable operation can sustain that kind of losses. When I raised chickens for eggs to use at home, I was able to separate them and avoid this problem. However, I was raising mere dozens, and not myriads, of birds. You canât very well give 70,000 birds individual lodging, Jim. Welcome to real life, and not the hippie utopia the liberals imagine is possible.
Dr. Tim wrote: There is a very good reason for trimming beaks, Jim. Chickens, much like Christians, tend to peck each other to death.
Sa commercial reasons, Tim not a good reason. If you're raising your own chickens you can stop that from happening anyway. It effectively cripples the chicken. Make sure you go to a hatchery that doesn't do that stunt.đ
For a second, I wondered why this news item would be appearing at SermonAudio. Does it have anything to do with sodomites? Christmas? Catholic priests treatment of young boys? Then I realized it is a 'divertimento' as they say in music, something to take our attention away from the Hot Topic of the Day.
Dr. Tim wrote: Your chickens are pushovers, TMC. My goats insist on pizza three times a week, flat-screen TV, Sleep Number beds and a hot tub. If I donât provide all of this, Iâm afraid theyâll call the Department of Caprine Services and have me picked up for neglect. The cell phone bills alone have me on the brink of bankruptcy.
TMC, is there a sinister undertone to your hens-only chicken organization? Do I perceive the onset of a hennist movement? Will we soon be seeing #clucktoo all over the Internet?
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