How baby chickens are made

[Merkava_4]

I'm not sure I agree on the process used to make chickens. It's the sorting process I found most disturbing. It seems like an awful way to life on this planet. I'm absolutely amazed the little guys survive the process without getting hurt. I don't like it - it's not at all what I expected. I feel sorry for those little guys.

 

[RedOakRanch]

Just add water and apply this to people and it reminds me of a water park! My family has been raising chickens on a small scale for generations and the biggest threat to these little guys is they like to kill each other for dominance. All chick's are nasty little buggers!

 

[qwerty1234]

Merk, I hope u don't see a video of how lobsters get cooked!

 

[csandste]

When I was about six in my small South Dakota home town, I asked my mother if I could have an Easter chick. She sent me down to the hatchery with a quarter. The sexing expert was busy throwing all the baby roosters in a barrel full of water. For my 25 cents I got about a dozen chickens in a box. Probably could have gotten about four dozen had I arrived a few minutes earlier. The little roosters ran around my yard until the last one was killed by my Boston terrier about the time it started growing a comb.

 

[OneEyeJack]

What you saw in the video was a politically correct view. The truth might elicit a very strong negative reaction among viewers. No one, no mater how much they like their eggs or fried chicken wants to see the little ones militated, smashed, drowned or otherwise die a horrible death. The end of life processing would be even harder to take. It's not always a quick, humane end. The fact that all through out the process there are living, breathing creatures that never see the light of day or touch the ground is something that most consumers never consider.

I eat eggs and chicken but mine comes from the neighbors farm where the chickens at least get to run around and be chickens before they become food. I probably pay more but the the trade off is worth it all and the eggs and chicken are not compromised with what ever these big outfits do to increase their profits at the expense of my nutrition.

 

[Joe90_guy]

Originally Posted By: RedOakRanch
...these little guys like to kill each other for dominance. All chick's are nasty little buggers!


I used to work for a lubricant additive company. This reminds me of some of my former colleagues....

 

[RedOakRanch]

Chickens are also racist, if you put a white one in with a bunch of reds, the reds will try to peck it to death! Holds true for all colors and an odd one as well. Animals on there own are far more horrible to each other than humans. Many animals even carry there young in their mouth to move then. Hens will often kill their own chicks if it is different than the others too.

 

[pbm]

Originally Posted By: RedOakRanch
Chickens are also racist, if you put a white one in with a bunch of reds, the reds will try to peck it to death! Holds true for all colors and an odd one as well. Animals on there own are far more horrible to each other than humans. Many animals even carry there young in their mouth to move then. Hens will often kill their own chicks if it is different than the others too.



......that's 'nature' for you....

 

[IndyIan]

Originally Posted By: pbm
Originally Posted By: RedOakRanch
Chickens are also racist, if you put a white one in with a bunch of reds, the reds will try to peck it to death! Holds true for all colors and an odd one as well. Animals on there own are far more horrible to each other than humans. Many animals even carry there young in their mouth to move then. Hens will often kill their own chicks if it is different than the others too.



......that's 'nature' for you....

But if you have 12 different mixed breed variations like we do, then they all get along quite well, except the roosters...
The problem with hens being aggressive and attacking each other, or their chicks, is that they've been bred for low body mass and egg production only. Some of the non-commercial breeds are excellent mothers and will raise any color of chick or duckling you put under her.

 

[opus1]

And on a slight tangent, I remember a comedian once remarking that chickens are one of the few animals that we eat before they're born as well as after they're dead...

 

[Chris142]

No mention of food or water before going through all that.

 

[IndyIan]

Originally Posted By: Chris142
No mention of food or water before going through all that.

A chick is fine for up to 72 hours without food or water if they aren't stressed too much, but once you start feeding them, you have too continue.

 

[jcwit]

Some of you better never go to a butcher house.

 

[Nate1979]

No one wants to know where their food really comes from.

 

[IndyIan]

Originally Posted By: Nate1979
No one wants to know where their food really comes from.

My backyard isn't too scary...

 

[sleddriver]

Originally Posted By: IndyIan
The problem with hens being aggressive and attacking each other, or their chicks, is that they've been bred for low body mass and egg production only. Some of the non-commercial breeds are excellent mothers and will raise any color of chick or duckling you put under her.

I've seen some of these non-commercial breeds at a religous commune of sorts where they grow much of their own food, school their own kids, etc. The hens were large and colorful and calm. I remember some were a golden color. They had proportional body parts as well: Not all breasts!