Comment by bediger4000
6 days ago
I raised chickens as a teenager, mostly for eggs, but also meat. Chickens are terrible, I hate them. They're mean, cannibalistic, and I can easily see them evolving gigantism like other theropod did and becoming apex predators. I honestly think eating them isn't bad.
Nevertheless, encouraging cruelty in poultry keepers is a bad thing. Casual cruelty has a corrosive effect on people.
I have worked with chickens across industry (transport, breeders, layers, broilers, day-olds etc) and in homes as pets et cetera.
I abhor cruelty towards them and it isn’t justified by any traits they have. The race to the bottom with Chickens is somewhat terrifying.
BUT they do have a mean streak and they are stupid. If they were big they’d be terrifying.
We had chickens as a teenager and they weren't mean at all. They were fun.
A bit dumb but the neighbour's cat loved herding them, he'd run around them keeping them in the garden, lol. A bit of dog firmware in that one.
I wouldn’t say our chickens are mean. They are incredibly stupid though. Some kinds of birds can be smart, but chickens aren’t one of them.
Nonsense. I've even had hens that paired together to open doors – one flying repeatedly on the handle, another one pushing the door. And those were reform hens that seemed particularly blunt relative to their peers.
Most research on animals is conducted after we’ve placed them in mind numbing cages and in non social environments (and if they are with other animals they’re crammed in together).
Imagine living your entire life either in solitary and/or packed in a Japanese subway car, and someone doing research being shocked you’re acting in anti-social ways.
As a huge eggs lover, who eats at least 3 eggs a day, I dream that one day I can raise chickens to have infinite supply of eggs.
I protest. They are cutie pies.
evolving gigantism
they evolved from dinosaurs. i guess they could evolve back...