This video is HILARIOUS

[mudesi]

In a sadistic sort of way...

How chickens are made

There's just something about watching thousands of chicks being tossed about hither and yon on a conveyor belt.

[billyskank]

1. Now I know the answer to the egg question in the vegan thread yesterday.

[trof]

2. I...I...had no IDEA.

That's the goddamdest thing I've seen in a while.
I'm still not sure how I feel about it.
Chickens ain't very smart, so...I dunno.

My mother-in-law, who had a chicken yard, said chickens are the dumbest animal on earth.

She said "Every day, when they wake up, is like the first day of their life."

[troubleinwinter]

3. Wrong.

When my daughter was 8, she took a new chick chick from one of our (free range)hens and put it in her pocket. Loved it and raised it as a pet. Took it to parties.

We ADORED that chicken. She had an absolutely wonderful sense of humor!!!! Her favorite lunch was always a tuna sandwich & a glass of red wine. She sat on our laps and laughed with us.

Of all the cats, dogs, horses, goats, geese, ducks, bunnies, she is one pet that I really miss. Because of her sense of humor.

You wouldn't be very smart if you were raised and lived your entire life in a box, either.

I worked at the largest publishing and research museum in the Pacific. The director (later, director of the Native American Museum of the Smithsonian) and his wife had a pet chicken who slept on the foot of their bed.

When I moved two years ago, the ONE criteria I truly wanted in a home was the ability to have a coupla chickens. They make a beautiful, soft, contented sound in the yard and are wonderful creatures. Birds are smart.

[raptor_rider]

4. Just, Wow

no wonder I am not a big chicken eater. That is just plain cruel. Imagine what else happens in these kind of "farms." Just boggles the mind.

[cobalt1999]

5. It was a little disturbing

Not that the chicks looked like they were being treated cruelly, it's just that they were treated like production line material. There were a few part of the video, I did have to smile, but overall it was a little disturbing.

I let my 12 and 8 year old daughters watch it too. They alternately laughed and said "That's MEAN".

[mudesi]

6. Production line material is exactly what they are! (nm)