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Hekate

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101. PETA would do more good in this world if they promoted backyard chickens

Tue Nov 27, 2012, 03:02 AM

Nov 2012

My 4 hens are happy girls. My neighbors love the extra eggs I give away, and one of my neighbors likes my hens so much he got some of his own.

Having backyard chickens is easy, once you decide to do it. It doesn't get much more humane than letting them peck around in their space (in our case, a fenced side yard), putting out chicken kibble, and giving them a lot of your leftovers.

The more we promote that idea, the fewer chicken factories there will be. Working for tough regulations on said factories would help too.

But PETA? I think they live to gross people out, not come up with creative solutions for the problems they pose. Honestly, that ad is disgusting. But who in hell is going to give up scrambled eggs for breakfast because of it? I have no respect for them or their tactics.

In Hawai'ian the word for egg is hua moa: the fruit of the chicken. Just as it doesn't hurt an orange tree to pluck fruit from it, it doesn't hurt a naturally kept chicken to take its highly nutritious and delicious egg away every day.

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What� wha'? Chickens have uteruses, instead of oviducts?!? Since when, PETA? [View all] MrScorpio Nov 2012 OP

Steamed some broccoli for dinner last night - heard it screaming. nt DCKit Nov 2012 #1

Chickens that are used in egg production can suffer pain and distress. Brocolli can't. Vattel Nov 2012 #8

The pain and distress in veg industrial farming comes in advance when small animals Bluenorthwest Nov 2012 #13

The soil is a living thing -- Just putting a spade in the ground kills countless living things. FarCenter Nov 2012 #17

I am not against killing nonsentient living things. Vattel Nov 2012 #53

As opposed to the tenfold increase in harvesting for feed for 'food animals?' yewberry Nov 2012 #23

Chickens lay eggs Aerows Nov 2012 #92

My next door neighbor pampers his laying hens Warpy Nov 2012 #102

I know! Aerows Nov 2012 #111

My post was about industrial agriculture. Perhaps you meant to respond to someone else? yewberry Nov 2012 #118

The fact that your biology class didn't teach you what plants do in response to damage jeff47 Nov 2012 #46

What evidence is there that they do feel pain? Vattel Nov 2012 #68

They don't feel pain as we do, and chickens don't give birth the way we do. pnwmom Nov 2012 #85

edging my way towards the door Vattel Nov 2012 #95

Face it! There's nothing left to eat! pnwmom Nov 2012 #97

fruits and nuts? Vattel Nov 2012 #108

You're right -- fruits and nuts. Do they contain all the essential amino acids? pnwmom Nov 2012 #112

This message was self-deleted by its author Vattel Nov 2012 #114

The only difference between their response to damage and ours jeff47 Nov 2012 #96

but the point is that they don't feel anything Vattel Nov 2012 #109

My point is they do feel it. (nt) jeff47 Nov 2012 #115

Being alive, responding to stimuli, moving, etc are insufficent for sentiency Vattel Nov 2012 #116

No, your "as far as we can tell" is false. jeff47 Nov 2012 #117

Those plant experiments have been debunked. Vattel Nov 2012 #125

Whether or not you believe that one study, it's just an example jeff47 Nov 2012 #128

I worry that this sort of new age silliness provides a rationalization for inflicting suffering Vattel Nov 2012 #129

I just KNEW this fucking cat was evil! It needs to be dealt with! snooper2 Nov 2012 #69

Have the broccoli ever told you that? pnwmom Nov 2012 #83

Really. Have you ever harvested a vegetable of fruit by cutting it's connection to the plant. bluestate10 Nov 2012 #113

The Great Vegetable Rebellion is coming... Lightbulb_on Nov 2012 #26

Thanks for helping to spread the message Eyes of the World Nov 2012 #2

actually i would say dumb or confusing publicity is the worse loli phabay Nov 2012 #3

Which is why Mitt Romney was so happy about the 47% video. nt msanthrope Nov 2012 #27

I think it's a great message, it gives a whole new meaning to.. snooper2 Nov 2012 #70

facepalm Aerows Nov 2012 #93

To spoiled children any attention is better than no attention. Matariki Nov 2012 #78

What message? That PETA is an unscrupulous, dishonest, ignorant bunch of yahoos? cleanhippie Nov 2012 #84

According to the Google, eggs ARE chicken menstruation Eyes of the World Nov 2012 #4

PETA is stupid according to google Confusious Nov 2012 #21

PeTA is just as dumb and climate change deniers william cail Nov 2012 #104

That must be what makes them taste so good. Brickbat Nov 2012 #5

This is an example of why so many people don't take PETA seriously. Siwsan Nov 2012 #6

PETA's claim about eggs coming from chicken menstruation is accurate apparently Vattel Nov 2012 #7

seriously.. they're trying to gross people out, and it's a poor way to do it, Voice for Peace Nov 2012 #12

Actually it's not Confusious Nov 2012 #22

I don't care whether the ad is factually accurate Vattel Nov 2012 #54

Neither did PETA apparently. 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #58

I certainly hope you're joking Confusious Nov 2012 #60

The ad is stupid regardless of whether it is accurate. That's why I don't care. Vattel Nov 2012 #65

Actually it's a reasonable parallel. yewberry Nov 2012 #62

Chickens have no uterus Confusious Nov 2012 #63

Why does the uterus parallel have to be there? Silent3 Nov 2012 #89

You need a uterus to have menstration Confusious Nov 2012 #94

Menstruation occurs primarily to discard unfertilized eggs.... Silent3 Nov 2012 #98

Like I said, it's a political statement Confusious Nov 2012 #100

I already said the Peta ad is idiotic... Silent3 Nov 2012 #105

It's PETA Confusious Nov 2012 #124

Once again, afemale chicken does have a uterus. yewberry Nov 2012 #121

Here is an explanation of the anatomy of a chicken Confusious Nov 2012 #122

And, again see Plate VIIa for the user of the term 'uterus' (nt) muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 #127

Really? Female chickens have no uterus? Ever heard of a shell gland? yewberry Nov 2012 #120

Bullshit Confusious Nov 2012 #123

See figure 3 of the PDF muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 #126

You could easily post a picture of a plant growing out of a pile of manure 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #37

I am desperately trying to figure out what your point might be. Vattel Nov 2012 #55

It's pretty obvious 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #57

Okay, but why was your post directed towards me? Vattel Nov 2012 #66

PETA has become a parody at this point! Logical Nov 2012 #9

I'm a vegetarian. NOT because I love animals ... 66 dmhlt Nov 2012 #10

PETA strikes again quinnox Nov 2012 #11

Just respond with "ovum" form "sperm" in the Mounty Python song. 'Nuff said. Igel Nov 2012 #15

Poor chickens -- PMS once a day! FarCenter Nov 2012 #14

PETA is ridiculous. longship Nov 2012 #16

What a ridiculous and disgusting add nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #18

Offensive and ridiculous slackmaster Nov 2012 #19

and they want to be taken seriously? PETA has jumped the shark. piratefish08 Nov 2012 #20

Oh, can it be? yewberry Nov 2012 #24

so do you agree with PETA about the no eating eggs quinnox Nov 2012 #28

Do you seriously not know one person who doesn't eat any animal products? Beaverhausen Nov 2012 #30

that is irrelevent quinnox Nov 2012 #31

No, that is what is irrelevant Beaverhausen Nov 2012 #32

well the reason I asked was they seemed to be indignant about the people mocking the ad and PETA quinnox Nov 2012 #33

What I eat is the relevant question? yewberry Nov 2012 #38

you're right. we should all be more respectful liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #40

Exactly. There's no reason for needling. yewberry Nov 2012 #41

Bless their hearts. aikoaiko Nov 2012 #25

Umm...I know what I'm having for breakfast!!! nt msanthrope Nov 2012 #29

I love it when radical omnivores propagate PETA ads. Warren Stupidity Nov 2012 #34

"radical omnivores" quinnox Nov 2012 #35

Seems fair to me. Warren Stupidity Nov 2012 #47

wow, you are a hardcore quinnox Nov 2012 #48

Is that real? 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #36

Legitimate PETA ads are basically autosatirizing by now. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2012 #49

They're the weird Al of the Cause world 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #50

I love eggs liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #39

The only animals that menstruate are haplorine primates. mysuzuki2 Nov 2012 #42

Don't they teach biology in high school anymore? Retrograde Nov 2012 #43

They also claim chickens can do basic math. Insane. Initech Nov 2012 #44

I lost a bingo game to a chicken in Vegas once. Damn intellectual elite poultry. piratefish08 Nov 2012 #67

I always like this line from The Simpsons Movie: Initech Nov 2012 #72

I'm a vegetarian, and support peta (in spirit), but this approach is lame at best whatchamacallit Nov 2012 #45

Hey, PETA. I just finished eating a turkey sandwich. GreenStormCloud Nov 2012 #51

+1! darkangel218 Nov 2012 #52

I made the mistake of leaving the tupperware open on the counter. progressoid Nov 2012 #59

How original. flvegan Nov 2012 #61

So what do you expect on the day after Thanksgiving? GreenStormCloud Nov 2012 #88

Exactly what I got. Thanks. n/t flvegan Nov 2012 #103

PETA - giving Leftists a bad name. nt NashvilleLefty Nov 2012 #56

"Leftists" whatchamacallit Nov 2012 #73

peta isn't 'leftest'. They're more like right wing anti-choice zealots. Matariki Nov 2012 #75

Once again, my belief about PETA is upheld jmowreader Nov 2012 #64

Look, I eat eggs chloes1 Nov 2012 #71

+1000 n/t geardaddy Nov 2012 #81

God, I really hate these evengelicalizing assholes. Matariki Nov 2012 #74

"Evangelist Assholes" is redundant riqster Nov 2012 #107

I'm a vegetarian, but... liberalmuse Nov 2012 #76

Idiots. MADem Nov 2012 #77

If they really want to gross people out geardaddy Nov 2012 #79

Why PETA is a J-O-K-E. earthside Nov 2012 #80

Ya know, this is why I once suggested a new slogan to PETA. . . DinahMoeHum Nov 2012 #82

Wait! What would be wrong with that? It wouldn't hurt the menstruating female pnwmom Nov 2012 #86

I only eat eggs from chickens that either have had their uterus removed... yawnmaster Nov 2012 #87

What? They are branching out from their old standbys of sex or guilt? Tom Ripley Nov 2012 #90

PETA is crazy Aerows Nov 2012 #91

Is there a more perfect food than the egg? I think not! Bake Nov 2012 #99

PETA would do more good in this world if they promoted backyard chickens Hekate Nov 2012 #101

PETA once again proves that human women are yucky. Chorophyll Nov 2012 #106

which begs the question- why can't women lay decent eggs...? BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #110

I think the more important question is: gort Nov 2012 #119