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10. My son raises free range chickens

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 03:56 PM

Apr 2015

I mean TRULY free-range. They sometimes roost in the trees. He feeds them grain, but if he has any kind of meat or scrap animal parts, and tosses it to them, they attack it ravenously. Chickens love meat. And they love insects -- which are not vegetarian food.

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People love chickens that are �vegetarian fed.� But chickens are not vegetarians. [View all] hack89 Apr 2015 OP

We feed the garden snails to our chickens as a treat. Cleita Apr 2015 #1

Yes. But, they shouldn't be little cannibals. leveymg Apr 2015 #2

I would certainly agree with that. nt hack89 Apr 2015 #4

I've seen them kill and eat their own. hobbit709 Apr 2015 #8

You are right, they have used de-beaking to avoid young chicks from pecking Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #29

They only de-beak the chicks in Tyson Chicken Concentration Camps. bvar22 Apr 2015 #53

Check the history before you say it only happens in Tyson Concentration Camps. Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #54

I'm sure it also happens at other Factory Chicken Processing Plants. bvar22 May 2015 #66

There is a new book out on Chickens- "Why Did The Chicken Cross The World" KittyWampus May 2015 #61

yup. mopinko May 2015 #60

I'm pretty sure that was the original point of this advertising. hunter May 2015 #62

Neither are people who eat chickens. MineralMan Apr 2015 #3

They're miniature velociraptors. hobbit709 Apr 2015 #5

True. They are cited as the "closest living relative of the T-Rex" GreatGazoo Apr 2015 #50

I think it was David Sedaris who first showed me that chickens eat meat arcane1 Apr 2015 #6

Who buys a vegan chicken... and why? n/t lumberjack_jeff Apr 2015 #7

Is it bad to feed them bologna? cali Apr 2015 #9

They eat worms and all other kinds of bugs. I don't think bologna will hurt them. n/t Cleita Apr 2015 #15

Only feed them free range bologna. nt hack89 Apr 2015 #18

My son raises free range chickens mainer Apr 2015 #10

Wish we could leave our chickens to roost in the trees. Coyotes and hawks would Cleita Apr 2015 #16

Everyone loves chicken! haikugal Apr 2015 #25

I think I saw one of your son's chickens in a Geico commercial!!!! nt MADem Apr 2015 #36

This is SO true! kaiden Apr 2015 #11

Even hummingbirds eat insects. They do not survive on a diet of nectar alone. Arkansas Granny Apr 2015 #19

When I was a kid we'd pick the hornworms off the tomato plants Zorra Apr 2015 #12

Our backyard chickens will eat bugs, small lizards, anything you give them. FLPanhandle Apr 2015 #13

Anyone who thinks they are vegetarians have never watched them fight over a chicken nugget JCMach1 Apr 2015 #14

I've always thought that was weird gollygee Apr 2015 #17

My chickens steal what the cats kill. Boudica the Lyoness Apr 2015 #20

If you feed them CORN FLAKES does that save a step in frying? pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #21

DUzy! hifiguy Apr 2015 #28

Nice marmot pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #33

The Dude abides, man. hifiguy Apr 2015 #34

You want a chicken toe? ... pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #38

WITH nail polish! hifiguy Apr 2015 #42

Anybody who's ever known a chicken Warpy Apr 2015 #22

Some animals just aren't meant to be vegetarians Revanchist Apr 2015 #23

Tofu lion was the clip I thought of too. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #27

Ahh, Futurama. hifiguy Apr 2015 #30

You're vegetarians! Nobody cares what you think! NuclearDem Apr 2015 #45

There continue to be attempts to introduce insects to the human diet-- hlthe2b Apr 2015 #24

Introduce? People all over the world love to eat insects....lol haikugal Apr 2015 #26

Renfield liked them hifiguy Apr 2015 #31

Allll right, have it your own way..... LOL haikugal Apr 2015 #37

Yes...I meant "introduce" to American diets. hlthe2b Apr 2015 #47

Tsk, I knew that...poke, nudge, nudge. haikugal Apr 2015 #49

I've thought that farmers should raise bugs as chicken feed KamaAina Apr 2015 #32

they do. mopinko May 2015 #59

Maybe farmers like you do KamaAina May 2015 #64

dont know how far up the food chain it goes. mopinko May 2015 #65

I raise chickens. cwydro Apr 2015 #35

I have seen them eat snakes and lizards. nt hack89 Apr 2015 #39

Mine are too spoiled cwydro Apr 2015 #56

I raised chickens H2O Man Apr 2015 #41

Gah! cwydro Apr 2015 #57

Thankyou for keeping us a breast pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #40

It's always good to have a leg up hifiguy Apr 2015 #43

Eggzactly! pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #44

You misunderstood: CanadaexPat Apr 2015 #46

LOL! GreatGazoo Apr 2015 #51

Oooh, a henhouse bloodbath. Jamastiene Apr 2015 #48

Ugh......... BronxBoy Apr 2015 #52

I want free range BainsBane Apr 2015 #55

Height of hypocrisy: Demanding the chickens you eat be vegetarian fed pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #58

Locally Laid pastures its chickens, and supplements with feed. Brickbat May 2015 #63

I am pretty sure we can chalk this up to elitism, privilege and a lack of common sense. NCTraveler May 2015 #67