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53. They only de-beak the chicks in Tyson Chicken Concentration Camps.

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 06:07 PM

Apr 2015

We raise chickens, along with about everybody else around here.
You can't give away eggs or a young rooster.
Nobody "de-beaks" their chickens.

Before we got our birds about 8 years ago, I thought they were vegetarian too,
but after watching our flock attack, and eat, and fight over the remains of a young copperhead, I became a believer that they are indeed descendents of the Velociraptor.
Chickens are fast..... and merciless.

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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