You might stop eating chicken after watching this!

[Acro]

I love eating chicken. But this video is just shocking. Be warned, there are disturbing things going on.

Mod warning: Video of a chicken slaughterhouse - user discretion is advised.

[Carter]

OMFG!

[Acro]

150,000 chicks daily x 365 = do the math.
I think I need to read Animal Farm once again.

[Carter]

Absurd :(

[Tia Wood]

:( That's very sad.

Corporate scum for the almighty dollar.

[Rockefeller]

That is pretty cruel..but what else are they supposed to do with 150,000 chicks a day? Bring them to the pet store? I don't condone their activity but it's hard to think of a better way.

[Stian]

If it's animal cruelty of some sort I can't watch it. I think people who are cruel to animals are just as worthless crap people as rapists and pedophiles.

I remember watching a documentary about some rednecks who organized dog fights. At the end of the documentary these losers were caught and they got like 1 month in prison and some stupid restriction against owning animals for 3 (!) years. I'd be happy to take such people up to the woods here in Norway and torture them for weeks until they slowly died.

[ezimedia]

HI

just posted it on twitter.

Tom

[cleverlyslick]

Not for nothing,maybe i'll get a lot of enemies here for this but unfortunately it's all supply and demand.if people stop eating chicken, then there wouldn't be chicken factories doing these things. this is standard procedure so people can eat clean meat.

I'm a meat eater and i'm not gonna lie that was disturbing.But I was raised to know that chicken is good for you and eating meat just like veggies and what not. there's a good amount of protein in eating chicken and it cost less than buying a box of veggie burgers or chicken.As long as people demand chicken this will never end. It's like the war on drugs. The only way to stop drugs is if consumers stop consuming it lol. oil as well and the list goes on and on.

but truthfully i've been trying to make the transition to vegan and stuff,but I just don't like it.and that sht is expensive lol.I feel bad for the chicks tho.

[Seraphim]

Some friends of mine worked at a poultry plant for a college summer job, and then never ate meat again afterwards.

I eat meat myself, but am conflicted about it, because I have been a pet owner all my life [dogs, cats, birds, horses, lizards, etc.]. I often wonder if humans will look back on us meat eaters thousands of years from now, and think "what barbarians". It's also sad to think about how the animals that we eat, will probably be the last to go extinct. If corporations could just figure out how to mass harvest blue whales and African elephants, that would probably save them. It's a cruel world...

but truthfully i've been trying to make the transition to vegan and stuff,but I just don't like it.and that sht is expensive lol.I feel bad for the chicks tho.

I'm in the same boat, but I think it will be impossible for me. Huge life style change, and I don't know any vegans, which is even harder.

[Raider]

If it's animal cruelty of some sort I can't watch it. I think people who are cruel to animals are just as worthless crap people as rapists and pedophiles.

I agree with you here.

I'm not watching it either, just because I cook a lot of chicken.

[Tia Wood]

I love meat. And chicken.

But there is such a thing as humane and inhumane ways to kill and grow things. Supply and demand? Sure. But I bet you it cost more to treat a life with decency: to house them properly, to feed them properly, etc. To cause any living creature lifelong pain is plain crappy.

But I was raised to know that chicken is good for you and eating meat just like veggies and what not. there's a good amount of protein in eating chicken ...

(That's almost like saying powdered mashed potatoes from a box is just as healthy as potatoes). However, sickly animals are not good for anybody. They don't feed them properly, they don't house them properly, they don't clean properly. They live in cooped quarters in their own fluids and spread germs to each other. This isn't just for chickens, this is the reality for a lot of the meat you buy.

Luckily, I live in an area where a lot of the meat is by local farmers who do things right.

Not for nothing,maybe i'll get a lot of enemies here for this but unfortunately it's all supply and demand.

You are so right. But the problem is people who think we can only buy our meats, etc from major grocery stores. Example: we can get a cow slaughtered from a farm for about $400-$500 and it lasts for months. Not only are they raised & fed better (which shows in the quality/taste of the meat) but it costs less in the long run.

[DomainsInc]

I love meat. And chicken.

But there is such a thing as humane and inhumane ways to kill and grow things. Supply and demand? Sure. But I bet you it cost more to treat a life with decency: to house them properly, to feed them properly, etc. To cause any living creature lifelong pain is plain crappy.



(That's almost like saying powdered mashed potatoes from a box is just as healthy as potatoes). However, sickly animals are not good for anybody. They don't feed them properly, they don't house them properly, they don't clean properly. They live in cooped quarters in their own fluids and spread germs to each other. This isn't just for chickens, this is the reality for a lot of the meat you buy.

Luckily, I live in an area where a lot of the meat is by local farmers who do things right.



You are so right. But the problem is people who think we can only buy our meats, etc from major grocery stores. Here, we can get a cow slaughtered from a farm for about $400-$500 and it lasts for months.

when there are billions to feed, what are you going to do?

[stevo]

It is easy to pick up a nice package of chicken breasts at your local grocery store. But, I'll bet that if you had to pick out a chicken and then kill and clean and cut one up, there would be less chicken consumed. If this bothers you, then stop eating packaged chicken products. We (meat eaters) are all partially to blame.

[Tia Wood]

when there are billions to feed, what are you going to do?

The masses have been fed just fine for eons without factory raised meat.

But how the masses are fed is not my responsibly or under my control. Only what goes on my dinner plate every night. Meaning, it's everyone's personal choice to try something different or to say "oh well".

[Acro]

You need to watch the video to understand what is the outrageous part: putting male chicks (roosters) into a grinding machine as they don't lay eggs. They are thrown, alive, into a grinder. Also, the chicks' beaks get cut off with a laser beam. This is not supply and demand, it's pure cruelty. I eat meat and have no delusions about it coming from a killed animal, however there is no need to kill one extra chick for every one that is used as an egg producer.

[draggar]

Not for nothing,maybe i'll get a lot of enemies here for this but unfortunately it's all supply and demand.if people stop eating chicken, then there wouldn't be chicken factories doing these things. this is standard procedure so people can eat clean meat.

I'll agree with that, anyone here who are moved by this short video should watch the movie "Fast Food Nation" ("Hey, I think there is some $h!t in this burger right now! There's always $h!t in the burgers!").

But - a lot of this video is pure propaganda. Most of the "rough handling" those chickens would deal with in a nest anyway and we don't see these "activists" protesting how they treat their young outside of the factory. There was only one part of the video that really got to me (near the beginning). I won't go in but yeah, it is a bit of a cringer.

But when you really think about it - is there any real animal-for-food process that you couldn't do this for? Fishing? You jab a hook though the fish' side of the mouth or catch it in a net and let it suffocate.

Eating Kosher is not a bad alternative - the animals are slaughtered not in fear and as painlessly as possible (supposedly). My wife and I also think it tastes better.

You need to watch the video to understand what is the outrageous part: putting male chicks (roosters) into a grinding machine as they don't lay eggs. They are thrown, alive, into a grinder. Also, the chicks' beaks get cut off with a laser beam. This is not supply and demand, it's pure cruelty. I eat meat and have no delusions about it coming from a killed animal, however there is no need to kill one extra chick for every one that is used as an egg producer.

They should let the roosters grow and sell them at a discount. Considering how cheap chicken feed is, it wouldn't cost them that much more.

It is easy to pick up a nice package of chicken breasts at your local grocery store. But, I'll bet that if you had to pick out a chicken and then kill and clean and cut one up, there would be less chicken consumed. If this bothers you, then stop eating packaged chicken products. We (meat eaters) are all partially to blame.

I've fished and eaten the fish I've caught - does that count?

[Stian]

You need to watch the video to understand what is the outrageous part: putting male chicks (roosters) into a grinding machine as they don't lay eggs. They are thrown, alive, into a grinder. Also, the chicks' beaks get cut off with a laser beam. This is not supply and demand, it's pure cruelty. I eat meat and have no delusions about it coming from a killed animal, however there is no need to kill one extra chick for every one that is used as an egg producer.

I'd have no problem throwing one of these guys responsible in that grinding machine. Seriously, I mean it. I'd even might laugh while doing it.

[cleverlyslick]

You need to watch the video to understand what is the outrageous part: putting male chicks (roosters) into a grinding machine as they don't lay eggs. They are thrown, alive, into a grinder. Also, the chicks' beaks get cut off with a laser beam. This is not supply and demand, it's pure cruelty. I eat meat and have no delusions about it coming from a killed animal, however there is no need to kill one extra chick for every one that is used as an egg producer.

while it is cruel to slaughter the male chicks,I believe there has to be a reason why they are doing it....

maybe they can't afford to provide room for chicks that won't produce em any money?

maybe there's a ruling where they're not allowed to set them free because their will be thousands of chicken out on the street?

If you had a chicken business what would you do with the male chicks that won't produce anything for you?

all in all it's still cruelty and i'm sure there can be a better solution.just haven't been thought of by these hillbilly factories lol

[Acro]

As an analogy, people with birth defects should then be terminated.