I will never forget the time I visited a chicken farm in Mississippi. I had no idea what went into raising chickens for commercial food. I was shocked.
There were several long metal building packed with chickens. I mean, there must have been a million chickens all crammed into these torture cambers. Now, remember I am a country boy and I even raised chickens at one point in my life but I actually felt sorry for the chickens. The couldn't walk or do anything like a chicken is supposed to do. All they did was eat, get big and fat then butchered and sold to major food processors.
I talked to the owner in to giving me about 20 of the sick chickens. I took them to my little farm and tried to bring them back to life. It was so odd. They were giant chickens, mutants, and even after months care they still couldn't walk. My chickens would roost and night. They would fly up to the top of the coop and go to sleep. The mutated chickens from the chicken factory couldn't do anything. They all finally died. Again, I felt sorry for those chickens and I didn't really want to eat any more chickens. In addition, these chickens were feed all sorts of chemicals. It was animal cruelty. I know we have to eat and I think eating chickens is ok but we must be aware these animals do feel pain.
Remember I am not a vegan but I do think we need laws about animal cruelty in the food industry.
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