The Chicken Killers!!!

[RESiNATE]

Man, that is the LAST time I ever do THAT job

I had to drive a lorry to a chicken farm last night, and collect some chickens for slaughter. Geez, what an eye-opener.
There were these sheds (about 20meters x 80meters), and the floors were covered with live chickens - like a carpet! There were 5 sheds.
They are kept in these sheds from hatching to about 40days old. Their light is artificial and set to timers. In other words, the only true daylight that they see, is in the back of the truck as they go to the 'killing machine', as it is called.
When I arrived, they unloaded the empty containers that were on my wagon. These containers have 4 'drawers' in them (8' x 3'), and each 'drawer' holds about 15 or so chickens, which are uncerimoniously rammed in. I had 24 containers, which held a total of 6240chickens! And I was one of 3 wagons that night.
I mean, when they opened the doors to these sheds, I could see the chickens covering the floor of the shed, so these blokes had to clear a way so that they could a) get the containers in, and b) load the containers - they were kicking the poor feckers out of the way...sickening.
I know that these creatures know no different (ie, they're not free-range), but ffs...
Anyways, I learnt that, I was not supposed to stop for any length of time on the return journey, because where they are packed so tightly, the body heat that they generate would literally 'cook' them! The trailor, incidentally, is as open air as it can be, but even so!

40 days old, man!

I am NEVER doing that job again...no matter how much they pay me.
I like animals, and think that sometimes, us humans show too little compassion when it comes to breeding for food.

I'm not a veggie, but I now have a better insight into how those KFC buckets, that we all like so much, come about:

40 days of living in a shed, with just enough room to shuffle your feet about, and no sunlight (or rain, for that matter), then a 3 hour journey on the back of a ricketty old truck, followed by a trip into the 'killing machine'.
They were as quiet as mice, when I got back to the abbortoir...I just filled in my tacho, and left...don't wanna see how the 'killing machine' works, thank you very much.

Chickens go in.....pies come out!

Macabre

RESiNATE Reviewed by RESiNATE on 10-22-2004. The Chicken Killers!!! Man, that is the LAST time I ever do THAT job :( I had to drive a lorry to a chicken farm last night, and collect some chickens for slaughter. Geez, what an eye-opener. There were these sheds (about 20meters x 80meters), and the floors were covered with live chickens - like a carpet! There were 5 sheds. They are kept in these sheds from hatching to about 40days old. Their light is artificial and set to timers. In other words, the only true daylight that they see, is in the back of the Rating: 5

[buddymyfriend]

But damn, that roast chicken tastes gooood!!

[Lulu]

Aww I know Res
Call me pathetic but I find it all very upsetting.
You ever see the calves in veal crates?
Now that's some disturbing shit
We're the only Italian restaurent I know of that doesn't have veal on the menu - I just think it's too cruel

[RESiNATE]

Yeah, but I guess it's the product of humans' need for diversity.
Why not just stick to proper beef, ratherthan all this new-fangled dross that people like Jamie Oliver promote.
When I found out about how they 'make' veal (if you know what I mean), I was disgusted...sheesh, we get upset by people like Hitler and Saddam, at the way they have treated people, and yet do not think twice about what we do to animals inthe name of a 'good' meal.

I know that these animals are bred for food, but there is no need to subject them to abject torture and misery.
Just let em graze in a field and have some kind of life (as appreciation for their lives), but to hold them up in dingy, tight spaces, with no light or room to move, is just bordering on barbaric.
Those chickens know nothing other than the interior of those sheds - imagine how they must feel as they zoom down the road on the back of a lorry, looking at all the fields and sunlight (well, not today, as it was raining on a biblical scale), thinking to themselves.."Shit, wtf is all this...this is great!"

Then ...*THWUMP*
Zinger Tower Burger!!!

[Lulu]

From 3 days to 16weeks that's where they live ~ kept in darkness for 22hours a day

http://www.davekopel.com/env/Calf-Cr...-Necessary.htm

[RESiNATE]

Hmmm...
*frowns*

I admit, I eat meat (well, occasionally lol) -and I like it.
But, I don't like the cruelty that those beast have to endure. And it's no good some farmer type coming up and telling me that it's humane...bollocks...those pictures are proof of that

Maximum profits and stuff, init!
money money money money money
Shit, I have nearly broken my ankle to avoid stepping on a beetle, in my time.....and have lost count of the close calls that I've had with rabbits and the like, that do not use the green cross code lol
A life is a life, no matter where it comes in the food chain..rspect is due, and should be adhered to. They give their lives (not by choice, true) to feed us - the least we can do is to make their short lives as pleasant as we can.

Book 'em all into the Savoy, or summat, as a last minute treat lol

[maryjanemama]

Yikes!!! I'm proud to be a veggie...sometimes I eat meat but very rarely because I feel like vomiting afterward.

[align=left]We raise chickens but not for meat, for our own amusement. It is so cool to see colorful birds walking around the property and the kids adore them. A weasel just snuck up through the floor boards (last night or in early morning). So, until repairs can be made tomorrow, the baby peeps will be spending the night in our house. They are sooo cute, no feathers, yet, just down. Fluffy little things. Wish I had a camera to show you. My husband, a "manly man" mechanic was devastated to find baby chicken bits this morning and vowed to keep the rest of them alive, whcih involves chickens in my home. But, I swear he'll cry if I don't let him bring them inside![/align]

[mikee1422]

Man that's some fucked up shit is all I can say....

[ineedskillz]

I know you all prob/ don't want to here this .... But I was a chicken catcher for a while
in my youth.. When loading the trucks the catchers have to bring 8 of them at a time..
No word of a lie it sounds like there screaming "help me help me"...The smell from there urine and feces is almost overwhelming... Also if you kick one right under it's beak It's head will fly off..And yes they still do run around with no head for a few moment after being decapitated..I was like 16 years old when I did this so plz don't hold this against me...

[Imotep]

when we eat animals with such disturbed souls...
fucjk, im a hippy.
anyhoo one day i'll be a farmer and all my animals will be eaten but theyll have good lives, livin as nature intended.
industrial farmer gives me the shits.
that goes for hydro too.
liberate the mulplant
fuck i am a hippy