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 . 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