Broiler Chicken suffering

RSPCA On line ^ | Just showed up on my machine | RSPCA 2001

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The chick on the left is an egg-layer. The chick on the right is a meat chick or broiler, specially bred to grow much faster. After only four days the meat chick may already be developing bone and leg problems. By three weeks...

[StACase]

C H E E P

[okie_tech]

I'm only concerned that I'd get an egg layer in my broiler by mistake and that dinner would be a dried out leathery wrapping on bone ;-)

[chainsaw]

My my my, you don't seem to be one bit concerned about the plight of these poor creatures do you!?

If the're in the food chain...!

[Kevin Curry]

I'm afraid I just don't see a problem. Nice plump juicy broilers - sounds great!

Neither do I. The "victim" chicken looks especially healthy and robust. Its appearance completely undermines the RSPCA's contention that the meat chicks suffer horrific crippling conditions as a result of their genetic makeup and the way they are raised.

Flip Wilson: "Who ya gonna believe--me or your lying eyes?"

[Tennessee_Bob]

Don't forget the finished product!!!!!

MmmMMmmMMmmmMMM Good!!!!!

[Cuttnhorse]

HAA HAA! Very good!!

[Eccl 10:2]

Uhh, try DU or Salon with this one. You've obviously mistaken us for someone who gives a rat's a$$.

[HangThemHigh]

Which of those chickens would you eat?
(Fasting until you die of starvation is not an acceptable answer.)

[Kevin Curry]

Who are those two Southern good 'ol boy chefs who, despite their drawls, have Italian names and their own TV show on Saturdays? A few weeks ago they showed how to make Southern fried chicken the traditional way, and I was salivating all over the carpet as I watched.

[Billy_bob_bob]

For some reason I'm reminded of "Super Chicken".

"You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred..."

[AngrySpud]

If they didn't grow that fast or big, your KFC All-You-Can-Eat buffet would cost $24.99

[be-baw]

After only four days the meat chick may already be developing bone and leg problems

What makes you think so? I'm no chicken expert, but it looks to me like the legs are growing in proportion to the body.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Couldn't tell you for the life of me, Kevin. I used to like to watch the old Cajun cook (little wine for the sauce, little wine for the cook). Mom makes an awesome fried chicken too. Then, when we lived in Norfolk, we used to go across the bay to my Aunt Louise's house on Sundays for a big fried chicken supper. Everything save the white bread and the margarine came from the garden out back. I miss those meals...

[Cuttnhorse]

I work and live in a foreign country that feeds poultry fish meal and all the eggs, chicken and turkey tastes like fish. Hard to describe how awful it is and how much I miss some good ole' fried chicken.

[mdittmar]

Ya gotta really feel sorry for the "boneless chicken" Ya buy.

How do they raise those suckers?

Poor little blobs of feathers with no bones,they must force feed them through a straw.

[Kevin Curry]

Mom makes an awesome fried chicken too.

You Southern boys and your moms' cooking. I envy you. *Sigh*

Being Irish, I grew up believing a boiled potato was good eats.

If I had grown up in the South, I'd probably weigh 440 pounds and have more grease in my arteries than the local Minute Lube franchise.

[muir_redwoods]

Uhhh, No, I have no concern for this chicken beyond the necessary steps of proper preparation. The "plight" of these creatures boils (broils?) down to a simple choice. In the wild most animals die by being eaten alive, in captivity they are fed, cared for and killed quickly. That's the choice if you're not at the top of the food chain.

To paraphrase Eisenhower, "Life is hard, but it's harder if you're stupid". No one responsibly advised this creature to evolve into a chicken.

[pistola]

It is not as inhumane as you might think. Most boneless chickens are free-range.

[mfulstone]

Well, duh!

If you follow the same criteria the greenies do for salmon or other critters, those two chicks are totally dfferent species. No wonder they grow differently!

I mean, when only a zip code separates two species of the same critter, what the problem?