Save the chickens

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peterb started the topic in Tuesday, 28 Nov 2017 at 8:06pm

We had a semi-trailer loaded with egged-out cage chickens overturn up here a little while ago, they were headed for the slaughterhouse. Half of them were creamed, the rest were found staggering about in extremely bad shape. The authorities attending assured us, on camera, that the fatally wounded birds were euthanised with regret, and the survivors carefully handled before being allowed to continue their journey to a certain death.
Save the whales, save the White Pointers, save the wild dogs, save the koalas and now we've got save the chickens before they are slaughtered.
Somebody?

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Gaz1799 Thursday, 14 Dec 2017 at 11:30pm

Its been said that the current taste of chicken is in fact nothing like chicken. Due to factory farming and bland feed used to fatten the chooks up some critics have argued that the chicken of today is nothing like what our forebears would have enjoyed. Conspiracy?

The odd round western style chooks of today bear absolutely no resemblance to the lean running chooks seen around indo and other parts of the world. Anyone done a side-by-side taste test?

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Quint Friday, 15 Dec 2017 at 5:47am

Chickens have rights also. Save the chickens. They were here first. Its their domain. Its their house so stay out. Don't like chickens then stay home. No need to extinct them all.

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terrance Friday, 15 Dec 2017 at 7:47pm

blindboy, then send those in Yemenis the dead chickens! It's a win-win.

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terrance Friday, 15 Dec 2017 at 7:57pm

Gaz1799,
It's like the old saying mate, "smells like fish, tastes like chicken". Keep going.
But if it smells like fish and tastes like fish, don't keep tasting!
This was a community service announcement.

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blindboy Friday, 15 Dec 2017 at 7:58pm

terrance, some things are funny and some aren't. You should learn the difference.

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blindboy Friday, 15 Dec 2017 at 7:59pm

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terrance Friday, 15 Dec 2017 at 8:21pm

blindboy, and some things are very boring with posts rarely read past the first few words (i.e. your inane rants. Where have the trumpy rants gone, bored now?) and some thing are extremely boring with posts rarely read past the first few words (i.e. you defending your inane rants). You should learn. Just learn.

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velocityjohnno Friday, 15 Dec 2017 at 9:15pm

We were given magnificent chooks by a friend straight from the Royal Show, tiny fluffy things that grew into the most loved pets I've ever had. They used to come down from roosting and sit on the kitchen window to welcome the kids on waking each morning. Very loving creatures. The laying of eggs was a great bonus too!

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groundswell Friday, 15 Dec 2017 at 9:26pm

How did they taste?

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velocityjohnno Friday, 15 Dec 2017 at 10:30pm

lol was waiting for that

They were given back to friends when we began traveling, and the one that grew to be a rooster was given to a relative and put in the farm hen house where he had... well... lots of fun for the rest of his days

happy ending

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Quint Wednesday, 17 Jan 2018 at 6:59am

Chickens have rights. Save the chickens.