Free Range Chickens

Before you sit down and eat your chicken
Do you ever stop and ask yourself
Are those free range chickens?
Did the breast on my plate live a life of freedom
Or a life of imprisonment in a tiny cage
Or in a building crammed together with thousands of other chickens
Did that chicken have his beak painfully lopped off?
I don't know about you
But I feel there is no difference between people and chickens
The only difference is that they are chickens
So we must boycott resturants and other places
That torture our feathered friends
Set the chickens free!
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Posted: Apr 2013
About this poem:
They had this hilarious skit on SNL where they sing this song called "Set the Chickens Free." Adam Sandler plays Axle Rose, Chris Farley plays Carnie Wilson, and Phil Hartman plays Kenny Rogers. It was a parody of We are the World from 1985.

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cameal6
good one, but what about all the tourtured cows, man kind and greed has destroyed all that is beautyfull. free animals are not as tender to eat. free animals take work to put on the table. free anmals do not make alot of money for industry. 100 free chickend yeld aproxmatly 50 eggs providing you can find them,100 caged chickens yeald 100 eggs and take no time to find. There for it is more profitable to cage the bird. Industry dont you just love it (not).
darkhorse555
what about the ostrich his big innocent eyes his beautiful smile he must be higher up the freedom list ostrich ostrich ha ha nice writethumbs up cheers
smmerwind
Yes my dear MC. They have feelings and get hurt, too. How I know? Whenever my village folks butcher a pig? It howled like it broke my heart and always made me cry. But for your consol;ation. I don't even eat chicken. My children know this and I do eat very seldom, maybe three times a year. Not because of that but that it has to be super clean and don't smell like chicken when I eat it. Otherwise, I don't crave for t6hem...
Thanks
fjamesj9701
I never ate chicken until i was 23 and even then was tricked into it while eating at a chinese buffet. Yea threw up all over the table when she said what it was. But now im glad i did because i never knew what i was missing until then...a true Mcradloff here, enjoyed...jesse popcorn thats a bucket of chicken just says pop
mcradloff
Odette67, thanks for your comment. I used to work fast food and made chicken towards the end of my four years and four months at Hardee's. I actually got to take home the left over chicken at the end of the night. It was about a bucket full most times.teddybear popcorn
mcradloff
cameal6, thanks for your comment. I have been watching different documentaries on how cows are treated in these massive lots out west. It's pretty tragic. My dad used to work at a pig processing plant that has been totally tore down since it went out of business around 2001. They just ship to a new location, hire illegals and save a ton of loot.dunno teddybear
mcradloff
darkhorse555, thanks for the comment. I think the ostrich has it better than the puny chicken. I read an article that kangaroos emit no methane which is bad for global warming. Maybe we should be eating kangaroos instead of chickens.rolling on the floor laughing cheers
darkhorse555
ha ha a big snack a kangroo i might hide in the pouch incase we turn canaibalthumbs up wow
mcradloff
morgen90210, thanks for the comment. I rarely eat fish or beef as my budget won't allow it. I would say eggs are the cheapest protein you can get. Of course there's always peanut butter.cheers popcorn
trurorob
Well we would all starve without them, like your write.
Rob
Fellsman
Hi mcradloff

The meat and poultry industry can be bloody and gruesome at times, luckily, consumers are becoming more aware and are choosing to buy free range eggs and also buy their meat from farmer's marts where it has been locally produced and the source traceable.

However, until consumers become even more aware and point-blank refuse to buy produce from intense factory farming where the welfare of the animals is cruelly ignored, there is always going to be a problem. And we, as consumers, need to all do our bit to assist this process.

I believe a extra few pounds (or dollars or whatever) a week is a small price to pay for buying meat which we know has come from animals that have been well treated.

Bill wine wine
mcradloff
trurorob, thanks for the comment. They are the most widely eaten animal, with billions eaten every year, not to mention all the eggs.easter egg easter egg easter egg
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