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.
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).
what about the ostrich his big innocent eyes his beautiful smile he must be higher up the freedom list ostrich ostrich ha ha nice write
smmerwindSan Francisco, California USAApr 16, 2013
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
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 thats a bucket of chicken just says pop
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.
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.
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.
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.
Well we would all starve without them, like your write. Rob
FellsmanLake District, Cumbria, England UKApr 18, 2013
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.
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Rob
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