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Because it's completely unnecessary. She admits that there are limitless cheaper alternatives available. Yet she exploits these sentient beings for little more

• pavel_lishin 9y ago
  > Because it's completely unnecessary I have bad news about 90% of your life. edit: I figured I'd go back and expand on this, to make it better than a reddit joke comment. These chickens seem like they're moderately well cared for, and are effectively pets - albeit pets that are at risk of being eaten by a possum. If having chickens is unnecessary, so is having pets of any kind - but we have studies that show this to be a falsehood. You might as well argue that having more than a few sets of clothing is unethical (sweatshops exist), eating off-season fruit is unethical (gasoline doesn't grow in trees), having books is unethical (paper doens't grow on, uh, nevermind), etc. The author of the original article seems to be somewhat inept as a farmer, but she freely admits this by sharing this story. I don't think she handled this particular situation well, but I'd wager that she learns from this and does better in the future, ethically speaking.