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I'd say set them free. But given the breeding of commercial chickens they'd simply not survive in the wild - not stop growing and after just days be unable to
by zhte415 6y ago
I'd say set them free.
But given the breeding of commercial chickens they'd simply not survive in the wild - not stop growing and after just days be unable to move, and easy prey.
If you're fortunate enough to have land, use it, even a balcony or window sill can be put to good use. There are plenty of guides on YouTube, and for a window sill no need to spend money on herbs again. For food or for leisure (or both) - if you like flowers grow some flowers!
And don't throw away potato skins, carrot tops, strings of beans, etc. Compost them, it really enriches the soil.
- enneff 6y agoReleasing them would be dooming them to a horrible death. They'd end up ripped apart by wild animals or otherwise injured and live in pain until they die.
- Viliam1234 6y ago> live in pain until they die. The ethically important part is that those would be different flavors of pain than the ones they would have experienced in factory farming normally.
- koheripbal 6y ago> They'd end up ripped apart by wild animals ...so exactly like the fate of literally every other wild animal on Earth.
- enneff 6y agoNot really. Wild animals mostly live in the environment they are adapted to. Most birds survive just fine out in the world. Chickens are not adapted to anything, but rather selected by us, and they certainly weren’t selected for toughness.
- zhte415 6y agoCertainly, it would. I raise chickens, but less than twenty, and mine are actual chickens that live for a while not factory ones. Decently sized coops, going for a walk once a day for a few hours (I suppose happy, they seem happy) and are quite good at seeing off the odd predator when they're out and about. You're correct, I put them in their chicken-wire yard at night for good reason. A neighbour has geese. Geese get freaked out very easily. If a stray dog comes by at 3am the entire street knows about it. I'm not from the farm. Interesting thing to learn is to let an egg rest a couple of days, no washing no refrigeration of course. Surprised me, wonderful variation in taste.
- jhanschoo 6y agoIf you set them free they are going to cause a mess and potentially destabilize the local ecosystem.
- zhte415 6y agoHence the second line of the comment.
- koheripbal 6y agoIs it possible to buy baby chicks for delivery by mail? Serious question.
- Scoundreller 6y agoSure is. https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/index.html https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/index.html