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They're usually shredded alive almost immediately because they're seen as "waste" since they don't lay eggs

For some more context:

Why the egg industry 'shreds' baby chicks alive (NSFL)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My dad has had pet chickens for decades, and his roosters always chill. They're highly intelligent animals. If you give them lots of vegetation and space and provide for their basic needs and well-being, they don't really get too aggressive.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yea see that's the problem right there. No of these companies provide any of that to their chickens.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not profitable to do so. Capitalism is relentless and soulless.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There's no way socialism would provide that either on the scale that the Western world consumes chickens. We should still go vegan in a socialist economy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Oh I fully agree. Same in an anarchist community.