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In article <1992Apr17.014906.3172@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
jennifer@algol.astro.Virginia.EDU (Jennifer Wesp) writes:
In yet another article ac@apmaths.uwo.ca (alka chandna) writes:
>Let me insert an informed opinion.  I have raised chickens.  They are
>literally too stupid to fly away from dogs, or to come in out of a
>hail storm.  Chickens are Dumb with a capital D.  You do them a
>service by keeping them in a temperature controlled, predator free
>environ with lots of food.  Food and sex is all that motivates them.
>Perdue chicks get plenty of both.

I have dealt with chickens at my grandmothers since I was young.  I
spent many of hours catching chickens for something to do.  (Being a
hyperactive child has its drawbacks.  :)  Chickens don't fly very well
because their bones are more solid than other birds.  (There are many
other reasons as well, there is no need to list them.)  This means
that flying does not come as naturally to them, especially since they
can run fairly fast.  But they do fly away from dogs, when running
doesn't work.  The problem is that they don't fly very fast or far, so
if there is no where for them to fly to, they end up being chased on
the ground again.  The only difference is that they are more tired.

Chickens are not that bad with weather either.  In a light rain, they
ignore it and keep going.  In heavy rain, they go for shelter.  Is
everything from your part of the country so dumb that it doesn't come
in out of a hail storm.  Maybe it is in the water.

>>Believe it or not, animals *do* suffer; they are not inanimate machinery.  

>A good way to insure the future suffering of Perdue chickens is to
>release them to "freely range," I assure you.  Ever watch a dog tear
>a chicken apart?  They aren't decent enough to kill them before
>plucking them, you know.

Then there is always the method of cutting off their heads and letting
them run around spurting blood.  This is always good.  Then hang them
on the closeline to drain some.  (Actually my grandmother hasn't done
this in quite a while.  Makes for tough meat.  This is true.)

>PS- I'm a vegitarian.  Not because it's healthy, or because I think
>    comercially raised meat suffers more while alive than "free
>    ranging" meat or sedentary broccoli. Just because meat tastes
>    nasty.

I am a meat eater.  I like the taste of meat and I feel that there is
nothing wrong with eating meat.  I will admit that I like my steak
well done though.  I feel sorry for anyone that limits what they are
allowed to eat in life.  The world has so many different tastes and I
want to try them all.  Then I'll go back and concentrate on the ones I
liked.

-Randy

P.S.:  I can't believe that I am discussing the intelligence and taste
of chickens.  :)

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