On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 09:06:33AM -0700, MaryAnn Helland wrote: > > Another reason being that she said: "with > chickens they commonly remove beaks and feet". And she said it with the > authority of personal knowledge, which she didn't have.
MaryAnn, While I realize this thread is supposed to be done now, I just want to clear up this one little point, since you did bring it up: I *do* have personal knowledge. I have personally visited a number of "production facilities" throughout the Southeast U.S., the first time in 1997, and as recently as 2002. And, I grew up on an old-fashioned family farm which was actually quite humane by modern standards -- the animals had a pretty nice life before they were slaughtered. And I believe you're right that the feet are not removed, "just" the ends of the toes, and that chopping off the ends of the beaks is more common that full debeaking (but owch!!! anyway). So I do indeed have the authority of personal knowledge, as a first person witness to these all-too-common practices. As long as we're on the subject, I do hope you understand that I never accused *you* of these practices, nor criticized you for running a chicken farm. As I said before, I know there are some facilities which are more humane, and I have no reason to disbelieve yours was one of them. -- indi -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
