{"id":52547,"date":"2021-12-05T17:53:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T17:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=52547"},"modified":"2021-12-05T17:53:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T17:53:11","slug":"respect-the-chickens-you-keep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/12\/respect-the-chickens-you-keep\/","title":{"rendered":"Respect the chickens you keep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Respect a word thats missing<\/p>\n<p>from the poultry farms today<\/p>\n<p>they forget the hens are feminine<\/p>\n<p>and the males are cocks display<\/p>\n<p>chickens are more than feathered bundles<\/p>\n<p>they have a heart and soul<\/p>\n<p>they like to walk about, \u00a0to flap their wings<\/p>\n<p>and to control<\/p>\n<p>what \u00a0they find to eat and drink<\/p>\n<p>they think, they care, \u00a0they feel<\/p>\n<p>but the poultry farms think of their margin<\/p>\n<p>Life sadly for real<\/p>\n<p>is inside a concentration camp<\/p>\n<p>the tiniest cage that they<\/p>\n<p>can cram these birds<\/p>\n<p>no understanding<\/p>\n<p>floors of wire<\/p>\n<p>that pay<\/p>\n<p>a high price on their comfort<\/p>\n<p>their feet are important too<\/p>\n<p>and the shit thats fed to the chickens<\/p>\n<p>makes them grow fast, and who<\/p>\n<p>in their right mind wants to aggravate<\/p>\n<p>a cash cow, \u00a0 pray tell me<\/p>\n<p>but their lives are racked in torture<\/p>\n<p>and they shit just where they be<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>nonfacilities for cleaning,mthese are feminine<\/p>\n<p>and they<\/p>\n<p>need to clean unlike the bloody poultrymen<\/p>\n<p>in a way<\/p>\n<p>feeling thinking caring souls do<\/p>\n<p>because of that they do<\/p>\n<p>and farmers abusing chickens<\/p>\n<p>need a bloody screw<\/p>\n<p>painfully up their arse oles<\/p>\n<p>let them feel the pain<\/p>\n<p>that \u00a0chickens feel upon the wire<\/p>\n<p>then do it again<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the supermarkets are not much better<\/p>\n<p>its margins once again<\/p>\n<p>bigger cheaper<\/p>\n<p>who cares how<\/p>\n<p>they feel, \u00a0they are things thats all<\/p>\n<p>for now<\/p>\n<p>stinking because they have to lay<\/p>\n<p>in their shit tragically<\/p>\n<p>and some supermarkets say<\/p>\n<p>or dont seem all that worried<\/p>\n<p>forgetting chickens feel<\/p>\n<p>they think they recognize our faces<\/p>\n<p>really thats for real<\/p>\n<p>when i was a lot younger<\/p>\n<p>12 Rhode Island Reds<\/p>\n<p>i loved and I looked after<\/p>\n<p>and they all had cleanest \u00a0beds<\/p>\n<p>clean straw and good food<\/p>\n<p>and wild plants i collected every week<\/p>\n<p>we all get bouts of sickness<\/p>\n<p>and chickens \u00a0can reap the goodness<\/p>\n<p>from wild herbs<\/p>\n<p>its their tonic afterall<\/p>\n<p>and talking to them calmly and cuddling them is<\/p>\n<p>a call<\/p>\n<p>they really do appreciate<\/p>\n<p>but torturing them every day<\/p>\n<p>leaving food to mold and empty water pots<\/p>\n<p>that stay<\/p>\n<p>empty<\/p>\n<p>for really too long<\/p>\n<p>in a vile wire cage<\/p>\n<p>these are women suffering<\/p>\n<p>and \u00a0 sufferings off the page<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Morrisons had better<\/p>\n<p>think and show they care<\/p>\n<p>go and see the chickens<\/p>\n<p>for gods sake be aware<\/p>\n<p>improve the lot of the feathered friends<\/p>\n<p>who appreciate the care<\/p>\n<p>make their short lives<\/p>\n<p>just by showing up \u00a0just being there<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>now you have felt lockdown<\/p>\n<p>an open prison you<\/p>\n<p>in your own all mod cons<\/p>\n<p>yes my friends its true<\/p>\n<p>imagine being maltreated tossed into some cage<\/p>\n<p>stinking from just months of shit<\/p>\n<p>that has been lodged there for an age<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>i expect the likes of the supermarkets<\/p>\n<p>now to raise their game<\/p>\n<p>prove that they are humane<\/p>\n<p>as they fight hard for their fame<\/p>\n<p>respect the \u00a0feathered angels<\/p>\n<p>ensure they are treated well<\/p>\n<p>and see that they are fed and watered<\/p>\n<p>And never have to smell.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Respect a word thats missing from the poultry farms today they forget the hens are feminine and the males are cocks display chickens are more than feathered bundles they have a heart and soul they like to walk about, \u00a0to &hellip; 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