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Denmark zoo asks public to donate unwanted small pets or horses to feed captive predators (www.cbsnews.com)
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[–] 67 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I like this. Maybe it sounds bad but when I was a kid a neighbor paid me to kill all his chickens after a hurricane because it was hot and their chicken house was gone. I would have much rather he drove them to the zoo to be fed to the animals there.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Growing up on a farm we killed, plucked and processed a few hundred chickens each year. Kept us and several families in town fed with good quality meat over the winter.

    It's not a bad thing to be that close to your own food production.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    These were laying hens though. They would have been better off as zoo food than put in my freezer as crab bait. I don't think it's bad to be close to food production. I'm a farmer.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    15 laying hens hardly take up much space for laying. Surprising they didn't just rig up a quick place for them to find cover and let them wander the yard until they figured out a more permanent solution. With hurricane debris around, repurposing wood that's around shouldn't be hard to find. Hell some people I've seen just throw the wood they bought to cover windows down by the road for trash to pick up. They could have found a downed tree and an ax and they would have hadenough to build a quick structure. Chickens don't ask for much

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You don't want to eat chickens that are older or that are unhealthy

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Define unhealthy, we definitely dont eat sick birds, but before we knew how much to feed them, we had a LOT of chicken lard. What's wrong with eating older birds? They're chewy, sure, but they can still make a tasty soup.

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