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To lift and carry chickens by their legs

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Caleo Thu 25-Sept-25 21:10:39

has been made okay by this Labour government. The cruelty of the method is against EU animal welfare law where lifting and carrying chickens by their legs is illegal.

This cruel new legislation by Labour is sufficient to prevent any support for Labour by Caleo and many others we may be sure_

Caleo Mon 29-Sept-25 17:31:13

Lahlah65

When DD was at agricultural college, they were taught to lift piglets by their hind leg to weigh them. You need to be as far from the head end as possible as they bite hard. I don’t know if this is still normal practice.

Puppy too bites you if you lift her by one hind leg. Pigs are more intelligent than dogs.

lainieb56 Mon 29-Sept-25 17:56:24

They live being lifted by their feet! It's a well known fact that chickens hate being chased around their homes and then get picked up and squashed by two hands. They think they are flying! They love it! Why do people have to decide what chickens like.

Hahahaha

Whiff Mon 29-Sept-25 18:02:18

My brother and sister in law have chickens and they are funny and soft to hold . I hope anyone who picks up live chickens by there legs gets scratched as they had wicked nails I know that's not the correct word but can't remember what they are called having brain fog moment .

FranP Mon 06-Oct-25 00:03:46

But if you claim to be Muslim butcher, you can legally hang it up, cut its throat without stunning, so it bleeds to death in agony,
and we are worried about picking it up by its legs, a swift, albeit distressing, action but quickly on a production line followed by the stun process, a matter of seconds. I worry more about the rearing process of crowded cages etc.

There is also the chick checking, that zaps the 2-day old males for reptile food.

As to eggs, I was given a coupon for Duchy originals eggs, organic and free range, and yes a totally different product, so if you want humane you do have to pay for it.