well personally, im not so sure how well chickens will do as pets.
People will be the same if not worse with them as they are with dogs an cats. they wont understand the kidn of care they will need and im sure this will end up in simply chucking them out as well as handing them over to the rspca.
I think the solution is to not produce so many chickens in the first place..
the less that people support that industry, the less chickens will need to be born. So im pretty sure being vegan will help..
I honestly dont think selling chicks as pets will work to well.
And why should those bastards at places like that get more money??
I have pet chickens, and I have to agree with you. My chooks rule the backyard, but they're the exception to the rule.
If chooks are encouraged as pets, it might reduce the number of battery farms around, but you're right, people won't look after them. They'll forget to feed them or fill their water bowls, or won't clean out the coops properly. My friend's little brother bought chickens last year, and forgot to feed them for 2 weeks, so they all died.
Also, it won't solve the issue of male chicks being killed, because roosters are illegal in urban and suburban areas (it depends on your council), and most people won't want more than one rooster. So, they'll still be killed as byproducts. Also, as replacement for factory farmed meat, it would be nearly impossible to regulate the slaughter of the chickens in backyards, by untrained people, and possibly with cruel methods.
Boycott is the only plausible solution.
