The factory element of Chicken Farming had me stop eating Chicken (and all meat) altogether for some time. I then tried a Riverford Chicken and saw how they are raised and am now back on Organic Meat. It tastes so much better than what I remember before.
I started buying Riverford stuff a couple of months ago (both meat and veg/fruit) and I have to say it is of the best quality. The meat (especially chicken) is just such good quality. It is more expensive but its worth it not just for the taste but also to know the chickens had a good life. if you look at cheap supermarket chicken it often has bruises and the bones are broken - can you imagine what life would have been like for the chicken?
They do not have a good life, they have a less terrible life and death than deep litter chicken, but they are still victims. They still go to the slaughter house as babies who have never known their parents.
Riverford - thank you so much for what you do and for providing me and everyone else with healthy, nutritious food. In this day in age, food that is free from chemicals and meat that is raised 'naturally' is getting harder to obtain. I wish a world of success for you and all those affiliated with your farms. I would love to do an interview with you guys :)
did you know that the male chicks were minced up alive on the first day of their lives, males do not lay eggs, and males do fertilise them so they are not wanted in the egg industry, or in back yard egg production. When you buy an egg you are paying some one to liquidise baby chicks.
Bill’s Coop- For obvious reasons, this is one of my personal favorites. rb.gy/px4rks This coop features a suspended upper house with a full range below, a ramp for easy entrance to the upper level. This design has my personal touches and I have had some clients throw wheels on it after building for easy portability.
We seem to be quite in sync in terms of being online and such. Quite convenient. Anyway, I'm very willing to believe that (factory farmed) chicken throughout North America is generally the same kind of chicken. However as I mentioned before, I'm Dutch. There's an ocean between our two continents, so the chicken is possibly quite different. As for factory farming being cruel, maybe. But I don't see how you can take the moral highground when you infact kill chickens yourself.
I think it's good Riverford sell this product - the more people buy them, the more birds will live in better welfare. These species were never bred to be 'wild' - they were only ever developed for human consumption and these have a good life. I agree with most principles of veganism and disagree more and more strongly with factory farming - aside from the animal welfare, I believe it's causing the majority of human health problems like cancer - you are what you eat! unfortunately I couldn't only eat vegan food.
They do not have a good life, they are torn from their families and killed very young, as babies, having never known the care they would have got from their mothers. This is advertising, they have just been cleaned out, how clean would they be if we turned up unannounced . Would you want this for your children?
They have a damn far better life than the barn raised chickens. I agree that it is still sad that they will have a short life-span and do not get to live for long with their mother but it is clearly a step in the right direction. The chickens aren't riddled with disease or injuries and have access to roam and exercise. I think if we can start to encourage people to start buying chickens raised in better welfare then hopefully more farmers and meat producers will see that there is profitability in raising animals this way. You will never get the entire population to go from all to nothing. Baby steps.
angela lynch you’re asserting that they don’t have a good life based on what you would personally choose. The question should be “do they have a life worth living?” Judging by the video it’s hard to argue otherwise. The next question should then be “Are they raised to a standard of welfare that is greater than that of their unmanaged state?” Again, it’s hard to see how you could argue that their welfare is less than it would be in the wild given that they are fed a complete diet and are kept safe from predators.
Well I suggest you find a different grocery store. I don't know if there's a lot of difference between Dutch grocery store meat and Canadian grocery store meat. But I have tried "biological" meat, as we call it, and compared it to standard grocery store meat and I honestly can make both taste good. Price-wise however I'm much better off with grocery store meat.
Well I don't know if we can tell wether a chicken has a happy life or a sad life, but I have eaten "happy" chicken as well. Based on my own personal experience, a good cook can make chicken taste great, regardless of our assumption of their mental state.
this is obviously better than factory farming, but everyone seems to forget that the birds get killed unnecessarily (and no, we don't need to eat meat!), so the question of morality, let alone a huge debt of bad karma, still remains...
What makes chickens "happy" is to NOT BE KILLED. Why do you attempt to do the wrong thing "a right" way? Eating chickens is totally unnecessary in the human diet. We don't need to kill them --- Doing so is just a rationalization to satisfy gustatory gluttony.
beaelliott what about those horrible chickens eating those poor insects! How disgusting!! The chickens don't need to eat those insects to survive, all they need is protein found in the plants and dirt! Pick up a copy of my new book "Pull your head out of you ass you stinky Vegan" today. 👍
12 weeks without normal family life, is not a great life. Chickens can live to be over 10 years old, these are babies, babies that have never met their mothers and fathers. Possibly the result of sexual abuse, were they created by artificial insemination? Did they come from those awful hatcheries? Riverford is supposed to be carbon conscious, animal agriculture is killing the world. Riverford should stop discussing paper or plastic bags and start producing vegan veg. I am a riverford customer, I am also a vegan.
I have commented on someone else's comment on here. But I think we can agree that this farming IS undeniably better welfare than factory bred chickens. And as hard as it can be to accept, the population of meat eaters will not go from all to nothing. I think even as a vegan it would be good to support better welfare and encourage people who insist on consuming meat to chose options such as Riverford's chicken. If more and more meat eaters chose options with better welfare it would reduce the profitability of factory farming and could encourage more farmers to see the benefits of breeding and rearing chicken in better welfare. I think I could live happier knowing the majority of chickens live like this rather than in the cramped inhumane factories, no? I hope this made sense, I do have a tendency to ramble haha.
Such a fake video! I had my own chickens and incompatible to that ones. I don't think they have excess to the pasture... Might be the cars and housings with useless plants we have in UKNowadays
The factory element of Chicken Farming had me stop eating Chicken (and all meat) altogether for some time. I then tried a Riverford Chicken and saw how they are raised and am now back on Organic Meat. It tastes so much better than what I remember before.
The factory element of Chicken Farming had me stop eating Chicken (and all meat) altogether for some time. I then tried a Riverford Chicken and saw how they are raised and am now back on Organic Meat. It tastes so much better than what I remember before.
I started buying Riverford stuff a couple of months ago (both meat and veg/fruit) and I have to say it is of the best quality. The meat (especially chicken) is just such good quality. It is more expensive but its worth it not just for the taste but also to know the chickens had a good life. if you look at cheap supermarket chicken it often has bruises and the bones are broken - can you imagine what life would have been like for the chicken?
They do not have a good life, they have a less terrible life and death than deep litter chicken, but they are still victims. They still go to the slaughter house as babies who have never known their parents.
Does it matter if you're going to kill em?
Riverford - thank you so much for what you do and for providing me and everyone else with healthy, nutritious food. In this day in age, food that is free from chemicals and meat that is raised 'naturally' is getting harder to obtain. I wish a world of success for you and all those affiliated with your farms.
I would love to do an interview with you guys :)
amazing video, i will be buying only from organic farms and river ford, you set the Bar! well done, can't wait for my first organic box from you
I got some eggs from woodland roaming chickens recently..... The difference was noticeable. They were gorgeous!
did you know that the male chicks were minced up alive on the first day of their lives, males do not lay eggs, and males do fertilise them so they are not wanted in the egg industry, or in back yard egg production. When you buy an egg you are paying some one to liquidise baby chicks.
angela lynch
And the RSPCA endorses that then it seems.
That does not surprise me, most factory farmed animals are.
How many hours do you spend daily taking care of the birds? What tasks? Nice vid.
this is so cool. I love what your doing
They’ve had a great life of 3 months! What a life!!
It’s sad, but better than standard supermarket chickens who are less than 6 weeks old 😕
Bill’s Coop- For obvious reasons, this is one of my personal favorites. rb.gy/px4rks This coop features a suspended upper house with a full range below, a ramp for easy entrance to the upper level. This design has my personal touches and I have had some clients throw wheels on it after building for easy portability.
It's all so lovely and happy and carefully protected and provided and splendidly faithfully lovingly husbanded and then WHAP the unhappy day.
Are they fed any grains?
so how old are the chickens when they are killed? - I couldn't quite work it out - did they say something about 70 days?
Yes they said something about them definitely being older than industry average
What happens to the male chicks still ground up or gased?
these are birds of both sexes as they are for meat, not eggs, still wrong though
Fantastic!!!!
kudo to this farm
good video
these chickens don't lay eggs or do they?
no, they are babies, and are bred to make meat very quickly, in a matter of a few weeks their lives are ended at the slaughter house.
Oh, right. So as long as they don't see it coming it's fine? If cruelty is an issue how is ending a life not one?
We seem to be quite in sync in terms of being online and such. Quite convenient.
Anyway, I'm very willing to believe that (factory farmed) chicken throughout North America is generally the same kind of chicken. However as I mentioned before, I'm Dutch. There's an ocean between our two continents, so the chicken is possibly quite different.
As for factory farming being cruel, maybe. But I don't see how you can take the moral highground when you infact kill chickens yourself.
I think it's good Riverford sell this product - the more people buy them, the more birds will live in better welfare. These species were never bred to be 'wild' - they were only ever developed for human consumption and these have a good life. I agree with most principles of veganism and disagree more and more strongly with factory farming - aside from the animal welfare, I believe it's causing the majority of human health problems like cancer - you are what you eat! unfortunately I couldn't only eat vegan food.
They do not have a good life, they are torn from their families and killed very young, as babies, having never known the care they would have got from their mothers. This is advertising, they have just been cleaned out, how clean would they be if we turned up unannounced .
Would you want this for your children?
They have a damn far better life than the barn raised chickens. I agree that it is still sad that they will have a short life-span and do not get to live for long with their mother but it is clearly a step in the right direction. The chickens aren't riddled with disease or injuries and have access to roam and exercise. I think if we can start to encourage people to start buying chickens raised in better welfare then hopefully more farmers and meat producers will see that there is profitability in raising animals this way. You will never get the entire population to go from all to nothing. Baby steps.
angela lynch you’re asserting that they don’t have a good life based on what you would personally choose. The question should be “do they have a life worth living?” Judging by the video it’s hard to argue otherwise. The next question should then be “Are they raised to a standard of welfare that is greater than that of their unmanaged state?” Again, it’s hard to see how you could argue that their welfare is less than it would be in the wild given that they are fed a complete diet and are kept safe from predators.
These chickens cost £15 each
Well I suggest you find a different grocery store. I don't know if there's a lot of difference between Dutch grocery store meat and Canadian grocery store meat. But I have tried "biological" meat, as we call it, and compared it to standard grocery store meat and I honestly can make both taste good. Price-wise however I'm much better off with grocery store meat.
Well I don't know if we can tell wether a chicken has a happy life or a sad life, but I have eaten "happy" chicken as well. Based on my own personal experience, a good cook can make chicken taste great, regardless of our assumption of their mental state.
Why do you kill them after 3 months, why don't you let them live 3 years?
Fascinating that there are a couple of vegans who said they don't like it, but then everyone piles on aggressively against them.
Why would it matter that the chicken had a "happy life foraging in the sunshine and fresh air"?
Organik tavukculuk
this is obviously better than factory farming, but everyone seems to forget that the birds get killed unnecessarily (and no, we don't need to eat meat!), so the question of morality, let alone a huge debt of bad karma, still remains...
What makes chickens "happy" is to NOT BE KILLED. Why do you attempt to do the wrong thing "a right" way? Eating chickens is totally unnecessary in the human diet. We don't need to kill them --- Doing so is just a rationalization to satisfy gustatory gluttony.
well said
beaelliott what about those horrible chickens eating those poor insects! How disgusting!! The chickens don't need to eat those insects to survive, all they need is protein found in the plants and dirt! Pick up a copy of my new book "Pull your head out of you ass you stinky Vegan" today. 👍
12 weeks without normal family life, is not a great life. Chickens can live to be over 10 years old, these are babies, babies that have never met their mothers and fathers. Possibly the result of sexual abuse, were they created by artificial insemination?
Did they come from those awful hatcheries?
Riverford is supposed to be carbon conscious, animal agriculture is killing the world. Riverford should stop discussing paper or plastic bags and start producing vegan veg. I am a riverford customer, I am also a vegan.
there is no way asparagus produces more of a carbon foot print than beef. I confess to not having looked it up, it is to ridiculous
Have you seen cowspiracy? Its £1.00 to view it here
I have commented on someone else's comment on here. But I think we can agree that this farming IS undeniably better welfare than factory bred chickens. And as hard as it can be to accept, the population of meat eaters will not go from all to nothing. I think even as a vegan it would be good to support better welfare and encourage people who insist on consuming meat to chose options such as Riverford's chicken. If more and more meat eaters chose options with better welfare it would reduce the profitability of factory farming and could encourage more farmers to see the benefits of breeding and rearing chicken in better welfare. I think I could live happier knowing the majority of chickens live like this rather than in the cramped inhumane factories, no?
I hope this made sense, I do have a tendency to ramble haha.
Such a fake video! I had my own chickens and incompatible to that ones. I don't think they have excess to the pasture... Might be the cars and housings with useless plants we have in UKNowadays
all BS. Birds suffer a lot when time to be slaughtered, and before, all other practices, fairy tails to sell better.
The factory element of Chicken Farming had me stop eating Chicken (and all meat) altogether for some time. I then tried a Riverford Chicken and saw how they are raised and am now back on Organic Meat. It tastes so much better than what I remember before.
Organik tavukculuk