The two 'people' who clicked on "who cares.... it's just a chicken" should be ashamed of themselves. What an uncaring, selfish attitude to take about another of God's creatures!
Just because an animal is being reared for food doesn't give us the right to treat it inhumanely during it's lifetime.
I had already bought free range eggs for years when I saw Hugh & Jamie's programmes, but I was shocked at the conditions that the broiler birds were kept in and since then I have only ever eaten free range chicken, over here it costs me 17.00 Euro (about £13.50) for a large free range organic chicken from the farm shop and I easily get 5 meals for the two of us from that. As for eating out - I used to love KFC but won't go near it now, I won't have any chicken dishes from the Indian or Chinese take away, I won't eat any dishes that contain chicken, duck or turkey unless they are guaranteed free range. At least my conscience is clear when I'm eating meat.
I've actually gone a step further and now have four chickens of my own in my back garden, I can't wait until they start laying lovely fresh eggs for me.
For those who are interested in the welfare of the animals that they eat and were unaware of the 'life' those poor broiler chickens lead, you should also look into the factory farming of pigs - it's a disgrace, and while it's unpleasant to know about these things, I'd much rather know and make a conscious decision about the type of meat I am eating (I now only eat organic free range pork) than eat in ignorance of the suffering these animals have gone through at the hands of so called 'human beings'.
