by raindog

Question by Rooster/Blaster: How many of you folks out there love pet Chickens?
I am 32 years old. I just recently, as in within the past five months, have come into contact with pet Chickens. My girlfriend has a few of them. I am kind of fascinated by them.

It is true that Chickens will probably never invent something that changes the future of mankind. It is true that Chickens will probably never create a work of art like Rembrandt…or compose a classical song like Mozart. In other words, I understand that they are of limited intelligence- especially in comparison to human beings.

But actually, a chicken usually has an I.Q. of about that of a 3 year old human child.

I am delighted by the “personalities” that my g/f’s chickens have developed. I love it when they cackle, lay eggs, tid bit, etc. Man, they run so fast when we throw cheese or other treats for them on the ground! LOL.

I never knew how cute chickens were until recently. How many of you people have pet chickens, or love them in general?

Best answer:

Answer by cortney t
thats great my teacher has some but i dont oh and my moms friend owns a farm and has like 30 or so chickens

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by rmcnicholas

Nowadays, it’s not uncommon at all to find that people are apt to keep a pet at home. However, with the popularization of pet-keeping, there come many troubles meanwhile. Among them, the most heated topic is the concern of pet care.

Pets always are so smart and emotional as human beings, so it’s rather significant to pay much attention to their living. Then how to treat the pets? In fact, pet care is not an easy thing; without professional care, the pet is likely to be weak.

If you don’t know how to look after your pet, or if you have not enough time to take good care of your baby pet, you can turn to the pet care professionals for help. But before choosing a so-called “profissional”, you should make it clear that what should a pet care professional be. Or you are likely to be cheated and your pet may be at the risk of weakening.

As professionals, they can be identified by the following aspects.

1 They have a back-up plan. Because they consider themselves business owners, they have procedures and plans in place to accommodate all the pets in their care – even if they get a flat tire, have a personal emergency, or catch the flu. As you interview pet-care providers make sure you understand, and are comfortable with their “back-up” plans.

2 They use a contract. In order to protect you as well as the business, pet-care professionals have a contract that details their responsibilities while you’re gone. It’s important to spend time reading the document and ensuring that both you and your pet-care provider are clear on what’s expected, and, what’s NOT expected. I’ve heard of pet-sitters who trim nails, clip fur and provide ‘extras’. This is great, as long as you expect your dog to be trimmed when you return home.

3 Professionals never overbook. Find out how many visits your pet-care provider makes on an average day – then do the math. Ask your pet-sitter to be realistic about how many trips they can make each day in order to ensure your pet is getting visited for the length of time you’ve contracted. No pet-sitter starts out wanting to short-change their clients, but sometimes during busy seasons, in an effort to serve all the clients who make requests, they may be forced to shorten visits. If you are booking for visits during busy times, be aware of this.

In a word, you should never be too careless to involve your pet with risk. It’s of importance and help to realize the characteristics of pet care professionals. In this way, you can find the most reliable “professional” for the best service.

As much as people are fond of keeping pets, inhumane actions are often reported from across the globe. Pets serve as man’s joy and relief, their furry, cozy, crawling, exotic, terrific, and enriching existence bring a few moments of joy to people’s monotonous, tedious lives.

If pet owners eagerly keep pets it should be particularly clear that they fully take the charge and responsibility of their pets because animals too feel pain as human beings do.

Reports of pet abuse from all over the world shows what humans are oblivious of. There are millions of dead animals that have been found in various city corners. People out of some odd reasons and frustration tend to kill their pets and then to avoid getting caught they go and throw them near drums etc. It gives a grotesque picture of inhumanity and inconsideration.

The illiterate and uneducated people often tend to find ways of earning easy money and these are the people who make their dogs get in to fights. They train them by electrocuting them and burning their skins. When they are trained according them they are proud to win money when their dogs end up being horribly injured during fierce dog fights. Then they pat and love them which are more of an irony in the name of pet love.

There are celebrities who are known to wear fur of pet animals. Giving pets as gifts is a trend these days, just wrapped up like a commodity and presented to people without stopping to consider animals are not products.

There are people who keep horses and donkeys for carriages they too are like pets but these people beat their horses and donkeys and push them to carry extra loads without feeding them properly. They die of malnutrition and in some cases they even die of getting severely beaten up. There are vets in this world that treat sick pets with outdated medicines and they end up dead.

Some pets turn wild and hysterical because their owners treat them wildly. They would beat them, keep them chained, give them stale food and make them irritable. These kinds of pets resolve to biting and screaming to let out their feelings. Pets are found locked up in trunks, locked up in attics and forgotten till they are starved to death.

Some drug addicts drug their pets out of spite and watch their reactions as a vulgar means of entertainment. These and a million more faces of human vindictiveness, inconsideration, brutality and viciousness are widely observed yet not taken care of. Such pet abusers fail to realize that animals too are as flesh and blood as themselves.

Jonathon Hardcastle
http://www.articlesbase.com/automotive-articles/faces-of-pet-abuse-50632.html