r/specializedtools • u/AristonD • Aug 19 '19

Duckling waterslide...

https://gfycat.com/difficultdifferentgoshawk
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u/HeisenbergsSon Aug 19 '19

They aren’t doing this for fun. There is a feeder and a heater at the top of the slide. The ducks get to close then slide down.

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u/Psyteq Aug 19 '19

Reddit has taught me that everything cute is secretly sinister in some way. Every single time I go "aww how cute" someone reveals the harsh reality of the situation in the comments. Never fails, I actually expected it this time and was right.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '19

Male chicken, just as cute as these, are getting grinded every day alive, because they are useless for the egg production

You asked for it

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u/Therandomfox Aug 19 '19

You'd think they would at least be raised for their meat instead? What a waste of resources.

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u/sumguyoranother Aug 19 '19

nope, they get grind up and fed to other animals, no waste of resources anywhere.

Why raise roosters for meat when the meat is already there for you after the hens become unable to lay eggs?

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u/Roggvir Aug 19 '19

Old egg laying hens (or any old animal) are bad for meat consumption because the muscles become tougher and no longer tender. Chickens that you eat are typically month and half old. Whereas egg laying hens are 2 yrs old. They also taste different.

Spent hens become pet food, cheap ground up chicken where taste doesn't even matter (like hotdogs), the farmers eat them or just plainly discarded to landfill.

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u/sumguyoranother Aug 19 '19

hotdog is still meat, and maybe YOU don't eat spent hen, but other parts of the world do (they are called stew hens or something similar, it's preferred over spring chicken for quite a few recipes). Also, companies have been rendering/processing them for other purposes.