The more we study chickens the more we learn about their amazing cognitive abilities and emotional capacities. They display empathy and are very intelligent birds. For years, Karen Davis, president of United Poultry Concerns, has been telling us how smart and emotional birds are and that they deserve far better treatment then they receive in food processing facilities, truly torture chambers, around the world. Accumulating data from research on chickens (and other birds) support her views.

Although chickens and many other animals are not protected by the Federal Animal Welfare Act in the United States and can be color-dyed and otherwise mistreated, I was still shocked and horrified to learn that baby chicks are used as packing filler, packing peanuts, by Ideal Poultry Breeding Farms so that the birds who were actually ordered can stay warm. This heartless and shameful practice is not a joke and many who are used are dead on the arrival of the package into which they were stuffed.

Please register your complaints. You can contact Janet Crouch at Ideal Poultry Breeding Farms, Inc. by calling 800-243-3257, extension 5562 or email her at janet.crouch@idealpoultry.com. You can also email help@idealpoultry.com or sales@idealpoultry.com and you can also contact them here.

This really is a serious matter and you can make a difference very easily. Please do.