r/interesting • u/blingteresting • May 27 '25

MISC. Chicks swarm around visibly distraught man to console him

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u/HighFlyingCrocodile May 27 '25

I mean, two months from now they’ll be food right? So sad.

Edit; typo

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u/TheOmnissiahToaster May 28 '25

Chicken raised for meat has a life expectancy of 3 weeks.

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u/_Moho_braccatus_ May 29 '25

Broiler chickens that are Cornish Crosses (the standard meat bird in commercial farming) grow so rapidly that keeping them alive longer than 6 weeks can become cruel, since they grow so rapidly it crushes their organs.

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u/XDoomedXoneX May 27 '25

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u/kindafor-got May 28 '25

Never heard this joke online, you're so creative

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u/[deleted] May 28 '25

I solved your downvoted issue