Thinking Like a Chicken
“Thinking Like a Chicken” features short, articulate talks about these birds and our advocacy on their behalf. Topics range from inside the poultry industry to life in a sanctuary, a cockfighting ring, a school hatching project, a backyard. Ideas and situations that highlight these birds will be discussed. Karen will describe her personal experiences with chickens, turkeys and other domesticated birds for more than three decades along with the challenges and ethics of plant-based and “clean-meat” advocacy.
Thinking Like a Chicken
The Forced Labor of Chickens on the Factory Farm
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Karen Davis
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Episode 11
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In the 20th century, chickens who had formerly been bred to be “all-purpose” birds for flesh and eggs on the farm were genetically divided into two distinct “divisions of labor” – one designed for egg production, the other for meat production. In today’s episode, I discuss how today’s commercialized chickens embody the condition of forced labor whereby their bodies have been constructed pathologically to meet the demands of the labor force. Please tune in to learn more.
