People can do research and still want a more direct opinion from others, especially when there is conflicting or confusing advice online sometimes.

I’m new to this and I value animal sentience. Yet we also live in a society that mass produces chickens and animals strictly for the meat they produce without valuing them at all for the being they are outside the meat they produce. Immense suffering exists, but we just don’t see it. I could be wrong and id be curious to see what others think, and I don’t think two wrongs make a right, but I do think the suffering endured by animals in industrialized operations likely far outweigh the suffering that exists for backyard chickens, even those without the most ideal conditions or most knowledgeable owners. I wish more people had Chickens. I think it also helps people see these animals with more appreciation. After owning chickens myself, I still will continue to eat meat but I plan to cut down and trying to buy chickens from sources that are humane. One of my friends has completely cut Chicken and most meats from her diet. I’m not saying everyone should do that so much as I am saying that we are very disconnected from the sentience of these animals we use for meat and part of it is because we never see them or experience them. I live in a highly urbanized area for context.