You may not personally be able to change a company whose practices you are at odds with. However, every time you consume a chicken that was treated in ways that make you uncomfortable, the company must replace that chicken with another one to sell.
In my view, every time you choose to consume (purchase) a chicken that is treated in a way you disagree with, you are responsible for producing a new chicken treated the same way. And every time you choose not to consume a chicken that is treated in a way you disagree with, you have prevented a chicken from being produced under those conditions.
Of course many people will conclude that they'd rather have cheap chicken than treat chickens well, and many more people will simply not think very much about it. But if you are personally troubled by how chickens are treated then I think it's worth thinking about your role in causing that.
Sorry if all that is obvious and you really just meant you don't feel like there is anything you can do to affect greater change. I am only posting it because I have talked to people who feel a lack of control because they don't believe that their personal consumption has a direct impact on production, which I believe to be incorrect.
That perfectly sums up why I stopped eating meat. There was no great moral outrage, and I don't yell at friends who eat meat. I just decided that I was no longer comfortable with my money funding processes that I found objectionable.
In my view, every time you choose to consume (purchase) a chicken that is treated in a way you disagree with, you are responsible for producing a new chicken treated the same way. And every time you choose not to consume a chicken that is treated in a way you disagree with, you have prevented a chicken from being produced under those conditions.
Of course many people will conclude that they'd rather have cheap chicken than treat chickens well, and many more people will simply not think very much about it. But if you are personally troubled by how chickens are treated then I think it's worth thinking about your role in causing that.
Sorry if all that is obvious and you really just meant you don't feel like there is anything you can do to affect greater change. I am only posting it because I have talked to people who feel a lack of control because they don't believe that their personal consumption has a direct impact on production, which I believe to be incorrect.