Izinkukhu ziphakathi kwezilwane ezifuywa kakhulu emhlabeni, ezinezigidigidi zezinkukhu, amadada, amaturkey, namahansi akhuliswa futhi ahlatshwe minyaka yonke. Emapulazini amafekthri, izinkukhu ezifuyelwa inyama (ama-broilers) zishintshwa ngofuzo ukuze zikhule ngokushesha ngendlela engavamile, okuholela ekulimaleni okubuhlungu, ukwehluleka kwezitho, kanye nokungakwazi ukuhamba kahle. Izikhukhukazi ezizalela amaqanda zibekezelela uhlobo oluhlukile lokuhlushwa, zivaleleke emakhejini ebhethri noma ezinqolobaneni eziminyene lapho zingakwazi khona ukwelula amaphiko azo, ukuzibandakanya ekuziphatheni kwemvelo, noma ukubalekela ukucindezeleka kokukhiqizwa kwamaqanda okungapheli.
Ama-turkeys namadada abhekana nonya olufanayo, akhuliswe emashedi aminyene angakwazi ukufinyelela ngaphandle. Ukuzalanisa okukhethiwe ukuze kukhule ngokushesha kubangela izinkinga zamathambo, ukuxhwala, nokucindezeleka kokuphefumula. Amahansi, ikakhulukazi, asetshenziswa kabi emikhubeni efana nokukhiqizwa kwe-foie gras, lapho ukondla ngenkani kubangela ukuhlupheka okukhulu kanye nezinkinga zempilo zesikhathi eside. Kuzo zonke izinhlelo zokufuya izinkukhu, ukuntuleka kokunothisa kwemvelo kanye nezimo zokuphila zemvelo kunciphisa izimpilo zabo emijikelezweni yokuvalelwa, ingcindezi, nokufa ngaphambi kwesikhathi.
Izindlela zokuhlaba zihlanganisa lokhu kuhlupheka. Izinyoni ngokuvamile ziboshelwa ngamaketango zibheke phansi, ziyamangala—ngokuvamile zingasebenzi—bese zibulawa emigqeni yokukhiqiza esheshayo lapho abaningi behlala beqaphile phakathi nenqubo. Lokhu kuhlukumeza okuhleliwe kugqamisa izindleko ezifihlekile zemikhiqizo yezinkukhu, kokubili ngokwenhlalakahle yezilwane kanye nenani elibanzi lemvelo lokufuywa kwezimboni.
Ngokuhlola usizi lwenkukhu, lesi sigaba sigcizelela isidingo esiphuthumayo sokucabanga kabusha ngobudlelwano bethu nalezi zilwane. Kudonsela ukunaka emuzweni wabo, ezimpilweni zabo zenhlalo nemizwa, kanye nesibopho sokuziphatha sokuqeda ukujwayela okusabalele kokuxhashazwa kwabo.
Emthunzini wezolimo zezimboni kukhona iqiniso elibuhlungu: ukuvalelwa okunonya kwezinkukhu ezisekhempini yebhethri. Lezi zinto ezihlanganisiwe ze-wire ezihlanganisiwe, zenzelwe kuphela ukukhulisa ukukhiqizwa kwamaqanda, strip izigidi zezinkukhu zenkululeko yazo eyisisekelo futhi zibangezelele ukuhlupheka okungenakucatshangwa. Ukusuka ekuphazamisekeni kwamathambo kanye nokulimala kwezinyawo ekucindezelekeni kwengqondo okubangelwa ukweqiwa okwedlulele, okuthi yilaba bantu abanengqondo bayamangala. Lo mbhalo usikhanyisela ngokuziphatha okuhle futhi wahlulela ukwanda kwamakheji ebhethri ngenkathi uvikela ukuguqulwa okuphuthumayo emikhubeni yokulima izinkukhu. Njengoba ukuqwashisa kwabathengi kukhula, kanjalo nethuba lokufuna ezinye izindlela ezingezinhle - ukuvela esikhathini esizayo lapho i-Animal Helfare ithatha khona ukwesekwa okuqhutshwa inzuzo