I've never understood the idea that it is legal to raise something but not legal to use it.

In Oregon, up in the hills and other rural areas, there are a number of back yards filled with small coops, each one holding a single rooster of the fighting cock species. You can't mistake them, they're very different from the meaty rooster bound for your table.

It seems disinguous beyond belief to pretend that they're being raised because of their prettiness.