I let all mine run free, I have livestock guardian dogs , they have made the difference for my little stinkers, the biggest issue is the chicks, who I like to put out in the day with their parents in the sun. There are roadrunners who come and prey on them, even through the cages. I have one...
Thank you, I feel as you do, that the more that all animals are treated humanely and given a dignified merciful death, that the better the world becomes. I was thinking, if everyone would do this, it would move toward shutting down those horrible commercial operations. My husband told me to...
Maybe will look at an alternative, I dont eat the eggs, they end up in incubators, so maybe selling eggs and hatchlings for people to raise will be a better bet.
Oh that sounds just horrible!!! I dont think I am going to be able to do this, maybe I will have to figure out something else, I was not thrilled about the prospect to begin with, the only thing was that we thought we could contribute healthy food to the community, but I wont cause suffering...
My greatest concern is the humane treatment of the birds. They have a wonderful life here, I wont have it ended in some macabre way. I think that for that, the best thing will be to hire people to come here and process them, then they never have the stress of leaving their home.
Thank you for...
Hello ! I am new here, my husband and I are pilots who retired to be farmers, and have geese, ducks and chickens that we want to have a business of free range organic meat and egg birds. Birds are all doing great, but the next stage, how to develop clients. We also do not want to process our...