OK, I'll bite. One of the main concerns of the OP was the DIY factor. A concern of mine would be safety. Most of us shouldn't be fooling around with electricity at home without the proper know how. Also stunning would require the purchase of specialized equipment. Picking up some dry ice...
OK. Let’s start with a little story. A few thousand years ago humans, the Greeks in this case, believed what we call the “sun” to be Helios, a god crowned with the shining aureole of the Sun, drove the chariot of the sun across the sky each day to earth, circling Oceanus and through the...
The method used to kill chickens at home may be "better" than those used at a commercial slaughterhouse, but that does not entail that it is humane. Less suffering than a commercial slaughterhouse is still suffering. How about we let our dogs wring their necks. Borrow the neighbor's dog, you...
You probably already eat "gassed" food and irradiated food as well. Fruits and vegetables are commonly gassed with ethylene to hasten ripening. Food is irradiated to prevent growth of pathogens.
CO2 is an inert common/naturally occurring gas in the environment that all creatures are exposed...
Check out this site for analysis of dry dog foods. I'd buy the food with the highest rating that I could afford.
Canidae scores 5 stars (out of 6) and you should be able to find it for about $1/lb. Some of the 6 star brands go for upwards of $2.50/pound.
I'm considering keeping chickens and have been doing my research on all the factors and have watched several videos of how to slaughter and process the chickens. I'm fully realistic about the necessity of it and feel that if I'm willing to eat the animal, I should have the wear with all to...
After a couple weeks of searching and posting on forums and emailing of people living close to be who were on these forums to no avail, I finally decided to just head over to LA Animal Control (for the city of LA not county). The above quoted ordinance is repeated frequently on the internet for...