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Good point. I was probably about 8 years old when my family got their first chickens (Cornish Cross, followed by layers the next year.) And my Mom made it very clear from day one that these chickens were going to be eaten.

You might be surprised at what things a child will understand at what age. I remember reading the book "Little House in the Big Woods," by Laura Ingalls Wilder aloud, and having a rather precocious 2-year-old come to me afterward for advice on butchering a teddy bear. We ended up with a plastic...