➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Conan]

Possibly. I never have been one for the traditionally loved animals like dogs and cats.

You love birds, Banty. Birds.

 

[Conan]

And we have the next poll.

If something is so cute, do you have a desire to murder it in the cruelest manner possible?

Not MURDER, just you know, squeeze.

 

[BantyChooks]

You love birds, Banty. Birds.

Birds and cows and horses and goats and bunnies.

My very first pet was a parakeet. I've been involved with the feathery specimens of trouble since the get-go. So yeah, I do have a certain fondness for them.

 

[Conan]

Birds and cows and horses and goats and bunnies.

My very first pet was a parakeet. I've been involved with the feathery specimens of trouble since the get-go. So yeah, I do have a certain fondness for them.

We raised meat rabbits so it took me awhile to get past that mental block and have a pet rabbit.

 

[RUNuts]

Not MURDER, just you know, squeeze.

Mmm. Red rum.

So, squeeze in the cruelest manner possible?

 

[RUNuts]

Do you pinch cheeks too? Like the witch with Hansel und Gretel?

 

[BantyChooks]

We raised meat rabbits so it took me awhile to get past that mental block and have a pet rabbit.

I'd like to raise meat rabbits, but the cute factor is a huge block there. I just can't make myself think of them as livestock. Chickens, sure. Cute widdle bunnies? Harder.

 

[Conan]

Mmm. Red rum.

So, squeeze in the cruelest manner possible?

More like a barely restrained squeezing. Think Lennie, from Of Mice and Men.

 

[RUNuts]

More like a barely restrained squeezing. Think Lennie, from Of Mice and Men.

I think the jury called that one a murder.

 

[Conan]

I'd like to raise meat rabbits, but the cute factor is a huge block there. I just can't make myself think of them as livestock. Chickens, sure. Cute widdle bunnies? Harder.

You say that, but then you realize how easy they are to butcher. It's crazy fast. But yeah. I was going to get meat rabbits this year. I ended up with an ex-breeding pair from a meat operation that shut down. They were at a local rescue. Then I had to replace my Holland lop that passed... Yeah, I won't be eating them.