FortCluck
Hatch-a-Long Queen
And going vegan is a huge transition, but if you enjoy meat then it's probably what your body needs. I haven't even butchered any of our chickens yet. We have one left from the Halloween hatch that is a cockerel and we have a few others that we got from someone else that we thought might be pullets, but they aren't. So those 3 will be put on the table for my family.Same here. Crossing the central valley last year, we saw a chicken truck go by and my husband and I both found it extremely upsetting. I still can't think about it without getting upset. I haven't bought chicken from the store in the last 5 years. I don't even order it in restaurants. As hard as it is, to butcher a chicken you have raised from an egg, that truck is why I do it.
I'm glad there are others dieting along with me. I thought seriously about going vegan, when I started raising animals for food. I ended up deciding not to for various reasons, one of which is I am a bit of a carboholic. When I tried going vegan for a week, I actually didn't mind the food at all, but I was eating tons of bread, potatoes and pasta.
My strategy for weight loss now is two fold. First, I'm drastically reducing empty calories, which in my case, are potato chips, my evening cocktail, and dessert. Second, I'm eating slower and reducing portion size.
I'm adding in the 5 minute per hour get up and move thing.
I'm not sure if I will have an issue with butchering them, but I have euthanized a duckling that was having severe issues from a birth defect. I thought that I would have a very hard time with it, but I really didn't. So that's why I decided we could do meat chicks.
I hatch all of my own as well