Does everyone here kill their chickens after they stop producing eggs?

[lionpearl]

Thanks everyone for all your heartfelt opinions it is appreciated. Just had the thought today and was wondering what everyone else thought!

lionpearl

 

[debakadeb]

Mine are just beginning to produce eggs. I only have five but I think they will just become pets. I could change my mind later but I know each one of them, they have a name, and I don't think I could do it with these chicks. However, the thought did cross my mind that if I had 50 or more, I wouldn't get attached and would be okay with it. All in all, it is personal preference. I have heard that the home-raised chickens are superior to what you buy in the store -- which is why I would get them for that purpose.

 

[menageriemama]

No. I raise meat birds for feeding my family, but my layer hens work hard for us and I like to keep them around after they slow down.

 

[DDRanch]

No. My girls stay with me.
Anne

 

[fullhouse]

The favorites will get a home forever, the others not sure yet. We did cull our boys. I was worried I would be upset by it, but once they were turned into food I was fine with it.

 

[BantyHugger]

We don't do in the ones we recognize. For example we have a RIR that limps because she broke he leg once and we only have 1 Leghorn. Everyone else is just a chicken. Made to eat.

 

[seminolewind]

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Me too!!!!

 

[seminolewind]

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Me too, I don't eat that many eggs, and have 20 chooks. I love them all and know each one's individual quirks.

 

[jjthink]

Mine have forever homes.
JJ

 

[maine egg man]

I also have had this same thought so does the year start when they are hatched or when they start to lay, my girls are only 12 weeks old so I have time to build a golden girls home if need be will cross that bridge when I get to it