Getting flack for killing our meaties -- and need some reassurance!

[FarmerJamie]

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We raise meaties, don't have any right now, planning for a batch of 50-75 in a month or so. Why do you ask?

 

[malignstar]

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I have a dog with very, very bad allergies to almost every food on the planet. I feed it raw, just meat, bones and organs- no vegetables, supplements, fruits, dairy or grains. My other dog has no issues but she's doing great on it. My cat has had constipation issues even as a baby kitten but raw food does not bother her GI tract. My newest addition was not from a very healthy litter (his sister has been sick her whole life and the other 4 kittens died) so I figure he can use all the good nutrition possible. They have been doing ok on grocery store food, but I know they can do better on more natural reared meats. I figure if people are so worried about the bad stuff in mass produced, factory farmed meat we should REALLY be worried at what goes into our pet's food.. which is undoubtedly more horrifying as it doesn't really even meet human grade standards. I get enjoyment out of knowing where the food comes from and having control over every aspect of that rabbit, chicken, or quail's life so I can be sure that it's not harming the environment or the animal's wellbeing. That's just my take on it. Call me crazy but I'm happy with the decision.

 

[cassie]

Sometimes the best reply to a particularly stupid comment is simply a long blank stare.

 

[Ibicella]

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Well I'd like to say that I am very impressed with your dedication to your animals and making sure they get a proper diet tailored for them. I know my pets certainly do better on a home-made kibble and wet food diet. I also end up paying a lot less to feed my dog and find uses for the parts of animals I don't really need like organ meat.

 

[honeydoll]

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We raise meaties, don't have any right now, planning for a batch of 50-75 in a month or so. Why do you ask?

Am interested in buying some to raise for ourselves. One of the feed mills in our are still sell some but you have to order in groups of 25 or more and I don't have room for that many at one shot.

 

[Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay]

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This is absolutely absurd!

 

[SunnyDawn]

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frankenchick it's nice to know that, at least here on BYC, some folks understand how the food chain works!

 

[SunnyDawn]

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: My DH says I have mastered this look.

 

[greysandy]

I teach very low income high school students who are either first generation or second generation from Mexico. It is so refreshing to talk to them and many of them have lived in a home where they had to go outside and get (okay, kill) the chicken for that night's meal. They understand where food comes from and the value of it. I was so happy to hear one of my students who didn't even know the word for it, tell me that I could use my older hens for caldo (soup). It's such a nice change from the "I can't eat any chicken that has bones in it, that's yucky!"

Sandy

 

[tnchickenut]

My favorite "come back" and the one that works the best is....

"Well, that chicken you ate in your sandwich last night was thrown up on a metal conveyor belt upside down and then drug across a blade. If it was lucky the blade made good contact, if it wasn't so lucky it just got cut a bit or not at all. Now, the conveyor belt keeps going and allows enough time for the dead ones to drain their blood, but the living ones get to hang there and watch this while they all get closer to the large vat of boiling water that they all get dunked in before getting plucked by a giant machine that bounces them around ripping out there feathers until they are bare. Now, you see exactly why it would have been better to get your throat slit from the beginning, because some of these chickens, possibly the one that made your sandwich, was alive through most or all of that. They are called "redskins" by the industry and it happens all the time, so chances are you have eatten a "redskin" lately. Now, if you think that me caring and respecting for a bird and giving a quick, clean end to it is cruel, you just go right ahead; because personally, I think you are the barbarian for supporting a industry who does not respect the animals or you for that matter."

I also like to remind them and switch out "chicken sandwich" with "those chicken nuggets you ate took way more than one chicken and they were...."

Usually I don't get all the way through... they stop you from all the details. Point is... people like to pretend their food didn't die. I just like to remind them that not only did they die, but they never got to truely live either.