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I don't have a chicken rescue, but all of my birds will live out their natural lives in my care and retire and not worry about going into the stewpot after they stop laying. What kind of chicken momma would I be if I ate them.
a farmin' kind? lol. I know what you mean though. I couldn't do it either. (but i bet you and I both could if we were starving!!) I admire ppl who are able to farm and raise their own food (meat included!) And don't worry...I don't think that chickens worry.
I believe that I would have to starve before I killed my pets. Before we got chickens (for their eggs) my mother-in-law was like "it will be nice to have fresh chickens without all of the hormones and anitbiotics forced fed to the ones we already eat." Well I told her that if she planned on eating them then we couldn't have them. (they are raised at my house and she lives like a mile away and wouldn't be able to care for them adequately) Anyways she decided that the fresh eggs would be better than nothing. My mom grew up with her parents (my grandparents) killing what they ate. She couldn't eat the animals because she helped to care for and feed them and even named them. Maybe you are right that they probably don't worry, but I tend to thing they do only because I love them so much.
I don't have a chicken rescue, but all of my birds will live out their natural lives in my care and retire and not worry about going into the stewpot after they stop laying. What kind of chicken momma would I be if I ate them.
a farmin' kind? lol. I know what you mean though. I couldn't do it either. (but i bet you and I both could if we were starving!!) I admire ppl who are able to farm and raise their own food (meat included!) And don't worry...I don't think that chickens worry.
I believe that I would have to starve before I killed my pets. Before we got chickens (for their eggs) my mother-in-law was like "it will be nice to have fresh chickens without all of the hormones and anitbiotics forced fed to the ones we already eat." Well I told her that if she planned on eating them then we couldn't have them. (they are raised at my house and she lives like a mile away and wouldn't be able to care for them adequately) Anyways she decided that the fresh eggs would be better than nothing. My mom grew up with her parents (my grandparents) killing what they ate. She couldn't eat the animals because she helped to care for and feed them and even named them. Maybe you are right that they probably don't worry, but I tend to thing they do only because I love them so much.
