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That's a tough issue for a lot of folks to face, especially those of us accustomed to our modern urban culture. It's an unfamiliar concept, to kill an animal by ourselves for our own food, to kill an animal we're not frightened of, or threatened or disgusted by. That's why it really helps to consider them like produce you grew for the table. You wouldn't say "oh that's such a beautiful tomato, I could never eat that! Instead I'll pick these from the branch that poked me in the head, and those ugly ones there."
Thanks, I will try looking at it was "produce". I really hope that I can overcome this.
I DO eat deer meat (actually really like it), but it's never from the deer from our property. I would really like to know if my chickens do taste better than that frozen crap from W@l-M@rt.
DH tells me that we put money into their feed, coop, etc. And it's just what you do...If you didn't reap what you sew, you'd be throwing your money away... He thinks that roosters are only good for one thing... the freezer.
You can do it. I knew I was going to keep some roos but not all. I only named 3. Those 3 I could never kill. One RIR named Little Red jumps up on my knee hoping I have crickets. I haven't given them crickets in a while because they would all come running when they'd see me and it was hard to walk with 40 chickens under your feet. I picked out the roos that had some sort of defect. One NHR had 1/3 size comb of the others. And 2 more flopped to the side.
Really Im glad I did it. Cause my pullets that would only hang out in the woods all day for fear of being chased were all out in the yard scratching by the end of the day. And I was shocked to see my 3 Russian Orloffs out of hiding a strolling across the yard well before dark. They've even quit going in the coop at night because they were harassed so much. Funny how out of 40 free range birds those 3 always stick together.
