No, I don’t have any regrets about eating animals.

[BigBlueHen53]

When I bought my hatching eggs last week, the person that I was buying them from started crying when I told her that I'm doing meat chickens. I honestly wanted to leave the eggs and go home. I have my own fertile eggs I can hatch and I don't get judged for raising meat chickens from my family. I actually get praise from them because they have full bellies all day every day.

Humm. I wonder how she would have treated you if you had bought a steak and knew you were going to take it home and eat it. That was very unprofessional and manipulative of her, IMO. What you do with your purchases is none of her business. Her business is to sell you a product and wish you a good day.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Humm. I wonder how she would have treated you if you had bought a steak and knew you were going to take it home and eat it. That was very unprofessional and manipulative of her, IMO. What you do with your purchases is none of her business. Her business is to sell you a product and wish you a good day.

Sorry, on re-reading, I see I had assumed you got the eggs from a TS or similar. She may have been a private individual, selling you her "babies," in which case my comments don't apply.

 

[Matilda Belle]

I was a vegetarian for several years back in my 20s. Right now my diet is mostly plant based, but I do consume meat on occasion. I would never judge another person's decision to eat meat, or press my beliefs on another. Just like politics and religion, it is so important to respect each other's choices. I would honestly love to be vegetarian again for health reasons and because I hate how animals are treated especially in factory farms. Without raising the animal myself, it is impossible to know how they are treated.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I was a vegetarian for several years back in my 20s. Right now my diet is mostly plant based, but I do consume meat on occasion. I would never judge another person's decision to eat meat, or press my beliefs on another. Just like politics and religion, it is so important to respect each other's choices. I would honestly love to be vegetarian again for health reasons and because I hate how animals are treated especially in factory farms. Without raising the animal myself, it is impossible to know how they are treated.

THIS! Me, too. I gave up on it because my then-husband was a meat-and-potatoes man and I just couldn't cook separate meals all the time, especially once I became a mom. My now-husband is more amenable to an almost-meatless lifestyle, but The Kid is not quite there yet. So sometimes I feed them (gasp!) hot dogs..... lol. Everybody agrees on a good chicken soup, though!

 

[Matilda Belle]

THIS! Me, too. I gave up on it because my then-husband was a meat-and-potatoes man and I just couldn't cook separate meals all the time, especially once I became a mom. My now-husband is more amenable to an almost-meatless lifestyle, but The Kid is not quite there yet. So sometimes I feed them (gasp!) hot dogs..... lol. Everybody agrees on a good chicken soup, though!

I started eating meat again after becoming a mom as well. And my husband loves his meat!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I started eating meat again after becoming a mom as well. And my husband loves his meat!

I still cook lentils when I want them though. The kid is old enough to make himself a grilled cheese sandwich if he must.

 

[Matilda Belle]

I still cook lentils when I want them though. The kid is old enough to make himself a grilled cheese sandwich if he must.

We must live in the most ridiculous household. All three of us eat separate meals. My teenage son is extremely picky and won't eat certain things; my husband rarely eats and when he does it's out of a can; and I then there is me....I cook extremely healthy. I love making soups and salads. I eat a lot of beans, quinoa, wild rice, fruits and vegetables. My latest favorite is kale. I LOVE cooked kale.

 

[Duckfarmer1]

I went through a vegetarian phase in my teens...I haven’t eaten red meat for 17 years until the Sunday dinner at friends when we ate the roast beaver...lol..it was good...now I’ll eat a hamburger...but it has to be lean and burnt!

 

[Ted_Harrell]

BigBlueHen and SilkieKeeper, your words were spoken from the heart and regardless of what side of this argument folks fall on they should be respectful enough to listen. Thank you all who posted on this thread for both having an opinion and expressing it as well. I respect all of you and will continue to read/listen every chance I get.

 

[Chickologist]

Gidget's story
So, I went to Rural King to get chicken feed, and on my way to the feed aisle, I stopped
by the chick days, they had polishes, which I had been wanting for about a year, so I grabbed a box, but I wanted other breeds also, so, I grabbed 2 polishes, and put them in the box, then I walked to the Easter Egger and Amerucana brooder, and I saw a small Easter Egger chick, trying to find an open heat lamp spot, I grabbed her, and she looked at me, and started to lay down in my palm. I put her in the box with the polishes, long story short, I got 3 more chicks, and took them home, a week later, I saw she wasn't growing along with the others, she was the same size as she was on the third day, the only thing that she grew were tail feathers. And she was struggling to get food and water, I made her Hard Boiled Eggs, which she ate up very fast, she still didn't grow though, 1 dozen eggs later, she finally grew a bit, not as much as the others, but she still grew, she almost died 4 times, but she survived, now, she is alive and healthy along with her Buff Laced Polish friend, Minnie, and her Blue Brahma friend, Violet, she likes bananas and tomatoes, and she likes to chase bugs with her friends. I named her Gidget, which stands for "girl midget" because she was so small as a chick.