That's me. I have no problem eating "stranger chicken", but there is no way I can turn one of mine to dinner.That's great, some folks have no problem with the thoughts of processing, but just have trouble with having 'known' their food....to some folks it doesn't matter. Many start out one way and adjust as they go. The offer to help stands, I'll just leave the jars at home.
That's me. I have no problem eating "stranger chicken", but there is no way I can turn one of mine to dinner.There will not be a roo sneaking into my flock, or I'll have a really hard time to find him a good home.
A slim chance, but you are right on both counts. Since I can pick from all of the chicks that hatch I can avoid any the look the least bit ambiguous. One nice thing is that all your breeds are barred, meaning an males will show at least twice as much white as the females. In a group like you will have, they will stick out quite plaining even at a week old. And males grow into very handsome, and as you noted, rare and desirable, specimens.
I need to make one up for poults for at our tractor supply. I don't have a big enough list of people to cover the number of eggs I have going. I really need to get busy and pick a couple to keep for ourselves to raise out for the holidays. I'm only incubating chicks by request right now until my breeding pens are built. Next year though....let's just say that hubby promised to make me a bigger, 3 tiered brooder for in the garage
