Pigs....What did I just do? *GRAPHIC PIC*

[funnyfarm]

I've worked on a couple confinement hog farms the ruptures that you bought have no value to a farmer raising for a large processer. Many times these farms will give them away at the farm rather than lose money driving to the sale barn for $1. Good luck with the remaining pigs and if the hernias begin to grow or chage color process them right away.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

mmmmMMMMMmmmm!!!!

Bacon is bacon is bacon! It ALL tastes like heaven.

 

[babyblue]

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It certainly would be a crying shame if we taught kids where their food comes from, that's for sure.

Wait... no, no it wouldn't.

don't be such a smarty pants, yes its great for kids to learn where their food comes from. however a 3 year old does not need to see a pig hanging up with its throat cut. there is a time and place to teach kids things. and a three year old doesn't need to understand butchering yet. will he learn and help me when he is older, yup. but dont be so condescending to how others raise their children.

 

[Kansaseq]

So what are you going to make first???? Mmmmmmmmmmmm!

 

[Show Me Chick]

babyblue wrote: don't be such a smarty pants, yes its great for kids to learn where their food comes from. however a 3 year old does not need to see a pig hanging up with its throat cut. there is a time and place to teach kids things. and a three year old doesn't need to understand butchering yet. will he learn and help me when he is older, yup. but dont be so condescending to how others raise their children.

Why not? I think kids shouldn't eat meat if they can't deal with where, what and how the meat is obtained. It's no big deal. My daughter has seen animals butchered since she was a baby and she hasn't had one problem with it. I'm glad my kid doesn't live in lala land.​

 

[MomtoSyd&Emma]

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Why not? I think kids shouldn't eat meat if they can't deal with where, what and how the meat is optioned. It's no big deal. My daughter has seen animals butchered since she was a baby and she hasn't had one problem with it. I'm glad my kid doesn't live in lala land.

I think I was MAYBE 5 years old the first time I helped to gut/clean a deer that my Granddaddy and Daddy brought home from hunting.

I remember taking the tenderloin inside right from the carcass and helping my Momma fry it up lol

My daughter is 4 yrs old, she saw the photo, did she like it, of course not. But I explained to her about how much cleaner that was than buying it from the store, because they dont take care of their hogs like that in the stores.

 

[Olive Hill]

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I'll try, but it's hard when all your smarts don't fit in your head. Gotta store 'em somewhere. I tried my shirt, but they looked lumpy.

Oh, wait... this is what you .... I told you it was hard.

yes its great for kids to learn where their food comes from. however a 3 year old does not need to see a pig hanging up with its throat cut. there is a time and place to teach kids things. and a three year old doesn't need to understand butchering yet. will he learn and help me when he is older, yup. but dont be so condescending to how others raise their children.

Need? Nope. But if you don't make a big deal out of it, it certainly won't hurt him any.

The thing is, your reaction isn't uncommon, but it is incredibly unfortunate. You reacted the way any mother would to a stimulus that she perceives as a threat to her child. But a dead pig is not a threat. The perception that it is, is no more than a misguided notion manufactured by a society so out of touch with the source of their food they'd rather it be raised in closed up barns, transported by the dark of night and packaged up pretty for them in shiny plastic, under supermarket lights so they don't have to face the reality of what eating meat means -- death.

So if by "condescending" you mean calling you and others out on an illogical response to harmless stimulus that contributes to the food culture in which we currently find ourselves? No, I won't. Because as I type this there are millions of animals in cramped, confinement production that can't "be so condescending". Someone has to do it for them. And changing parent perception is the only way to change children's perception -- and children are the future.​

 

[babyblue]

if YOU want to show your just turned 3 year old a graphic bloody pic of a butchered animal be my guest. however have respect for those who know that their young child is not ready to see that yet. major difference between a just turned 3 year old and a 4 or 5 year old.

you re getting all up and upset thinking I don't show my child where their food has come from. and like I said before there is a time and place for it in my family and with my child. and your assumption that my child shouldn't eat meat if they haven't seen it graphically butchered? and that my child lives in lala land? you are quite wrong and not only being rude but showing your own lack of manors and any common sense. my children will grown up to be well adjusted, well educated adults who know exactly where and how their food gets to the table.

 

[MomtoSyd&Emma]

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I haven't and wont be rude to anyone on here.

This is a pet and livestock forum. I am sorry if your child was upset by the photo. No parent wants their child upset.

 

[babyblue]

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there is noting unfortunate or illogical about my reaction in any way. my family raises/grows our own food and our children know were it comes from. not wanting very very young children to see animals butchered is personal preference and YOU ASSumeing that I wont teach my child the way of life and better food and farming practices is condescending. but go right ahead and plug away and feel all prideful and self assured. telling others how to raise their children on the internet and just ASSuming you've got it all figured out.