Really FAT ducks!!!

[Tahai]

ah yes, sharks...those poor defenseless animals...

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

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[mommyofthreewithchicks]

I have agreed that to get the birds some will be our food, I know this the kids know this and yet some find names for them. This year I thought I would be smart and have all the roosters in one pen and not name any... That lasted until my 5 year old helped me feed and named every last one of them.

I am slowly coming to terms with me raising some of our birds for meat, just served three of our birds for supper. For me this means I don't kill them but will help in the plucking and cleaning if have too. This last summer I found a butcher with poultry days and brought my extras.

My family eats meat... I eat meat so for food something is going to get raised and then butchered. If I raise the food for our table I control how that food was treated, what they ate and if chemicals/meds. I have figured out I like hatching, I like having a fairly big flock but with that I will have extra males I can either give someone a free meal or have a very good meal for my family.

That being said... I know the reason in theory I am raising some for butcher, that day is rough on me. I still cry, I get sad and perhaps for me that is how it should be, I am defiantly respecting my food by over thinking the sacrifice I ask the animal to make.

 

[xIndigoSkyx]

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Thats kinda like what my mother told me.