OK, totally thread hijacking here but is it not hard for you guys to kill an animal you have cared for and fed for months, or even a year or more? lol I'm such a wimp. I mean I guess if I HAD to I would but I think I would just rather keep paying like 50 bucks a pound (not really) for organic chicken breasts. Do you only do it when they are old? Or sick? Or just when they get to be the right age? My husband is really pressuring me to 'take care' of the chicks once they stop laying. I mean, what will I do with 14 hens when I'm not getting eggs? Does that sound selfish? lol