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It kills me every time you refer to those guys. I'm going to have to toughen up now especially if I'm going to continue hatching chicks. Any cockerels I hatch will have to go. I've already had an offer from a family member to "take them off my hands". Listen, I eat chicken, I love chicken and I know it started out as a cute chick somewhere, but I've just not yet had the experience f knowing my food personally before consuming it. If only I could determine sex when they are a day old so cockerels were not fawned over and cherished.
It's a common story throughout BYC I'm sure. I'm certainly not the first city girl coming to terms with this truth, and I think it's a beautiful thing to raise your own fresh food.
Just wanted you to know I empathize Ogress. I'm sure that was tough for you, and I'm right there with you.
I know! I get it! I was told a long time ago if your gonna eat it don't name it!! So, I've held off naming any of my chickens just in case!! lol! no seriously!!!!
The hogs for my 4H project were named things like Porkchop, Hamlet, Jinx...all names that kept things in perspective for me. The calves that my dairy ccow had were named: Burger King, T-bone, steak...again, keeping things in perspective. Mind you one of my calves I trained to shake hands/hooves. It is hard though.
