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But still, I wouldn't have the guts to slaughter any animal that i have raised.
But still, I wouldn't have the guts to slaughter any animal that i have raised.
Who slaughters their chickens????
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Ah, because they taste so much better and are better for you than store bought, factory raised animals.
Ah, because they taste so much better and are better for you than store bought, factory raised animals.
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I do not raise pets. I raise livestock.
We live on a very small farm. We eat what we raise.
I raise better meat than you can buy in a store.
I do not raise pets. I raise livestock.
We live on a very small farm. We eat what we raise.
I raise better meat than you can buy in a store.
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First of all, most of us don't raise meat animals as pets. Even my laying hens are not pets, except for a select few. I don't hold them and pet them. They don't want me to, either. They do have happy little chicken lives, run around outside, eat grass and bugs and have social interaction with other chickens.
Second, how do you suppose that meat gets to the market so you can "just buy it"? It doesn't just appear there.
If you saw the way those animals are raised for supermarket meat, then saw how most of us raise our animals, you might never eat store-bought meat again. Home raised birds are usually much more humanely raised and slaughtered.
Then there's the food handling factor. When you do it yourself, you know how it was processed. You know your chicken didn't float for hours in iced "fecal soup", then get heavily chlorinated to kill the germs. You are so much less likely to get sick from your own home-processed meat. I know some folks on here pay a processor, and most of them are probably pretty good, too. But I've heard more than enough horror stories about the big places, and I've seen how chickens are slaughtered in automated facilities at the end of miserable lives in cramped cages.
No thanks.
First of all, most of us don't raise meat animals as pets. Even my laying hens are not pets, except for a select few. I don't hold them and pet them. They don't want me to, either. They do have happy little chicken lives, run around outside, eat grass and bugs and have social interaction with other chickens.
Second, how do you suppose that meat gets to the market so you can "just buy it"? It doesn't just appear there.
If you saw the way those animals are raised for supermarket meat, then saw how most of us raise our animals, you might never eat store-bought meat again. Home raised birds are usually much more humanely raised and slaughtered.
Then there's the food handling factor. When you do it yourself, you know how it was processed. You know your chicken didn't float for hours in iced "fecal soup", then get heavily chlorinated to kill the germs. You are so much less likely to get sick from your own home-processed meat. I know some folks on here pay a processor, and most of them are probably pretty good, too. But I've heard more than enough horror stories about the big places, and I've seen how chickens are slaughtered in automated facilities at the end of miserable lives in cramped cages.
No thanks.
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First of all, most of us don't raise meat animals as pets. Even my laying hens are not pets, except for a select few. I don't hold them and pet them. They don't want me to, either. They do have happy little chicken lives, run around outside, eat grass and bugs and have social interaction with other chickens.
Second, how do you suppose that meat gets to the market so you can "just buy it"? It doesn't just appear there.
If you saw the way those animals are raised for supermarket meat, then saw how most of us raise our animals, you might never eat store-bought meat again. Home raised birds are usually much more humanely raised and slaughtered.
Then there's the food handling factor. When you do it yourself, you know how it was processed. You know your chicken didn't float for hours in iced "fecal soup", then get heavily chlorinated to kill the germs. You are so much less likely to get sick from your own home-processed meat. I know some folks on here pay a processor, and most of them are probably pretty good, too. But I've heard more than enough horror stories about the big places, and I've seen how chickens are slaughtered in automated facilities at the end of miserable lives in cramped cages.
No thanks.
I eat certified free-range meat and eggs from whole foods so yes, I know the cruel way they are raised. And, all my chickens are pets whether they produce meat or egg : they LIKE to be pet, they LIKE to be held and cuddled. I just raise chickens differently. thats all. I just thought it was cruel to kill something you raised since a baby when you can go to an organic market to buy meat.
First of all, most of us don't raise meat animals as pets. Even my laying hens are not pets, except for a select few. I don't hold them and pet them. They don't want me to, either. They do have happy little chicken lives, run around outside, eat grass and bugs and have social interaction with other chickens.
Second, how do you suppose that meat gets to the market so you can "just buy it"? It doesn't just appear there.
If you saw the way those animals are raised for supermarket meat, then saw how most of us raise our animals, you might never eat store-bought meat again. Home raised birds are usually much more humanely raised and slaughtered.
Then there's the food handling factor. When you do it yourself, you know how it was processed. You know your chicken didn't float for hours in iced "fecal soup", then get heavily chlorinated to kill the germs. You are so much less likely to get sick from your own home-processed meat. I know some folks on here pay a processor, and most of them are probably pretty good, too. But I've heard more than enough horror stories about the big places, and I've seen how chickens are slaughtered in automated facilities at the end of miserable lives in cramped cages.
No thanks.
I eat certified free-range meat and eggs from whole foods so yes, I know the cruel way they are raised. And, all my chickens are pets whether they produce meat or egg : they LIKE to be pet, they LIKE to be held and cuddled. I just raise chickens differently. thats all. I just thought it was cruel to kill something you raised since a baby when you can go to an organic market to buy meat.
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I do not raise pets. I raise livestock.
We live on a very small farm. We eat what we raise.
I raise better meat than you can buy in a store.
well, all my chickens are pets whether they produce eggs of meat.
I do not raise pets. I raise livestock.
We live on a very small farm. We eat what we raise.
I raise better meat than you can buy in a store.
well, all my chickens are pets whether they produce eggs of meat.
Yes, just did the deed earlier this year for the first time. Im glad I can provide for my family if the need arises.
Every animal has a purpose in life it is just in the eyes of the beholder.
Every animal has a purpose in life it is just in the eyes of the beholder.
Yep! Several extra roosters, muscovies,10 meaties and rabbits.
We like raising our own food.
We like raising our own food.
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First of all, most of us don't raise meat animals as pets. Even my laying hens are not pets, except for a select few. I don't hold them and pet them. They don't want me to, either. They do have happy little chicken lives, run around outside, eat grass and bugs and have social interaction with other chickens.
Second, how do you suppose that meat gets to the market so you can "just buy it"? It doesn't just appear there.
If you saw the way those animals are raised for supermarket meat, then saw how most of us raise our animals, you might never eat store-bought meat again. Home raised birds are usually much more humanely raised and slaughtered.
Then there's the food handling factor. When you do it yourself, you know how it was processed. You know your chicken didn't float for hours in iced "fecal soup", then get heavily chlorinated to kill the germs. You are so much less likely to get sick from your own home-processed meat. I know some folks on here pay a processor, and most of them are probably pretty good, too. But I've heard more than enough horror stories about the big places, and I've seen how chickens are slaughtered in automated facilities at the end of miserable lives in cramped cages.
No thanks.
I eat certified free-range meat and eggs from whole foods so yes, I know the cruel way they are raised. And, all my chickens are pets whether they produce meat or egg : they LIKE to be pet, they LIKE to be held and cuddled. I just raise chickens differently. thats all. I just thought it was cruel to kill something you raised since a baby when you can go to an organic market to buy meat.
I would recommend reading Omnivores Dilemma by Michael Pollan. Nowadays the organic/free range systems are just as large, corrupt and cruel in their own ways (ex: outdoor access just means there is a small opening in the huge shed containing the birds...a door many chickens doesn't even know exists and none use.)
I'm not trying to argue with you here, there is no law that says you have to kill your chickens or cannot raise them as strictly pets. I just know I used to think the organic system was so much better too, until I started educating myself more on the subject. Now, I either forgo meat, raise my own or buy from very small, local farmers who raise their animals the way I would and on operations I can see and interact in fully.
First of all, most of us don't raise meat animals as pets. Even my laying hens are not pets, except for a select few. I don't hold them and pet them. They don't want me to, either. They do have happy little chicken lives, run around outside, eat grass and bugs and have social interaction with other chickens.
Second, how do you suppose that meat gets to the market so you can "just buy it"? It doesn't just appear there.
If you saw the way those animals are raised for supermarket meat, then saw how most of us raise our animals, you might never eat store-bought meat again. Home raised birds are usually much more humanely raised and slaughtered.
Then there's the food handling factor. When you do it yourself, you know how it was processed. You know your chicken didn't float for hours in iced "fecal soup", then get heavily chlorinated to kill the germs. You are so much less likely to get sick from your own home-processed meat. I know some folks on here pay a processor, and most of them are probably pretty good, too. But I've heard more than enough horror stories about the big places, and I've seen how chickens are slaughtered in automated facilities at the end of miserable lives in cramped cages.
No thanks.
I eat certified free-range meat and eggs from whole foods so yes, I know the cruel way they are raised. And, all my chickens are pets whether they produce meat or egg : they LIKE to be pet, they LIKE to be held and cuddled. I just raise chickens differently. thats all. I just thought it was cruel to kill something you raised since a baby when you can go to an organic market to buy meat.
I would recommend reading Omnivores Dilemma by Michael Pollan. Nowadays the organic/free range systems are just as large, corrupt and cruel in their own ways (ex: outdoor access just means there is a small opening in the huge shed containing the birds...a door many chickens doesn't even know exists and none use.)
I'm not trying to argue with you here, there is no law that says you have to kill your chickens or cannot raise them as strictly pets. I just know I used to think the organic system was so much better too, until I started educating myself more on the subject. Now, I either forgo meat, raise my own or buy from very small, local farmers who raise their animals the way I would and on operations I can see and interact in fully.
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