why are you vegan/vegetarian/dairy free/vEGGan?

[itsasmallfarm]

am no vegan but i have no problem eating a meat free meal a day, i do try to be dairy free though as much as i can (due to being ill from milk and milk products.) now am going to go on a rant of factory farming. (sorry in advance)

i can not stand factory food. mostly due to the treatment of the animals, i have seen some horrible stuff and have been told nightmares of the ways animals are treated (my uncle worked at a chicken barn years ago) its what got me into the eat natural. so i have tried to eat less animals you could say. and started raising my own food. right now just eggs but my chickens and ducks live a good life (we just let them live there life out there just good birds). but seeing the horror of those cows, pigs chickens just the living conditions they have make me sick and mad.

i much rather hunt for my own food. grow my own veggies and raise my own fish to eat. just to help/stop supporting those factory farmed nightmares.

but each there own, i have respect for those sane vegans (not the meat is murder kind) but am also very open to what i eat you could say. (been wanting to eat, muskrat, beaver, bear and goat)

 

[rjohns39]

am no vegan but i have no problem eating a meat free meal a day, i do try to be dairy free though as much as i can (due to being ill from milk and milk products.) now am going to go on a rant of factory farming. (sorry in advance)

i can not stand factory food. mostly due to the treatment of the animals, i have seen some horrible stuff and have been told nightmares of the ways animals are treated (my uncle worked at a chicken barn years ago) its what got me into the eat natural. so i have tried to eat less animals you could say. and started raising my own food. right now just eggs but my chickens and ducks live a good life (we just let them live there life out there just good birds). but seeing the horror of those cows, pigs chickens just the living conditions they have make me sick and mad.

i much rather hunt for my own food. grow my own veggies and raise my own fish to eat. just to help/stop supporting those factory farmed nightmares.

but each there own, i have respect for those sane vegans (not the meat is murder kind) but am also very open to what i eat you could say. (been wanting to eat, muskrat, beaver, bear and goat)

Beaver, Bear and Goat are good... Don't think I've ever tried muskrat.

 

[itsasmallfarm]

Beaver, Bear and Goat are good... Don't think I've ever tried muskrat.

ya i have heard great story's about feasts of bear (like bear bacon), my uncle loves beaver roasted over a fire. and i have been told goat is like lamb mixed with deer.

for muskrat i have been told many different things, one of my uncles ate muskrat once in his life and said it was really good eating, (this was back in the 40-50 era) another uncle i have has eaten it and said it was kinda greasy (believes it was the cooks fault) but then i read that Andrew Zimmern said it was one of the worst meats he has ever eaten, but then i saw a video with Steven rinella that there great eating.

 

[Jemma Rider]

am no vegan but i have no problem eating a meat free meal a day, i do try to be dairy free though as much as i can (due to being ill from milk and milk products.) now am going to go on a rant of factory farming. (sorry in advance)

i can not stand factory food. mostly due to the treatment of the animals, i have seen some horrible stuff and have been told nightmares of the ways animals are treated (my uncle worked at a chicken barn years ago) its what got me into the eat natural. so i have tried to eat less animals you could say. and started raising my own food. right now just eggs but my chickens and ducks live a good life (we just let them live there life out there just good birds). but seeing the horror of those cows, pigs chickens just the living conditions they have make me sick and mad.

i much rather hunt for my own food. grow my own veggies and raise my own fish to eat. just to help/stop supporting those factory farmed nightmares.

but each there own, i have respect for those sane vegans (not the meat is murder kind) but am also very open to what i eat you could say. (been wanting to eat, muskrat, beaver, bear and goat)

Moose is really good, a hunting friend of out father's gave us his leftover moose sausage, turned out really well.

 

[itsasmallfarm]

Moose is really good, a hunting friend of out father's gave us his leftover moose sausage, turned out really well.

am a sucker for moose jerky lol

 

[EverythingZen]

I'd like to be vegetarian, but cannot cut out meat as I'm already on a restricted diet due to health problems. I admire anyone who does for ethical reasons.

 

[Ecrewe]

I always thought of vegans an unpractical, emotional bunch of hippies- that was until I started keeping my own chickens and had to kill the darling babies I'd hatched when they gang raped my girls. It broke my heart- but it had to be done or the girls would have died miserably.
I've only been a vegan for less than a year- but I'm definitely not looking back. I found out that veganism was actually a practical solution to a lot of global problems-not just limited to violence and cruelty. (In South Africa we are in the middle of terrible drought and the news is full of stories of how much less water a vegan diet uses)
Has keeping chickens changed your diet?
Do you think killing is cruel? Or, do you think it can be humane?

 

[rjohns39]

I always thought of vegans an unpractical, emotional bunch of hippies- that was until I started keeping my own chickens and had to kill the darling babies I'd hatched when they gang raped my girls. It broke my heart- but it had to be done or the girls would have died miserably.
I've only been a vegan for less than a year- but I'm definitely not looking back. I found out that veganism was actually a practical solution to a lot of global problems-not just limited to violence and cruelty. (In South Africa we are in the middle of terrible drought and the news is full of stories of how much less water a vegan diet uses)
Has keeping chickens changed your diet?
Do you think killing is cruel? Or, do you think it can be humane?

I believe there are a number of ways to humanely dispatch a bird. Mine go to sleep naturally prior and just never wake up.

 

[1cock2hens]

I always thought of vegans an unpractical, emotional bunch of hippies- that was until I started keeping my own chickens and had to kill the darling babies I'd hatched when they gang raped my girls. It broke my heart- but it had to be done or the girls would have died miserably.
I've only been a vegan for less than a year- but I'm definitely not looking back. I found out that veganism was actually a practical solution to a lot of global problems-not just limited to violence and cruelty. (In South Africa we are in the middle of terrible drought and the news is full of stories of how much less water a vegan diet uses)
Has keeping chickens changed your diet?
Do you think killing is cruel? Or, do you think it can be humane?

I was raised on a commercial chicken farm, if anything it gave me this since that i had a right to eat chicken more then other people because I was doing my part by raising the animals in as humane a way as we could. I was very proud to grow up on a poultry farm, people would always talk about how inhumane they were and say I should watch all those very outdated peta videos and after I listened to them I would tell them my story and sometimes show them our farm and there jaws would drop because most of what they thought they knew was wrong. they are not treated nearly as bad as most people would have you believe.. at least broiler chickens aren't.. egg layers arent treated amazing, I will give you that.

I dont think killing is cruel if its done quickly and it's done with good intent. It's just part of life. If you are killing just to kill it is cruel

 

[Ecrewe]

@rjohns39
Could you please explain how they go to sleep- do you use some sort of gas? Is it safe to eat them afterwards?
Thanks