Why the heck do meaties have to be so nice!?

[max13077]

I know they probably look at me as just the "food human." However they really seem friendly. I'd pick up one of my friends layer hens and they peck and squawk and flap trying to get away. The meaties just kind of go with it. They're looking tasty so don't think I'm a wuss...

 

[vortec]

Mine were the same way. They were chilling the whole time even when going to the site of the execution, lol. You are right, they get looking very tasty and that made me able to do it. They are delicious!!!

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[Sunny Side Up]

My Cornish Xs were repulsive & reptilian, laid around panting and felt nasty with their thin feathering on their keels & bottoms. I felt I was doing them a great favor by butchering them, getting them out of their misery. One time, a few days before processing, I was refilling their feed & water and, feeling sympathetic towards them, reached out to pat one gently on the back. "Aah, you poor old cow" I said, and the thing turned its head and bit me hard!

A few days later, I bit him back.

 

[zephyrcreek]

I went with the Hubbard White Mountain Broilers from Townline this year and I have to say that they are much more active than CX I have had in the past. They are not very cute at this phase (5 weeks with some bare bums) but they are not tottaly gross either.....yet

I do have to say that I love watching them all come running across the pasture when the see me coming! Yes, they can still run. I even have a few that try to climb *fly) up onto things to get closer to me and say hi. Of coarse they probably just think "Food" when they see me coming. Fairs fair as "Food" is exactly what I think when I see them too.

 

[ging3rhoffman]

Oh, I know. We have white rocks and they are so sweet. We are taking them to be processed this weekend. They were my first batch of babies and I shouldnt have played with them and loved them so much. My husband said.. dont you know that you shouldnt play with your food.

 

[beak]

They were certainly the easiest chickens to grab. they just sat there when it was time to get their heads cut off.

 

[vortec]

Yeah. Mine were not thrilled to get picked up but they really couldn't do much about it. They were too slow and were not agile at all. We used to weigh them everyday to see how much they had grown in a days time. That is a truly awesome breed.

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[Mahonri]

All that really matters is that they are NICE and delicious.

Sorry

 

[ChickeryChick]

We have the Hubbard White Mountain cx from Townline, too.
They are not the grotesque birds I thought they would be.
They come running whenever they see one of us coming.
I can just see their little pea brains thinking "Grubs up!" and
"The gravy train has arrived!".

And you just know that when they are squabbling with each other,
one of them is saying "I'm NOT fat,....I'm fluffy..."

ChickeryChick

 

[vortec]

Quote:

My thoughts exactly!

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