Would/do you kill a chicken to eat?

[stormylady]

I agree that they all deserve the best life possible that we can give them. Right up till the end of there lives reguardless of which way it ends. Sandy

 

[hennypenny9]

I just realized that if I see any chicken, raised for "meat" or not, I see a cute cuddly pet. So, although I have no idea what I would do if I were truly starving to death, as of now I wouldn't kill a chicken. Feel free to yell, but... Of all meat, chicken is my LEAST favorite. It goes pork, beef, deer, chicken. Many people are vegetarians, and I would just become one. I'm totally broke, but somehow I eat meat rarely, so I don't think I'd starve to death for lack of meat. Other than a soup that had chicken in it (my mom bought it) it's been months since I had it. So not eating chicken is not the end of the world.

The idea of killing something absolutely makes me sad and nauseous. Yeah, I'm a crybaby. If I knew that it had been killed in a humane way, I could eat if. If I had to kill it myself, I'd go without. I can see that this makes me hypocritical. Maybe it goes back to the "men go hunting, women grow crops" thing. Although plenty of women on this site could do it. Our society is removed from their food. I'm certainly guilty of that, but at least I try to make sense of it all, and maybe I get brownie points for that.

 

[patandchickens]

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Actually for what it's worth I think that in stereotypical "average" american historical situations it would have been the wife more than the husband going out there wringing the chicken's neck or swinging the axe.

Having women slaughtering chickens may not fit with trendy modern cultural habits but it isn't likely to be a fundamental male-vs-female difference IMO.


Pat (being, for the record, a Patricia rather than a Patrick

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[HarlansHollowFarms]

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Actually for what it's worth I think that in stereotypical "average" american historical situations it would have been the wife more than the husband going out there wringing the chicken's neck or swinging the axe.

Having women slaughtering chickens may not fit with trendy modern cultural habits but it isn't likely to be a fundamental male-vs-female difference IMO.


Pat (being, for the record, a Patricia rather than a Patrick

)

Yes, I agree, it was probably the woman and childrens duty to harvest the fowl for the dinner table, as it was a womans duty to cook.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

Would/do you kill a chicken to eat?

In a heartbeat.

 

[wings]

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You eat chicken from the store, don't you?

 

[wings]

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We sure do. We only keep a few roosters, the rest are for the table. Have you seen the "meat birds" section here? Many folks here raise chickens for meat.

Yeah. I was just curious as to what other people think.

 

[wings]

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Do you eat chicken from the store?

 

[wings]

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Do you eat chicken from the store?

 

[wings]

me&thegals :

Yes, we do. When a roo is getting nasty or a chicken is injured (leg), my husband does the dirty work. I did help butcher about 24 roos this winter. It was the least pleasant thing I have ever done. It does seem more honest as a meat eater to help in the process rather than pretend they show up in my grocery store all nice and packaged.

Thank you!