Re: Chickens...

I couldn't do it either Jess.  It has to not even resemble an animal or I
can't eat it.

On 4/17/09, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yeh...it's a bit disturbing.  I know they have grown up doing this...but to
> me they seem so cold.  When I went and bought the brooder hen and her eggs
> at the flea market last Saturday ($20.00, cheaper than an incubator) I saw
> a
> bunch of Hispanic and Vietnamese people taping up the legs of chickens and
> carrying them off upside down.  I knew they were going home to kill them
> for
> Easter dinner.  Made my stomach kind of churn. My chicken was lucky - she
> went to the home of a complete animal freak.  I really could be a vegan -
> the only reason I'm NOT is because I'm not a great cook and get too tired
> trying to come up with meals that my family will EAT that does not include
> meat.  They are all a bunch of carnivores.  I usually end up picking out
> the
> meat in my food.
>
>
>
> On 4/17/09, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:
> >
> > Good article. Thanks. When I was raising 25-30 turkeys at a whack,
> killing
> > and dressing was a big problem until I discovered that some [many?] Asian
> > enclaves have back alley mom-and-pop bird processing plants, which do
> > excellent work for very little.
> >
> > On Apr 17, 2009, at 10:55 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:
> >
> >  Well, I just saw this article on the interwebs:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090417/ap_on_bi_ge/farm_scene_suburban_chickens
> >>
> >> I can confirm this story from my own experience.  I cannot keep up with
> >> the
> >> orders I am getting for farm fresh, organic, free range chicken eggs. I
> am
> >> hatching chicks to fill orders for people that want their own eggs and
> >> organic chickens.  The next thing that will pop up - are places that
> will
> >> butcher the animals you raise.  I could never kill my chickens - I get
> WAY
> >> too attached to them because I play with them all the time.  BUT - with
> >> all
> >> the inhumane treatment, and chemicals and hormones they put in
> commercial
> >> food, I have seriously considered finding somebody who can dress my
> >> chickens
> >> for me.  I'd have to grow some that I am not attached to though.  Last
> >> night
> >> I came home to find my older rooster injured and hanging upside down in
> my
> >> chicken house.  I bawled my eyes out.  My husband gets so exasperated
> with
> >> me for getting that attached to my critters, but I just can't help it.
> >> Today my rooster is standing on his own.  Last night he couldn't walk or
> >> stand at all.  I thought we were going to have to put him down.  I was a
> >> mess.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jesse R. Bell
> >>
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> > Inland Jim
> > Willamette Valley
> > 44.99 N 123.04 W
> > Elevation 148'
> > 39.9" Precipitation
> > Hardiness Zone 8/9
> > Heat Zone 5
> > Sunset Zone 6
> > Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
> > Maximum 102 F [39 C]
> >
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> Jesse R. Bell
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Kemp TX
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