I love the story!!!! From the few years or so I worked on a couple 3 farms , I remember the butchering of 100 chickens ( I didn't have to hatchet their necks off, but I did all the rest of the processes ,as you stated).
I milked cows and at another farm, sheep, and worked some with hogs for 6 months.
Anyways. You are a great story-teller, Steve!
It was important to hear how the End comes about and I am So Happy to know it is so well thought out for the most peaceful exit an animal could hope for. Even the 'cone of goodbye's .. heck.. if I had to go out , that wouldn't be so bad!
Animal's environments and how they are handled matters always! I do appreciate and respect your methods and moral responsibilities toward God's dear creatures.
Interesting, as always. We killed chickens by holding them upside down above a milk can, slitting the throat but not separating the head from the body, immediately shove the head into the can to bleed out. If someone made too complete a cut and separated the head from the neck, the neck would swing wildly, spraying blood all over the place. This happened to my girlfriend, now wife, the first time she visited. She was drenched in blood. Good sport, though.
That is funny! I forgot and left out the part where after chopping the head off, you dropped the chicken and they would run all over the yard for about 15 seconds.
Thank you for taking the time to give such a thorough and reassuring report about the animals’ last few days - and moments. I’m so happy to know that they are respected and handled carefully right up to the moment of oblivion.
I am a big fan of Temple Grandin too! I’ve read her books and heard many interviews. She is a wonderful ambassador for humane approaches to animal welfare.
I got started thinking about the meat I eat back in the early 2000s when I read Matthew Scully’s amazing book, DOMINION: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy. After reading it I rarely purchased meat from a grocery store and tried to get my meat from the Farmers Market where I could ask how it was treated and slaughtered. That made things pretty dicey in the winter when the FM closed down. I was eating a lot of canned tuna back then between Thanksgiving and sometime in April when I was back at the FM!
For a while I contemplated becoming a vegetarian but I do love meat, so I am REALLY grateful to you, Steve, because I haven’t had to decide between a clean conscience and a delicious burger since I’ve been getting my meat from North Pasture Farms. 🤩
I love the story!!!! From the few years or so I worked on a couple 3 farms , I remember the butchering of 100 chickens ( I didn't have to hatchet their necks off, but I did all the rest of the processes ,as you stated).
I milked cows and at another farm, sheep, and worked some with hogs for 6 months.
Anyways. You are a great story-teller, Steve!
It was important to hear how the End comes about and I am So Happy to know it is so well thought out for the most peaceful exit an animal could hope for. Even the 'cone of goodbye's .. heck.. if I had to go out , that wouldn't be so bad!
Animal's environments and how they are handled matters always! I do appreciate and respect your methods and moral responsibilities toward God's dear creatures.
Thank you so much!!!
Amy
Thanks a lot, Amy!
Interesting, as always. We killed chickens by holding them upside down above a milk can, slitting the throat but not separating the head from the body, immediately shove the head into the can to bleed out. If someone made too complete a cut and separated the head from the neck, the neck would swing wildly, spraying blood all over the place. This happened to my girlfriend, now wife, the first time she visited. She was drenched in blood. Good sport, though.
That is funny! I forgot and left out the part where after chopping the head off, you dropped the chicken and they would run all over the yard for about 15 seconds.
Thank you for taking the time to give such a thorough and reassuring report about the animals’ last few days - and moments. I’m so happy to know that they are respected and handled carefully right up to the moment of oblivion.
I am a big fan of Temple Grandin too! I’ve read her books and heard many interviews. She is a wonderful ambassador for humane approaches to animal welfare.
I got started thinking about the meat I eat back in the early 2000s when I read Matthew Scully’s amazing book, DOMINION: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy. After reading it I rarely purchased meat from a grocery store and tried to get my meat from the Farmers Market where I could ask how it was treated and slaughtered. That made things pretty dicey in the winter when the FM closed down. I was eating a lot of canned tuna back then between Thanksgiving and sometime in April when I was back at the FM!
For a while I contemplated becoming a vegetarian but I do love meat, so I am REALLY grateful to you, Steve, because I haven’t had to decide between a clean conscience and a delicious burger since I’ve been getting my meat from North Pasture Farms. 🤩
Thanks Sunny!
Thanks for the info.