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Victorian Farm - Tamworth skipping and jumping down the track loving life......... on her way to slaughter. I'm not hard enough, I bawled and bawled. So, I have decided as much as we need the dosh, I'm not getting weaners
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Hayley B
John Wayne's daughter, Marisa Wayne, will be competing with my Other Half, in the Macmillan 4x4 Challenge (in its 10th year) in March 2011, all sponsorship money goes to Macmillan Cancer Support, please sponsor them at http://www.justgiving.com/Mac4x4TeamDuke'
An Egg is for breakfast, a chook is for life -
it affected me a bit like that too......but ....................jury is still out on the pig keeping -
Unfortunately it's a fact of life for us meat eaters isn't it. Got to be strongMy girls found their way into my heart and now they nest thereComment
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Maybe you ought to join the veggie club? I've been a member for six years now. (I blame it on a childhood of shooting, butchering, and eating venison, turkey, rabbit, squirrel, and anything else that happened to be in season.) Obviously you're a fellow soft soul.Comment
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I can!
As soon as I get Mr T to agree, we will have a couple.
I am a fully paid up member of the 'if you can't kill it, don't eat it' brigade
Battery chicken operations are only viable because people don't want to think about where their meat comes from and how it gets onto their plates.TxComment
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I'm with tootles on this one. The only reason I let others kill the sheep and pigs I wanted to eat was the need for it to be done properly. Chickens, turkeys etc, NO problem!
To reduce the emotional impact, get a pair, and plan on keeping the sow, or selling her 'in pig' to someone who wants to breed on a small scale. Also give the boar a name reminiscent of his eventual fate ('Pork Chop' is the usual cliche, the goat kids were often called 'Kid Curry', etc. In fact the first home-reared turkey was known as CD {Christmas Dinner}....) As a final resort, if you can't face the idea of turning one you have 'known personally' into meat, find a friend in reasonable distance with the same dilemma, and 'swop' at slaughter time.Last edited by Hilary B; 31-01-2009, 10:10 AM.Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.Comment
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I haven't watched the programme but how much nicer to think of her dancing towards her death than being dragged, terrified. I know which pig I would rather eat! We will be getting our weaners in April and I am already planning the easiest exit for them. Maybe I'll teach them how to dance!!Comment
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i'm with polly on this one, she didn't know what was happening and was happy, definitely the way i'd want my sunday roast to go, given the choice.Comment
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I'm afraid I'm a hypocrite on this subject. I'm a veggie-loving carnivore. I'll get weaners one day (lambs and piglets) and rear them to the best of my ability. I will eat them when they are 'produced' and maybe help with the production, but I wont kill it/them (or watch) myself.
My Dad says if I get Turkeys this year to rear for Christmas, then I've got to kill them myself
. I watched Turkeys being 'done' at a farm a few christmases ago, and it was very quick, clean and painless. But I couldn't do it.
All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.Comment
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I have a niece who says that she pays the butcher conscience money....Originally posted by Glutton4... View PostI'm afraid I'm a hypocrite on this subject. I'm a veggie-loving carnivore. I'll get weaners one day (lambs and piglets) and rear them to the best of my ability. I will eat them when they are 'produced' and maybe help with the production, but I wont kill it/them (or watch) myself.
My Dad says if I get Turkeys this year to rear for Christmas, then I've got to kill them myself. I watched Turkeys being 'done' at a farm a few christmases ago, and it was very quick, clean and painless. But I couldn't do it.Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.Comment
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Has anyone seen the CBBC programme 'Gastronuts'? Its great - makes children really think about what they eat and where it comes from. The one I saw had them eating cocks comb and sweetbreads (not my cup of tea) as well as finding out what was in cheap sausages...really thought provoking. Childrens TV at its best.Comment
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i agree with lynda
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i bawled too.........but she was very happy and died happy.......still didnt stop me bawling.Dont worry about tomorrow, live for todayComment
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Oh Gawd, I feel like a twit, but it's just that pigs are so darned clever. Maybe I'll just see with the lambkins to start with and just go from there.Hayley B
John Wayne's daughter, Marisa Wayne, will be competing with my Other Half, in the Macmillan 4x4 Challenge (in its 10th year) in March 2011, all sponsorship money goes to Macmillan Cancer Support, please sponsor them at http://www.justgiving.com/Mac4x4TeamDuke'
An Egg is for breakfast, a chook is for lifeComment
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When I was first married I had a book on self sufficiency (the Good Life was very popular on TV ...). The author raised pigs and when he had to slaughter one, he would give it a really good meal in a steep sided bowl (so he couldn't see its eyes?) and then shoot it in the back of the head whilst it was eating.
One very happy pig - but probably incredibly illegal today.NellComment
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