Originally Posted by Barewolf (Post 35236392)

Well ive mostly been a vegetarian most of my life. Theres a special word for it. I'm not a vegetarian as i do like sausages, bacon etc. But i wont eat steak, lamb, pork etc.

I rarely eat chicken, but I do love my Chicken madras from our local asda, they dont do a vegetarian one.

Since getting the chickens ive noticed i dont eat chicken anymore, very rarely nowadays.

I certainly couldnt eat "MY" chickens. I dont know how people can raise their own pigs, chickens, cows, and then eat them.

I mean lets face it, they are part of the family. :D

Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35236399)

each to their own but my nan regularly necked one her chickens for sunday dinner ,but they were different times ;)

Originally Posted by Barewolf (Post 35236404)

Hell no, I couldnt do that

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2011/05/86.jpg

How could you neck this poor cutey

Originally Posted by Barewolf (Post 35236404)

Hell no, I couldnt do that

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2011/05/86.jpg

How could you neck this poor cutey

Originally Posted by Barewolf (Post 35236427)

That one in the picture is a speckledy, she lays speckled eggs as well.

There names are

Eeenie, Meenie, Miney, and Mo

That one in the pic is Mo. She was resting her eyes in the picture. She also is the smallest one I have.

I'll try find some other pictures of the others. The copperneck one is nice, has lots of colours in her feathers.

Originally Posted by Halcyon (Post 35236436)

You need some rabbits too.

Originally Posted by MadGamer (Post 35236435)

I have a Light Sussex named Edie, and a Bluebelle named Nellie :)

Originally Posted by Halcyon (Post 35236436)

You need some rabbits too.

Originally Posted by Caff (Post 35236447)

I'm getting a bit lost here.
I never considered livestock as pets :confused: Keep them and eat them or what they produce, otherwise - what's the point?
Hands up - I never ate my goldfish, hamster, guinea pig or dog. I really wouldn't want to have to stretch a hens neck sharp enough to kill it but have had to smack a fish out of it's misery on a stone wall after a feckless son landed it by mistake. Other people can do that far better than me :)

Originally Posted by Barewolf (Post 35236455)

To you it may be livestock, but you dont get to see them everyday and stroke them, feed them etc.

they each have their own personality just like our other animals, so to kill a chicken that i have raised is like killing a member of the family.

I wont even kill a spider so i wouldnt neck a chicken, unless it was me or the chicken situation, even then i dont think i could do it.

obviously i dont get sentimental over some walls sausages, but i guess if i had my own pigs, i would think different about eating sausages or bacon.

Originally Posted by Barewolf (Post 35236512)

im not offended, its probably just the way i worded it.