General Chat

Stray,

Oh yes you can...lol

Kids used to help with birthing, feeding and butchering and of course mucking out! They also went with OH to the slaughterman.

They needed to know what raising food was all about and although they would sometimes be sad when a particular animal went to slaughter they appreciated the life the animal been given through their efforts. Then they stuck their fork in..

Sue x

OMG I must be Soooooo soppy!!!


Caz xxxx

Cumbria caz your not soppy, its not for every one. I cannot get involved at all in the slaughtering process. only the cooking end of things. The kids naturally wanted to see, and if later they make a choice to be a veggie then they can base it on true research.

oh noooooooooo sue
too much info

thats so cruel
im not saying you should dont get me wrong
but my kids would of made me feel so guilty

aw sue im not ya fwend no more hahah

the kids help to noooooooooo lol

sparrow i dont like reality i lyk cyber worlds hahahaha

Thanks Sparrow,


My hubbie came home from army weekend and said he had to the one who slaughtered the rabbit, i was distraught, its just me!!!


Caz xxx

Caz,

You wouldn't be soppy when turning the calves out in the Spring. You have to work so hard to get them through the cow shed door it's exhausting. Then after they find out that the concrete yard is slippery and that they HAVE to move their legs to get to the fields and it's up to you to get them to move (I won't go into details) you aren't sloppy about them at all.

As for sheep, they are the thickest beings on this earth!!!!!

Sue x

disgusted caz!!!!!!!!!! id have kicked him out hahaha


"nips out back to check dog hasnt kiled me bunnies haha"

Hi Sue - I agree with you about sheep - someone once said 'if there's a way of dying - a sheep will find it'.

I have raised cows and eaten them, I have no problem with that as I know they had a good life, I'd much rather know where the animals came from and how they were treated.

oh no caz

mines sat watching that on tv forces programes and laughs
he says if your hungry you eat it,
i told him he cruel, and sick lol

he did it on trainin exercises

urgh no the thought of it

*waits for hate mail*

We also used to help friends with the turkeys at Xmas. Kids were detailed according to their strengths.

Caroline always gutted the pigeons and ducks. Melissa who had the smallest fingers was detailed to errrrr clear the bum with Vaseline on the lambs and goats after they were born. Son used to muck out the pigs as he was the strongest.

Sue x

stop it u lot to much info lol

my meat comes from the supermarket no were else

"puts finger in ears and covers eyes"

la da da da daaaaaaaaaaa

pmsl

lol Stray you big wimp!

Sue x

Rabbits stink when there prepared.

my Dad was a poacher during the war so I was brought up on pheasant, pigeon, rabbit and hare - but never saw them alive - downside was that at the end of every meal there was a little row of lead pellets on the side of the plate - must have swallowed some along the way, but I'm still here so no harm done eh!

i remember spitting the shot out to Ann

memories you have brought flooding back LOL

hares stink more sparrow

you have to hang them to mature phaw what a pong

sorry sue cldtn hear or see ya there pmsl


"pokes out tongue"
im not a wimp just sensative hahah lmao

stray can you remember when

i used to dance the defrosted chickens over the units

making chicken noises

sounds like some sort of ancient ritual!

racing the crabs was much more fun haha

im of to bed
night night

xxxxx