Have you ever raised and butchered your own chickens, and eaten them?

Asked By: sneakyfox 41-45, F 5 months ago, 3 days left to answer.

If you have, do you think home raised chicken is better than store-bought? How do you feel about raising and butchering chickens for meat?

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Posted by aquiet1 Nov 20th, 2012 at 7:40PM

My uncle had a chicken farm, I did butcher them, pluck them, pull the undeveloped eggs out and boil them. It's quite a sight to see them literally run around without a head.

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Reply by aquiet1 Nov 20th, 2012 at 7:41PM

and I use store bought because I don't live in the farm country. I hated the feel of butchering animals.
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Posted by thereluctantmule Nov 20th, 2012 at 7:23PM

My grandparents on my dad's side did. I heard fresh killed chicken off the farm tastes better. I have no problem with it, same as people hunting wildlife for food, that's responsible hunting.

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Reply by sneakyfox Nov 20th, 2012 at 9:05PM

Home raised chicken is so much better than commercial raised birds. It reminds me of wild pheasant. I have no problems either, with raising and butchering chickens, I even save the feathers to for craft projects and jewelry.
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Posted by crazychica369 Nov 20th, 2012 at 8:22PM

**** no and I would never kill anything :/

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Posted by girlcapitol Nov 20th, 2012 at 8:17PM

My family did when we moved from Jersey to New England. I did not get attached to them and will never forget the plucking day over Christmas vacation; we listened to Elton's Captain Fantastic over and over as we pulled those quills out of the stinky birds, yuck. That's what flatlanders-turned-self-sufficient did, I guess.

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Posted by NegaDraven Nov 20th, 2012 at 8:01PM

I raised them before but as pets

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Posted by ZappedToTheUnicorn Nov 20th, 2012 at 7:30PM

No but we have raised our own pigs. One thing to know is to never name them because they'll turn into pets. I used to have a giant male pig named Sylas who was a 200 lb pig and his back was at my waistline ( I was 10 at the time). I really liked being around him because he was so easy going and he listened to me real well. The day that I had to send him off to the butcher was really hard and I cried a lot but I knew that the day would come and I knew his purpose. He made a lot of food for that year.

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Posted by chipperchick Nov 20th, 2012 at 7:22PM

My grandmother did, she had a farm.

but, I would much rather buy a cellophane wrapped skinless thigh.

I couldna do it, Too hard once you get to know them

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