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ChefSalad · 02-02-2009, 11:53 PM

I know a few people who slaughter their own meat. One of my friend's former bosses raises and slaughters poultry (mostly ducks). My brother is a big fan of venisonn and does his own deer butchering, as do two of my uncles. My grandparents used to hunt and butcher squirrels and rabbits, although they haven't in years.

I'm planning on raising poultry myself, when I get a house in the country with land (hopefully by the end of the year), as well as a few pigs. I'd like to get the pig variety that used to be used for lard production and make old-fashioned dry bacon. For poultry, I plan on raising a number of different birds, both for eggs and meat, including, but not limited to, ducks, chickens, turkeys (I was thinking wild turkeys would be fun), ginneas (sp?), peafowl, pheasant, goose and quail. There are a few others I was thinking about, but that's quite a few to try out right there. All have delicious meat (peacock is supposed to be AWESOME, but I haven't found anyone willing to sell me one to eat (they all say that it's too tasty to let others have it (selfish bastards))), and good eggs.

Anywho, I don't see anything really wrong with meat eating in general, and would totally (and have) do my own slaughtering and butchering. It's just part of eating tasty and saving money. I just wish I was a better hunter so I could bag a few deer.

02-02-2009, 11:53 PM	#8 (permalink)
ChefSalad Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 130	I know a few people who slaughter their own meat. One of my friend's former bosses raises and slaughters poultry (mostly ducks). My brother is a big fan of venisonn and does his own deer butchering, as do two of my uncles. My grandparents used to hunt and butcher squirrels and rabbits, although they haven't in years. I'm planning on raising poultry myself, when I get a house in the country with land (hopefully by the end of the year), as well as a few pigs. I'd like to get the pig variety that used to be used for lard production and make old-fashioned dry bacon. For poultry, I plan on raising a number of different birds, both for eggs and meat, including, but not limited to, ducks, chickens, turkeys (I was thinking wild turkeys would be fun), ginneas (sp?), peafowl, pheasant, goose and quail. There are a few others I was thinking about, but that's quite a few to try out right there. All have delicious meat (peacock is supposed to be AWESOME, but I haven't found anyone willing to sell me one to eat (they all say that it's too tasty to let others have it (selfish bastards))), and good eggs. Anywho, I don't see anything really wrong with meat eating in general, and would totally (and have) do my own slaughtering and butchering. It's just part of eating tasty and saving money. I just wish I was a better hunter so I could bag a few deer.