Mornin'.
I get queasy just thinking about the "one second' though. No animal should suffer needlessly.
</ PETA-sounding whine >
I don't thinking you sound like a peta person! Any reasonable person would feel the same. No one wants an animal to suffer.
That's my whole purpose behind raising my own meat and egg-laying chickens. It doesn't mean I'm gonna quit buying eggs or frozen chicken breasts any time soon, but really, egg-laying hens in battery houses (where grocery store eggs come from) live a life of misery, as do the meat chickens you get at the grocery store or KFC.
I can't do anything about that. But MY meat and egg chickens are going to live decent lives. Maybe one day I won't have to buy those mistreated animals, but until then, I will. We gotta eat.
I'm not one to look down on someone else for buying storebought chicken, is what I'm saying. I hope I never come across that way...I still buy the stuff myself! Wings 2 Go is my favorite place to eat! :-)
But just like home grown veggies taste better, I'm betting homegrown chicken will too.
I'll let you know, one way or another. If I don't like the taste, I won't do it again, you can be sure!
But if they're going to be food, it ain't needless...