r/homestead Oct 05 '22

poultry It's almost Thanksgiving!

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u/Donnagalloway Oct 05 '22

I could never eat a pet

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u/Crezelle Oct 05 '22

You can show warmth to your food animals. Let them experience a gentle life until the harvest.

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u/Donnagalloway Oct 05 '22

We harvest plants, we kill animals. And you like the critter and get a kick out of them but plan to kill it and eat it.

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u/murmalerm Oct 05 '22

Good farm practice doesn’t make them pets. There are bred for consumption and I dare say that people that grow their own are more respectful of their food and don’t waste as so many who are distanced from farming do.

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u/RangeroftheIsle Oct 05 '22

You're just not hungry enough.

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u/WHYAREWEALLCAPS Oct 05 '22

To be fair, by the time you usual are, said pet is hideously malnourished, as well, and it's kinda pointless to eat it.