Nick Cramer wrote:
> "Dan L." > wrote:
>> [ . . . ]
>> My first at that also. I got my first eggs two weeks ago. The hard part
>> is going to be the butchering. That part is going to bother me. I have
>> the killing cones and sharp knives and the book "Basic Butchering of
>> Livestock & Game" by John Mettler. That will be much much much harder
>> for me than canning on many different levels. I feel the need to do it
>> or be a hypocritical omnivore (Also mentioned in this thread). Three of
>> the chickens are roosters and causing problems, two will have go... soon.
>
> My Grandmother raised chickens when I was a kid. I went down every morning
> to get the eggs. Henrietta was my pet. When the egg count came up short,
> Gramma would ask me to bring whoever hadn't given an egg up to the house
> for a talk. I would hold a bowl in Gramma's lap while she slit the hen's
> throat and bled her out into the bowl. Henrietta was delicious!
>

Ouch!

I'm glad my name isn't Henrietta.
I am *not* baring my neck in your presence.

Bob