Nick Cramer wrote:
> Bob Muncie > wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Gramma's knives were razor sharp. Think of the 4-H'ers who raised and
> slaughtered pigs and lambs.
>
> You're safe with me, Munchie!
>
Thanks!.... I think?

And that's Bob, Nick... :-)

Bob