up mama's wall: I am a lame farmer

Saturday, August 1, 2009

I am a lame farmer

But I can admit when I was wrong. She is a he. She, er, he woke us up at 6:20 this morning, cocka-a-doodle-dooing. We're trying to muster the courage to make him into pozole, but really we will probably just call Animal Care & Control. Unless you want him?

Maggie will be sorry to see him go.

3 comments:

Simply Mel {Reverie} said...: I've heard there is some lady who has a lot of farm land and takes roosters...maybe research this instead of the guillotine?; August 1, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Alex said...: This is Alex -- I rent an office from Pete. I've got a friend who is willing to help with the slaughter, if you're serious about eating it. (We'd want to partake, too.); August 1, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Up Mama's Wall said...: Within hours of posting this Tilly was plucked and ready for dinner. He is now "curing" in our fridge for pozole. I wasn't here for the slaughter, but it was quite the event. I'll have pics and a longer post very soon.
We found out that Animal Care would just euthanize him and throw him out which just seemed like such a terrible waste and such indignity. Apparently his death was quick and graceful and he will now be put to use.
As a meat eater, I don't have a problem with killing a chicken. I have a problem with wasting a chicken.
Alex--sorry I didn't get this soon enough. But we have video.; August 1, 2009 at 8:46 PM