Thursday Oct 25, 2007
Thursday Oct 25, 2007
Thanksgiving, the famed American feasting holiday, is only four weeks away. For most of us, that's nothing to get excited about. Not yet anyway.
But for our tom turkey and 3 hen turkeys, all of whom are happily oblivious to the upcoming holiday, the passing of time is rather relevant.
In the meantime, while they enjoy their lives as family pets, they continue to grow on chicken feed, lawn grasses, bugs they find while grazing on the property, and of course, the occasion treat of handfed bread.
Some people think it's cruel that we plan to eat our "pets". But I can only wonder in return.... What is the average supermarket turkey that will be gracing most American tables on Thanksgiving doing today? Our turkeys are enjoying their five month long lives to the fullest, with freedom to roam on our farm, occasional encounters with wild turkeys, and a warm safe stable at nighttime. I'm happy with that.
Cheers to the turkeys! (And, thank you in advance.)
I reckon that people who can't handle this concept should really be vegetarians. After all, where do they think that nice piece of eye fillet came from?
Incidentally, are you going to slaughter, bleed and pluck the birds yourself, or will you outsource the process?
Posted by James McPherson on October 25, 2007 at 10:01 AM EDT #