A quite awful dilemma.
Hattie has been a very helpful and wise chicken.
Brenda has always had a lot of spirit. Not the eaiest to get on with - but with attitude around the yard!
Geraldine is somewhat aloof but adds a certain class to the hen house.
The time has come - well Sunday actually when the extended family come to lunch - for one of the girls to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Which one?
This may be shallow - but Hattie is the better looking - but is that enough to reprieve her?
It's your call ............. a lot is riding on this for the girls!
2007-09-13 04:23:14 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Perhaps a vegan household will spare them. The benefits of vegetables and fruits could save the girls. I will call PETA now and Paul McCartney has a cook book, I am sure for this worthy cause, he will send us one.
2007-09-13 04:34:42 · answer #1 · answered by slk29406 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Two choices. Either the one that hasn't been laying lately or go to the supermarket and get Tyson's or Perdue. I'd opt for the second choice, myself.
I watched my mom lop off a few heads in my lifetime, and it scared the heck out of me. Not for the hen, but for fear she'd slip and chop off her own hand.
It's very time consuming, too, pouring boiling water on the feathers to loosen them, then singeing off any pinfeathers that are left.
Your call, but I'd go to the market. At least those don't have names!
2007-09-13 05:08:46 · answer #2 · answered by felines 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your ruined it when you named them, and recognized their personalities. My ex's aunt used to have pigs and named them, when it came time to butcher them, she was beside herself. After the pig was butchered, so just could not bring herself to eat any of their meat. After reading all the answers above it would seem that the general consensus, excluding the vegans of course, would be to head to the grocery store,
and give the girls a reprieve. I would suggest keeping them around, getting some more, not naming them and thus they could possible be the next on the table, when the occasion arises again.
2007-09-13 08:49:50 · answer #3 · answered by Moe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I remember my great-grandma wringing the chickens necks and all that was done preparing them for Sunday dinner. You however, not only named the chicks, but observed they have distintinct personalities. They should be spared.
I'm with those that say go to the market and buy a chicken for Sunday dinner or better yet serve something else. (the 'girls' shouldn't even have to smell their counterparts cooking, lol)
2007-09-13 07:41:18 · answer #4 · answered by luvspbr2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They all sound special and each contributes something.
I guess I would have to pick Brenda if that were the only choice.
My personal choice would be to keep them alive. If you really want chicken for Sunday, please purchase one from the grocery store.
Once an animal has been named, it is too sad to end their life.
You are making me laugh so much. Thanks for cheering us up this morning or this afternoon, wherever you are.
2007-09-13 08:46:10 · answer #5 · answered by makeitright 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
oh dear first the fox and now this might i suggest some nice bubble and squeak as an alternative? or maybe a dish from my ancestral land haggis
p.s. the girls said the cow has been talking about you behind your back lol
2007-09-13 04:33:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Dont kill your barnyard friends. Go to the grocery store and by one that wont turn your stomach when you try to eat Hattie.
2007-09-13 08:58:42 · answer #7 · answered by ncgirl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have veggie lasagna instead. How could you eat a hen with names like those?
2007-09-13 07:36:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Stella...never name food. It just complicates things later. Kill all three...give the extra to homeless family...and start over with nameless chickens.
2007-09-13 06:45:29 · answer #9 · answered by soloflier7_98 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eliminate the 2 best layers and serve the third up.
2007-09-13 04:29:19 · answer #10 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋