Circle of Life - First Time Processing Chickens - The Emotional Cost
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.พ. 2024
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The world consumes a huge amount of chicken meat with barely a thought for the process. We decided to raise some chickens for meat & in this video, the time has come to process them.
Rather than show too much detail, I want to explore the emotional cost of raising our own birds and look at the ethics of industrial scale production of meat in general.
We will never look at supermarket chicken in its aseptic plastic wrap in the same way, but we learned a lot.
This video contains some scenes that some may find upsetting.
We have tried to show the reality of the process without including too many images, but to provide proper context it has been necessary to be honest and transparent about the process and that has meant including some content that will be flagged in case you wish to look away.
Many videos gloss over the emotional
reality of meat production.
In going through the process we have re-evaluated our attitude to the topic and our views on the whole subject.
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Self-raised and self-processed meat sure changes the appreciation of having a chicken dinner! Great video!
Thank you! We are looking forward to a good Sunday roast!
My parents used to process their own chicken meat. They were organically fed, had a good life and did not go to waste.
I think that the point about them having a good life is most important...thanks for taking the time to comment!
Great video, I used to do this with my bantams when I was about 10 or 11. Not sure if it would be so easy now. Chicken was quite a luxury meal in the early 1960s.
Funny how it seems to get harder as one gets older!!
Well done to you both. You have been very brave 😐
Thank you! It was certainly a learning curve!
You were very determinedly brave. I couldn't do that myself. Although I do eat chicken, I will look at supermarket poultry with even more scepticism now and maybe try to find a decent butcher more often .
Thank you! It did take a lot to build up to it & yes, if you can find a decent butcher that is probably better than using the supermarket!
Well done guyz - you’re brave lol😅
Thank you...it took a lot to build up to actually do it!!
Bom día, would it help to have some olive oil on your hands while plucking? And I agree, if you cannot think about how an animal was raised and killed, you should not eat meat.
That is certainly an idea for next time! Thanks for watching!