by I am a poultry farmer and I had seen fellow farmers who failed in farming because they can't sell their animals because they got emotionally attached. That leads them to not making money and having to hoard livestock as pets. Sounds ridiculous but it happens a lot. Did you know Nasa's Plan of colonizing Mars does not include farm animals? Why well did an experiment before where they made a Fake Mars colony and have people there farm animals and plants? When they are about to Harvest some animals one of the people on the experiment fought everyone because he got emotionally attached to an animal.
So Martian colonists under Nasa will have a Vegan diet once their canned goods run out. I decided to write this article because the Pandemic increased the number of backyard chickens. This is WWE wrestler Liv Morgan with her Backyard Hens, something I notice she is emotionally attached to those girls. Once those girls become menopause she will have to decide between slaughtering them or keeping them as money-consuming pets that will never lay eggs.
She named all of the girls so three years from now she will have to make a hard decision.
Choose an Animal breed where everyone looks the same.
I think New Zealand rabbits become a popular meat breed not only because they are meaty but they look the same. Usually, farmers get emotionally attached to one animal that looks unique. That emotional attachment is impossible if everyone looks the same.
When I purchased my ducks I avoided buying someone who has spots or markers. I chose plain white ones so they all look the same because individuality can cause you to love them like babies.
Do not name them
Let's say you have a cow and she gave birth to two calves. A boy and a girl. You decided to keep the girl as a dairy cow while the boy as a meat bull. Can you imagine if you named the Bull, Michael? Months later, Michael got slaughtered your family is talking about how tasty Michael is? Every time you get a piece of Michael's meat from the freezer for you to cook, You will be thinking it is Michael. You will have not this guilt if you never named this boy in the first place.
Hire someone else to take care of them. This is something I haven't done yet because I am so cheap that I don't want to pay a salary to people. That is why I farm on my own. On the other hand, hiring someone else to take care of the animals on your farm means you won't be attached to the animal. Someone else is and it won't be you who will be having the guilt.
Give them the best life
You know what, I don't feel guilt anymore whenever I kill one of my livestock because I know I gave them the best life. I free-ranged them on the orchards and the fields. Most commercially produced meat is from animals who suffered from cages. My animals enjoyed every single moment of their short lives.
Sell them
I know some homesteaders who can't fathom eating the meat of animals they raise but they farm animals by selling them for money. They usually sell them as breeders instead of meat so the life of the animals they raise gets extended. If you sell them, You won't have to deal with slaughtering them. Everything will be off-screen.
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When you breed livestock there will have categories. The breeders and the fatteners. It is okay to get attached with the breeders since they will live longer until they become infertile. The fatteners are fated to to be slaughtered.
