I see both sides of this situation. This isn't like an urban area where pets are different than they are in the country. I live in a rural area. If a pet starts killing livestock it's a no go. I have been more lenient with a dog bite since the dog had dementia and I had him put down shortly after. But prior to that it wasn't acceptable. Who knows when a dog might go off on a stranger or a child?
It is the same thing in the city - The difference being they have law officers and vets to do the deed for them. Notice that I have questioned more than once the idea that putting a dog down is somehow cruel... You're somehow a bad person if you put a bullet in his head - An act, btw that is far quicker in the doing than the time it takes to inject an animal....
I'd hate to tell them how you put down sheep and goats...
As far as the goat? Some of them can mean little cusses. Heck, even roosters can be lethal. I have a friend named berdie that had an attack rooster that ended up as Sunday dinner. I don't have any idea how berdie found him with a broke neck??
Don't even get me started with rams.. Damn mean, be it sheep or goat, and never turn your back. About like a bull, only the bull will take you out in one go. The ram has to work at it.
As for roosters, if I get my bones back together, I want to try to make a proper old-school flock... I think a dual purpose bird, probably American Bres... But the idea would be to go strictly old school and let em get broody and sit... I want to see how many birds it takes to keep you in eggs and still harvest a bird or two a week, and yet maintain a working flock.
That old way is nearly gone, and nobody knows that information anymore.
Still, whether from broody hens or an incubator, what folks are mostly gonna be eating are roosters and then retired hens... Roosters first, because they are mean. And fractious. I'd hate to even know how many I've sent to freezer camp.
Bottom line, I don't understand why she would even address this in her book. She should have learned from Mitt.
I have yet to see the offending passage in its context... Perhaps that is by design.
