Toni, are there any places in your area that do commercial butchering of chickens? We have one here a few miles from me that will butcher birds for a fee so you don't have to do it. Also, if you learn how to pierce the brain of a chicken or other fowl, it's an instant death and they don't suffer at all, if that's a worry for you. I have about 10 roosters that are ready for the freezer right now. Some of my friends are going to come and help me with the butchering, and we will share the meat. You haven't had good chicken unless you have free range grass fed chicken! Our grocery store has buffalo, chevon (goat meat), rabbit, pheasant, and other exotic meats all the time. They also have certified organic, grass feed beef, pork, and free range chicken. I live less then a quarter mile from the second largest pheasant farm in the US. Sandy, I think you're right, an Ox is just a stear that has been taught to pull, unless we're talking about a musk ox.
