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Yup. You DO NOT want me to get started on gubbermint subsidies of farms. REAL sore spot with me.

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Well, guess I'd better get back to my "day job" so I can afford...

I see what you're getting at, and I agree that farm size has nothing to do with it.

I call myself a "hobby" farmer for some of the reasons Cowboydoc pointed out. I do not depend on any income...

That's what I'm in "hobby farming" for: To raise as much of my own meat and veggies as possible on my little patch.

I slaughter my own chickens, partly from remembering watching Mom and Dad do it...

I'm the same way with my laying hens. A lot of people turn over half their flock every year to maximize production. Mine "retire" and live out their natural lifespan in comfort. I don't get as...

I hear ya.

I got no problems packaging my own chickens, no personality there, but I can't bring myself to do my own lambs. I had a nice, neat arrangement with my butcher: He'd come over with...

Glad to know I'm not the only one that treats my 'livestock' like pets.

Most of my sheep think they're puppy dogs. I've got one lamb in particular this year that I call Fearless Fosdick. I don't...