In memory

   I've been wanting to do this for a while.  We've lost a lot of lives here at the Burrow Farm.  That's normal.  We've learned to accept death more, and live life more.  Our son is probably a lot healthier emotionally about the cycle of life as well.  Many deaths were expected.  Slaughtering is a part of life, a part I truly believe needs to be revisited by most.  When you take the life of an animal, an innocent, beautiful animal, you learn what it's like to kill, what it's like to take a life.  And when you literally butcher an animal after killing it, it makes you ask "When does life actually end?".  You refuse to waste a single piece of meat.  You choose to give that sacrificed life the fullest meaning possible.  Holding a gun is taken more seriously when you've used one.  The true potential of knives and violence are realized and respected.  But enough of that.  

Below I choose to post the most memorable of those lives lost that weren't planned.  

In their honor:

George-found one morning in the floor dead.  We believe old age and therefore a heart attack.  He was the most awesome rooster ever.

Baby-a bottle heifer that wouldn't get pregnant.  Eighteen months old and with 4 bulls that really liked her, she still wasn't pregnant.  We planned on her being a milk cow, and possibly nurse maid.  Slaughtered and sold for food.

 
Red-Refused to eat.  Died.  Arlis really wanted a Hereford.  Buried in what is now pretty much our calf graveyard.

 
Bluefoot-attacked the back of my leg one too many times.  Cute little pet rooster, beautiful.  Eaten.

 Delta-the most awesome hen ever. Ravaged by a raccoon we killed in an earlier post.  Her chicks are doing well.

Goldie-Eggbound killed her.  (no picture)
Red-Found dead one morning with no explanation.

  Merlin-This is especially sad for me.  I got food poisoned and almost died.  She has her own special story.  We found her dead outside my bedroom window.  It's where I hadn't seen her in 3 weeks and she was sleeping outside my window.  Most awesome duck ever!

RIP my friends, RIP.