Mark is a hypocritical chicken-eater

Mark Frauenfelder 2:58 pm Tue Dec 6, 2011

Michael Schreiber, the editor-in-chief of Credit.com, interviewed me about my book, Made by Hand. Here's a short excerpt:

Mike: Do you have a favorite project from the book?

Mark: My favorite project was raising chickens. Every aspect was enjoyable: building a chicken coop, raising the baby chicks, watching my kids play with the chickens and care for them, and collecting the amazing eggs that they laid. I wish that the new house we moved into didn’t have so many coyotes, raccoons, eagles and bobcats or I would keep a ton of chickens around.

Mike: Do you eat the chickens too?

Mark: I eat chicken, but I could not bring myself to kill and eat our hens. They became pets, and it would have been like eating our cats. I know I am a hypocrite, but I love eating chicken too much to give it up! (I’m making chicken soup in the Crockpot right now.)

Mike: Cat is delicious.

Mark Frauenfelder Won’t Kill Chickens

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