Grossed out by chicken??

[classicsredone]

Long story short, my little family moved in to my mom's house this past year due to the economy. It isn't too bad, and it has helped out financially for all of us. When my daughter asked if we could get chickens, mom agreed that it would be fun. We had goats, a horse, rabbits, etc. as kids. Mom's always been a little on the 'daintier' side, if you will. The sad side of raising animals (deaths, injuries, etc.) were a little harder for her to stomach. It never really was an issue, because the kids and our stepdad did most of the farm chores.

Anyways, we got a shipment of 26 chicks from McMurray that was well, disastrous. 8 were dead on arrival, and 14 more died over the course of the next couple days. Dealing with that many deaths was rough on all of us, but again I think Mom had a harder time with it. My husband and I knew to expect some deaths, just not that many. We have four chicks left from that shipment, and 6 that we got at the feed store.

This was a couple weeks ago, and now Mom can't eat chicken. She says it looks to much like the chicks and it makes her sad. She doesn't get enough protein as it is, so I wonder how she can get over the aversion. Anyone else have a problem like this?

 

[zippitydooda]

Wow, I thought I was being weird.

I got 15 chicks last June, and began the adventure of raising chickens. Up to that point, I knew in my head where the chicken in the grocery store came from. I just never gave it much thought. After playing with the "babies" daily, I got this weird scramble-queasy feeling in my throat when went to eat the chicken I had grilled. It took me a few weeks to get over it. I reconciled the feeling by understanding that the chickens who died to feed me and my family were a gift from God. I thanked HIM and then I thanked the chicken.

I would imagine if more people really thought about the whole process, there would be more vegetarians LOL!

Give her time, and look into vegetarian diets. Maybe she will eat eggs and not chicken?

 

[classicsredone]

No, she won't eat the eggs. They give her an upset stomach.

Since I cook most night since she's working, I try to make something that is full of nutrition but still pleasing to a picky eater. I think she'll get over it...but how long will it take. I should mention that she has some understandable food aversions from going through chemo treatment. Anything she had during the treatments she can't eat now. It's been over 20 years and she still can't chew peppermint gum or drink 7UP.

When it was just her here, she'd eat canned soup or freezer meals most of the time. She has said that she feels better physically after having a nice, hearty, and healthy meal, so it is worth working around.

 

[Organics North]

How old is she?
Elderly simply do not need as much protein.

Consider things like yogurt, and nice hearty soups like a beef and barely soup.. If you have chickens to eat try a chicken soup. Bean and rice dishes are cost effective, very nutritional and filling.

I am not particularly fond of chicken myself.. (But do love eggs..)

ON

 

[ChickenWisperer]

One day, a few years after we got into chickens, mom was fixing a carcass to go on the grill.

I come up behind her, and bawked (keep in mind, I'm quite good at it!). She was so upset, she couldn't finish. And it only got worse after she watched Food Inc, and the underground videos I showed her. We never process our own birds, but she still is very upset at it. The other night, she was fixing a bird again to go on the girl, and I heard her making gaging sounds - she had literally become ill because the dead birds back had been broken at some point. I had to cover it with paper towels.

You can find protein from other sources. Eggs, yogurt, other meats....

 

[wildorchid053]

perhaps if you diced up the chicken and put it in caccatori or soup or someother way she would start to try it.. just don't give it to her when it looks like a chicken. i had a hard time eating our first eggs.. i wanted to gag.. it was about a month before i could actually eat them.. it is all a mind game.. i know that now lol.. just camoflage it.

 

[Pagan Prince]

You have a dificult situation with the taste buds and your outlook when you have a brush with "The big C". My mother is in remision from Myloid Leukemia and went through very agressive Kymo. She had similar issues... still does.

I suggest a rich stock soup with veg or a pie. (Assuming it's look and not taste issues. As for the Vit B12 etc meat gives try Marmite/Vegimite.... errr... do you have those yeast extracts there ? maybe they will help ?

Good luck

 

[sunflowerenvy]

for me i grew up on chicken no we did not have live chicken we got from the store. to this day i donot eat chicken. but i have to make cook chicken for my elder mother but i buy the boneless chicken cut up from the store. when i put it in the crock pot i say that i am cooking 4 chickens when get my tummy upset. i do eat my eggs .



but i wont kill a chicken but i am most ready to have byc member[ she ask me if i want her process one of her roo] i told her i will think about it. the only meat mom eat is chicken so she eat about 5lb in a month.
laura

 

[Judy]

I'd simply figure out a relatively easy to fix alternate(s) to serve her the nights you fix chicken. I am alone, so I often make a bunch of something, and freeze myself some "TV dinners." I have a tuna noodle casserole, and some peas and butter beans and corn bread at present. Depends what she likes. Make a meatloaf and freeze slices with gravy over them, freeze single portions of mac and cheese with cubed ham in it, lasagna -- whatever.

If it were my mother it would be simple, I'd make some servings of calves' liver and onions, and freeze in the sauce with a little oniony gravy to cover. She'd feel like she was getting the better meal for the night.

 

[classicsredone]

She's not really elderly at 56.

Before she'd eat soup and a cucumber for meals. It is easy to get in some healthy fats with grass fed beef, olive oil, etc. She's just really turned off by anything chicken right now. Maybe after I get over this nasty virus that is going around, I'll make some. I could actually use it now, but too woozy to chop veggies.