How do the people (farmers?) kill sheep, chickens, pigs etc that we eat?
Almost all meat in the USA is slaughtered at an USDA or state dept. of Agriculture inspected facility. Most states prohibit home killing of meat that is to be sold to the public. the exception is chickens. In most states a person that raises fewer than 1000 chickens can kill at home as long as they sell only off the farm. I believe hogs can be home killed as long as they are not to be sold. I raise chicken for meat and how they kill the chickens is the following: first while it is still dark we farmers collect the birds up and put them into chicken crates so we can drive them to the killers. At the killers they take the birds out of the crates and put them upside down into “killing Cones” and than slit their throats and let them bleed. the cone keeps them from running around and the fact the head is stil connected to the rest of the body allows for complete bleeding out (required in both Kosher and Halal practises). After killing the birds go into a big pot of hot water to loosen the f
