Looks Great! How much did they dress out at? What breed were they? How did you kill them (sorry to put it so indelicately).
We processed our yesterday. I'm always SO worried about how to do it, and how to keep their wings from flapping and bruising. What did you do?
We used duct tape. We...
Ooooh, I can't imagine the smell. I'm having a tough time with the smell when we butcher / pluck / clean. The last day we butchered, it was 100 degrees.
We attempted to use the feet last year and this year but found them to be too dirty. It took me 11 hours to clean and peel 15 feet last year and I just couldn't dedicate the time this year to 29 birds. Luckily we have good friends from Taiwan who are experts and we gave them the feet for their...
We have a knife we use for butchering deer meat. It's extremely sharp. We use that. My husband knows exactly where to place it so it goes through the proper place and doesn't get hung up on a bone.
We just processed our 29 meaties (cx) this weekend. I must admit it was easier than last year. We try very hard to be as humane as possible. Here's our arrangements:
Their tractor coop is completely chicken wired - we live in a heavily wooded area with lots of predators, so free range is...