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This may be a bit graphic here !!!!!!
We butcher our own,. I am a bit of a tight-wad and can't take the thought of adding a processing fee to what it has already cost me to buy and feed the bird. The first time, DH had a friend help him, but now I usually do.
I'm still trying to get a thick skin when it comes to putting birds in the freezer. When killing day comes, I hold the bird under my arm, with it's head to my back and back up to a barrell. DH does the dirty deed, and says, "OK" . I drop the bird in the barrell and don't look back! I always shivver just a little hearing the dear thrashing in that barrell, so I head for the house ASAP. DH skins em, washes em and brings em in for me to process. Once the feathers are off, they are just meat. It's no worse that cleaning a fish. I don't even know which bird I'm working on. I never open the body cavity on a bird...just too messy and smelly. I take off all the breast meat, legs and wings, then freeze whats left to feed the dogs when winter comes. With a big Cornish X, that can be a lot of meat. Last bunch, we averaged 7 pounds per bird...just the legs,wings and breast!
This may be a bit graphic here !!!!!!
We butcher our own,. I am a bit of a tight-wad and can't take the thought of adding a processing fee to what it has already cost me to buy and feed the bird. The first time, DH had a friend help him, but now I usually do.
I'm still trying to get a thick skin when it comes to putting birds in the freezer. When killing day comes, I hold the bird under my arm, with it's head to my back and back up to a barrell. DH does the dirty deed, and says, "OK" . I drop the bird in the barrell and don't look back! I always shivver just a little hearing the dear thrashing in that barrell, so I head for the house ASAP. DH skins em, washes em and brings em in for me to process. Once the feathers are off, they are just meat. It's no worse that cleaning a fish. I don't even know which bird I'm working on. I never open the body cavity on a bird...just too messy and smelly. I take off all the breast meat, legs and wings, then freeze whats left to feed the dogs when winter comes. With a big Cornish X, that can be a lot of meat. Last bunch, we averaged 7 pounds per bird...just the legs,wings and breast!
