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How to raise chickens for meat - Tips and picturesHow much are they supposed to weigh at 5 weeks? I want to make sure they are gaining weight so by week 8 I can process
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Using Older Chickens For Meat PurposesChicken- Colonel, Great tips on old hens for future dinners. How To Prepare the chicken meat. Keep'em coming. 🐓
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How To Process A Chicken At Homehttps://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/meat-bird-processing-procedure-any-suggestions-want-to-be-sure-meat-is-safe-to-eat.1566685/- FunClucks
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How To Process A Chicken At HomeHow do you know if the chicken is safe to eat? Is there a section that outlines what to look for while processing? Is there any health issues that...- Esrun
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How to Process your Quail (Including Gory Pictures)Have a kitchen shears and a Walmart bag? You can process quail! Much easier than I imagined (especially skinning and spatchcocking, scald and...- Susan Skylark
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How To Skin A ChickenA simple step-by-step guide on how to skin a chicken that included pictures of everything done. A very helpful article!- Lacy Duckwing
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Cornish X: The Quick Meat BirdNot really an educational article. It appeared to be focused on what the author didn't like about them, and not about the breed and/or raising...
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Caponizing Tools and Process.. A Complete StoryGreat article! I’m very excited to try this and after reading your explanations I feel much more confident! Thank you!
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The Emotional Side Of Chicken ProcessingVery good read. I'm still struggling on dispatching the chicken myself but I know it will get easier- Cmrgn1011
Meat Birds & Processing
Learn how to raise birds for meat and steps to process. May contain sensitive information and pictures.
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How To Process A Chicken At Home
- booker81
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With the rising cost of food and especially meat, many people are looking to closer to home to start raising their food. Backyard gardens are on... -
From coop to kitchen: Pets versus livestock and respectful chicken harvest
- BigSkyBird
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During our recent visit from Montana to my sister's home in Seattle, my nephew complained to my daughter, "Your chickens keep dying." My daughter... -
Raising Cornish X for Meat – The TRUTH
- aoxa
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If you do not want to read about chickens used for meat, you may want to skip over this post. We are omnivores here.. so we eat meat, and enjoy... -
How to Process your Quail (Including Gory Pictures)
- Nabiki
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Processing Quail Before you start: Cleanliness: Any time you process food, cleanliness is particularly important. I start by scrubbing my... -
The Emotional Side Of Chicken Processing
- booker81
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As documentaries and news articles come out with the latest information about inhumane treatment of meat animals, or the newest outbreak of food... -
Using Older Chickens For Meat Purposes
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Most Americans are used to eating chicken from the store. Most of these chickens are about 8 weeks old or younger, and just like any other meat... -
How to raise chickens for meat - Tips and pictures
- chickenpooplady
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How To Raise Chickens for Meat - Tips & Pictures Raising meat chickens is a very exciting, interesting, and rewarding experience. It is... -
The Deed is Done - My flock is now at peace.
- Mimi13
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Well, today I finally did what I have been dreading for months: cull my first bird. With my last shipment of 22 chicks I received in April, plus... -
Dark Meat Chicken
- BYC Project Manager
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You have probably heard others refer to white and dark meat chicken, whether you handle chickens or not. Some argue that one is better than the... -
Raising Cornish X for Health, Hardiness, and Efficiency
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How to Knock a Chicken's Socks Off
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Processing Cornish X: A beginners overview, Setup, cost, and results.
- Bryan@CuckooMountain
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Overview of first time Cornish X processing -
Can You Eat A Rooster? All You Need To Know And More
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Most backyard chicken owners have experienced rooster problems. In most cases, the result is usually the death of the rooster. This leads to the... -
Raising large table birds
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The lowly CX gets no respect, until you put a 13 pound dressed bird fresh from the oven on the table! We have all heard the names they are... -
Caponizing Tools and Process.. A Complete Story
- PurpleCArTires
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So I have been caponizing my extra roos for the past year and half or so. Over this time, I have learned many tips and tricks to successfully... -
Processing Meat Birds: "Go With The Flow"
- MomJones
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So I've been processing our own chickens (between 2-3 dozen per year) for a few years now and I thought it might be helpful if I shared a few... -
How To Skin A Chicken
- Buster
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Ok, there have been several people who have asked how to skin a chicken rather than pluck the feathers. I had a mean lead hen in my coop and... -
Capon vs. Rooster... a side by side comparison
- PurpleCArTires
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A full review of a Capon vs. Rooster