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    Plucking-machine or by hand??

    Thanks Everyone!!
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    Plucking-machine or by hand??

    I've been searching the area for anyone that has a plucker for rent or borrow, but no luck so far. This may be the flock we pluck or skin and the next one I will get my own plucker. This has been such an enjoyable experience for me that I look forward to the next batch!! Kim
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    Can/Should we eat this bird?

    I totally agree with bobbi-j. She probably has weak or injured legs, or a broken leg. While she is still healthy, butcher her. I have 7 week old X's and we are butchering this weekend. Yay!! How many do you have? We have about 35. We lost 6-8 over the 7 weeks, not bad I think. Good Luck!! Kim
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    cornish cross

    Well, do you plan to do the butchering yourself? There are many posts on this forum about how to humanely kill them. I prefer slitting the throat to let them bleed out immediately. They seem to just "go to sleep" this way. My concern is that your birds are so old. They must be enormous...
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    Plucking-machine or by hand??

    I am new to meat birds, and have 35 Cornish X just about ready. I've loved this project so far and hope to do many more. This is my first butchering of meat birds and I am wondering if the pluckers damage the meat at all. The videos I've seen make the pluckers look so violent. It seems like it...
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    Cornish Cross Problems

    I am also raising Cornish X and have had a few break legs. The leg turns dark colored, which I'm sure is all the blood pooling. Chickens know when one of the flock is sick or has an injury and they will try to kill those birds. Survival of the fittest, you know? If they are big enough I would...
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