Thanks do much. You were right it wasn't much meat under all those feathers. I did pluck simply because it was my first time and I wanted to try it. I ended up cutting a lot of the skin off where the talons had cut into it's back.
I think scraping the lungs ended up being the most tedious part...
Around 4 pm on Christmas my 12 week old barred rock hen was killed by a hawk. I got there just in time to scare him off but he was headless, officially dead. I put the carcass in a bucket after making sure the rest of the flock was safe (they were out foraging). The hawk followed me as I carried...
@ teaser, I've heard the same thing from worcester workers saying they're illegal but with nothing backing it up. The police even came to my neighbor's door and told him he couldn't have chickens. They didn't do any further investigating though so they must not care too much!
#5 (Sunshine)
I think she's a he but only because her tail feathers are so much longer than #4's
I got them all together but they could've been a few weeks apart in age.
Yes I'm going to try to get some good shots of each of them. They are full of energy and won't pose for me as much as I would like. Most of the shots I got were from stealing still frames from the videos. Not as good quality though.
Hopefully it'll be a little warmer tomorrow so I can hang out...