When we butcher our birds and sometimes they are >1 year old; we put them in a bucket of brine for a few days before eating or freezing- but they always turn out tough. So our current methodology is to grind every bird into sausage and eat them that way. Would sure like to make some chicken...
We have a 3/4 acre pond that is well-stocked with fish and also used as a swimming pond for my family. We recently have raised 4 Peking ducks (5 months old) and have been allowing them access to our pond, when I started to think about the amount of duck poop produced and the potential impact on...