We didn't plan for anything special, we skinned 4, cut from the back; just above hips, to separate from the rest. made cleaning a breeze. no poop incidents. The skin comes right off if you make sure they drink plenty of water. Plenty of meat, Australorps did well over 20lbs total. good color...
Thinking about culling a fair bit of my flock. I keep finding advice on HOW to cull a bird, but i never see if there are any tips to the setting them aside before the culling. I'm pretty sure that i won't treat them like crawfish before the boil; where they are set in running water to purge, but...