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    Chemical or soapy-tasting meat?

    The hose was my prime suspect. It was an ordinary garden hose, nothing "potable" about it. I've used the same type of hose (though never brand-new) to cool rabbits after butchering and never had this problem. I guess I've been hoping against hope someone would say something like "Oh, yeah, that...
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    Chemical or soapy-tasting meat?

    We recently butchered our first-ever batch of meat chickens. Since then, we (or family) have cooked three of the birds, and they have all had a subtle but distinct "chemical" smell and flavor. Chlorine isn't exactly it, but that's the closest way I can think of to describe it. So now I'm...
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    New to chickens in Illinois

    We're near Peoria.
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    Questions after first butchering experience

    My wife and I processed our first-ever batch of 10 Cornish Cross yesterday. We've done a bunch of rabbits before but never chickens. It went pretty well, but there were a couple points of concern that I'd like to ask about while it's still fresh in my mind. We used a cone and shaving-sharp...
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    Featherless (almost) Cornish Cross?

    As I mentioned in my introduction thread, my wife and I bought 10 Cornish Cross chicks earlier this spring. One of them has basically not grown any feathers. It lost the downy chick feathers along with the rest of the chicks, but has remained pretty well naked ever since except for its head...
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    New to chickens in Illinois

    Hi all! I'm Matthew, in Illinois, and I've been lurking here for a while and finally decided to join. My wife and I just started our chicken journey earlier this spring. We bought 10 Cornish Cross from Tractor Supply Store and did a Salatin-style (but smaller) tractor in our suburban yard...
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