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Thanks for the thoughtful response. I did not see signs of worms in the intestines, although I did not specifically go out of my way to check for them. I have seen my dog eat chicken poop before now that you mention it, so that does make me less concerned. And he did not test positive for any...

Okay, maybe to the compost they will go! They are a little weird. After asking this question, I watched a Youtube video of a Filipino person washing chicken intestines before eating them in a traditional dish. She basically squeezed the poop out like toothpaste lol. So yeah, maybe next time if...

Haha yeah, agreed. Well, what I ended up doing was cutting out any parts that looked like they had a significant amount of poop in them. Then I boiled the rest of the intestines. A lot of residue that was inside (not sure if it was intestinal lining or undigested food/poop) boiled out of the...

Question for anyone who may know? Is it okay to feed the intestines to my dog if they seem to still have a little food/poop in them? I saved them and they have been on ice for two days with the other organs I won't eat. They smell a little like poop and I can see some poop coming out of some...

Thank you both very much! :)

Thank you! That means a lot!

Alright, here's my post-processing update. I think it was an overall success. Killing the birds was the most emotional part, but all the kills were swift and clean and I think that really helped us feel okay about it. Plucking was difficult. I went a little too long on the first bird's scald...

Thanks for the encouragement, everyone! We finished at about 4:30. We are exhausted! I thought I would get all the weights today too, but I will just have to do that tomorrow. I'll also try to do a write-up on my opinions of the experience as a whole if I have the time. I still have plenty of...

Thank you guys! After a quick lunch break, we are back at it now.

Well, we're on a break now. After getting the water heated and everything setup, I think we began killing the chickens at about 9 or 9:30. It's 11:30 now and we have only gotten 2 chickens done! The kills went swiftly, but plucking was tedious and we also had trouble locating certain organs when...

Thanks so much! Yeah that's a good way to think of it. And also, great idea, I plan to thank each one as well. They truly do deserve my appreciation. Amazing creatures!

Well, tomorrow is the day! We will be processing our 6 Cornish X birds, beginning around 8 or 9 am. We will be killing by using a hatchet to behead. We will be holding them over a bucket to drain. I am borrowing my dad's propane cooker for scalding, and we will hand-pluck. My goals for the day...

WEEK SEVEN UPDATE Let's begin with story time. Every morning at dawn I let the meaties out of their tractor while I move it and change their water. I place the feed where I'm about to move the tractor, they follow, and then I place the feed in the tractor to get them back in. They seem to go...

Thank you! Good to know. Have you ever tried giving them raw? That was what I was gonna do. I do have a small dehydrator machine though. I wonder if that would work.

Question for anyone with experience on the matter: If I feed the chicken feet to my dog like many people on here suggest, will he become tempted to go after my live chickens' feet in the future? He's often outside with my laying hens in the yard and does not bother them at all, but I don't want...

Thanks!! And yeah, that seems like the way to do it. I bought a hanging scale but I think it's defective so I'm sending it back. I should have tested it before the chickens were too big for my other scale!! Lol

Thanks! Glad you think they are looking good. I also think so and it's really been cool to see how fast they grow. And yeah, I have never done anything on the internet where I track the progress of something I'm doing for others to see, but I figured this would be informative for others who are...

Last week I tried my new hanging scale with a bucket and it seems defective. :( So this week it was back to squeezing them on the kitchen scale.

WEEK SIX UPDATE Wow, we're really getting close to processing date! I don't have a set date yet, but judging upon their current weights, 7-8 weeks should be enough, although I am shooting for 8. Getting weights was hectic again this week. I still don't have a bathroom scale so I tried again to...

Question for anyone willing to chime in: I'm about to be done with the big bag of broiler feed I got from the hatchery. It's 18% protein and that's what they recommend because too high of protein levels can also contribute to leg issues apparently. Anyway, I also have a ton of extra 20% chick...