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64?! Wow! I can't imagine how long that took if you did them all yourself! Awesome! Thank you for the encouragement. I am seriously considering raising a batch of 25 Cornish Xs in the spring. If that goes okay, then I will do 25 more in the fall. Providing for my family in this way felt like...

Last night we finally ate the chicken. The BCM was tasty and tender except for a tough spot on one of his legs. The Americauna was scrawny and tough. They were both young, but the smaller bird would have been much better in a stew. I aged the meat 4 days in the fridge and then froze the...

The towel would have if someone else was holding it. I used my knee and it slipped both times. There was movement and it wasn't super pleasant, but not terrible. I guess I was mentally prepared for that.

I killed them by wrapping their bodies snugly in a towel, then stretching out the neck and chopping with a sharp hatchet. I chose that method because it is an "instant" kill, unlike just cutting the neck arteries and letting them bleed to death. After, I hung up the birds and let them bleed...

Definitely good to know!

Thank you for the encouragement. I know it seems strange to be so excited about butchering chickens, but I am bound and determined to learn some homesteading/self-sufficiency skills. My fiends think I am a little loopy (in the real world I am a real estate agent! lol), but it's a skill I am...

It was nowhere near as bad as I thought. I have a Silkie and tiny OEG birds for pets. The big guys are business, and I had to keep that in mind. Neither of these two had names. ;)

Yes, that's the BCM. Now I know why the "meaties" usually have white feathers. lol The feet, though...meh...I couldn't get used to handling them. They got tossed. But intestines and organs? No problema. haha

Today, using a how-to link I found on this site, I processed two of our roosters. They were 14 weeks old. I only want laying hens, so it was time for them to go. The first bird I messed up by puncturing the intestine, which meant I had poo coming out in the body cavity (minimal, thank...