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Remember the song "She'll be comin' round the mountain"? In celebration of who ever "she" is coming, thy kill the old red rooster. prepared properly, older chicken can be very tasty (such as Coc au Vin) You just won't be able to cook them the same way you do store purchased chickes that...

Fall of 2011 one of our 4 or 5 month old Black Jersey Giant pullets was attacked by a bobcat. I chased the bobcat off, but the pullet died moments later. I decided to butcher her (partly because I was considering getting meat birds the following spring and wanted to know whether I could do...

The last two posts together explain why your chicken was so tough. Even with a young chicken (8-12 weeks of age) you need to let them "rest" in the refridgerator for two or three days to let the rigor pass out of their muscles. I always let them cool in an ice bath for a few hours and then let...