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It seems a lot worse than it is. For me once the head was off it was not an issue. Sounds gross but I kept reminding myself that my chickens were raised with love and care so they were much better off than a store chicken.Good luck

My roos were hatched mid July and we slaughtered them the last week in December so about 5 1/2 months old. However the same day I helped my BIL slaughter some of his chickens including a hen that had stopped laying and an older rooster(2 years old) that was getting too aggressive with the hens...

Next time let them sit. A friend who has been butchering her own chickens reccomends putting the whole carcass in a container uncovered in the fridge with damp towels over them for at least 24 hours before cooking or freezing them . I did this and all the chickens I have butchered were amazingly...