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Quote: I think that is an EXCELLENT idea!!!

Gosh, thank you, and You're welcome. I didn't tell you anything you didn't already know. Sometimes I think we need to have the simple answer put in front of us when our emotions cloud things and make them complicated. I know I do!

I completely understand. You traded her help for the chicken. You got the help you traded for, and at the time you felt like it was a fair deal. (I personally think it was very generous of you). I think you are right to feel bad about the wasted bird. All the time, money and care that went...

About the down...I'm just wondering to myself why couldn't we just give the duck or chicken a nice soapy bath after it has died and rinse it then dunk in the hot water to loosen the feathers? I think I would take the down out first because the little feathers come off easier than the big...

I just wanted to report back in on how our first chicken dinner went after all the help I got here. I brined it and roasted it. It was very delicious, but a little wilder than what I expected, and it's legs were a lot longer which made eating it a little strange. My younger son who wanted to...

I put the chicken in brine this morning(Tuesday), and it was still stiff. I guess with rigor. When I went out to turn it (I'm keeping it in the barn fridge) it seemed to have softened up some. Tomorrow I will find a better container that will allow me to immerse the whole bird. One thing is...

Quote: I think I have a limit to how many ovations I can give ...It seems to gray out on me when I click it a couple of times per week. I wish I could give about 30 people on this thread ovation!

Quote: I hope that's me. The person you are describing. That's what I want to be. Your words mean a lot to me. Thank you for sharing them. Thank everybody here for sharing, and caring about this. I have never in my life encountered such an amazing support group. I am taking more of your...

Can you tell me about the way you do brining please? I do not want to mess up on this chicken, and if I need to go get brining started now, I will.

Just look at what you all did. Look at all those posts. Thank you all so much. It has been a hard day, but the deed is done. I procrastinated until everyone was asleep and went and got him. I took my nuwave cooker outside and that's how I heated the water. It took an hour and a half and my...

thank you. I agree. I was not expecting the very thoughtful replies.. It was an amazing thing and I have read every one at least a half dozen times. I sure hope I can help the next person as well as I've been helped. it's supposed to rain all day. I have a covered porch on the barn and I...

I have set the time for Saturday at dusk when the other chickens will be asleep. My husband has gone so far as to offer to make me a cone. If I chicken out, so be it. I'm going to have my instructions handy, and this thread open. Wish me luck...

I am so glad that I asked this group for help. I have gotten a little and a lot from every single reply. I am going to set a tentative date this weekend and I am going to talk to my husband again about helping. I mentioned it yesterday and he went so far as to admit that he might help once...

My husband is an animal lover. I can't fault him for not being able to help because his love for animals and the chickens is what allows me my extensive hobby....but he can not help with the killing. Maybe when the feathers are gone he can help me with the cleaning, but I will have to clean up...

Thank you ronott1. The write up is very good, and your reassurance is just what I needed. I know it's the best thing to do, but it's the death I am having a hard time with. I can do this. If I don't, someone else will. You wish you could help?..you did. You helped by reassuring me that...

Can somebody direct me to the lecture, or wise words that will help me get through processing a 4 1/2 month Australorps Cockerel? I could rehome him, but I don't WANT to rehome him. I want to eat him. He is almost 6 pounds and he has doe eyes and is very tame and sweet, but I have a half...