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Thanks ya'll for the support. He went to freezer camp yesterday in the late morning. It sucked. I didn't hesitate though...I knew if I did, I'd change my mind. I got two new boys...one's my mom's, the other is mine. Hers is actually the cockerel I was going to pick up. But I saw another one...

Hey ya'll, haven't posted here since July when I had to cull for the first time. I had 3 more cockerels than I had planned, so they went to freezer camp. I kept my favorite roo...the one picked out as the intended roo...and named him Zeus. Unfortunately, Zeus is not a good boy. At all. He...

You know, I warned my boys about the smell. And I mentally prepared myself for it. But I don't think the smell was that bad? I was expecting "you're gonna puke" type of smell. The odor was different, but not stomach turning to me. Maybe my sense of smell is off!!

I can tell you from experience, rest the bird. I just processed my first three birds a few weeks ago. The first one was a week prior to the other two. They were all 17 then 18 week old Barred Rock cockerels. The first one, Boring Boy (yes I name my chickens...but it doesn't effect me) I...

That is awesome! Although my eldest is (IMO) mature enough to go hunting with dad, it still scares the crap out of me...so I told hubby I'd feel better if we waited at least another year. My youngest...the way his maturity level is, he'll be lucky if he gets to fire a weapon at 16. He forgets...

My boys (ages 8 and 10) could not WAIT for dispatch day, which I kept putting off because of this reason or that reason (I was stalling...I'd never killed anything before bigger than a spider). They watched the whole process and helped with the plucking. When I sliced the jugular and Boring Boy...

I wish everyone I encounter who "gasps" when I tell them I butcher my own chickens could be shown some of the horrors I have seen...like this video on youtube (don't watch if you are sensitive or queasy...it's GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING). Although I don't agree with the final statement of going...

I'm wondering...how do you remove the head with one swipe while they hang upside down?

Brave isn't how I felt...but thank you. I felt more determined than anything. I knew it had to be done, so I just wanted to get it over with and put behind me.

I didn't let go Was I supposed to??? I still held onto his head with it tilted up, only when he started flapping I put my other hand on his wing and breast to keep it at a minimum, and so he didn't flap around in circles. It's ironic that he was the least "flapper"...because he was the...

I dispatched two roosters this morning. As I posted a few pages back, I had my first experience with killing an animal a little over a week ago. Today's processing went a lot quicker and smoother than my first. I used the same method as before...by slicing the jugular. The two I dispatched I did...

I soaked Boring Boy in brine for two days then baked him. He did taste a lot different than the chickens I've bought at the store. My eldest son (10) didn't like the way it tasted. It was very tender...which is DEFINITELY not like any other chicken I've ever baked. That is probably do to...

Do use the brine while it's resting in the fridge...in other words, should I put it in brine now? And if so, can I substitute either sea salt or ice cream salt for the kosher? I don't have kosher. Will either one of those work, or both?

Thank you. Yea, anxiety SUCKS lol. I forgot to mention...I did have one emotion surface after I cut the jugular..."oh God, I hope he's not suffering". That is because I wasn't sure if I cut right...he flopped around a lot. I posted this in a separate thread, but want to share it here in this...

I am feeling the same way...with one exception. I culled my first bird ever this morning...an extra and aggressive 17 week old BR cockerel who bit the heck outta me two nights ago. When I sliced his jugular, my hands were shaking. I expected to cry and feel AWFUL for taking the life of...