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Oh, so THAT's what the clear water was. I found it in some of my chickens but since it was clear and odorless I didn't stress about it. I did break one gall bladder when I was trying to get it separated from the liver. Had to trash that liver.

Sally, were your chickens caged or free ranging? Mine were free ranging and honestly I did not notice a bad smell at any time during processing. The only bad thing that happened was the very first chicken in to the cone managed to squirt some poop high into the air and it landed on me...

I put a bit of natural dish soap in the scald water. And I hosed the birds off really well before they got scalded. I figured no matter what we did, it was still bound to be cleaner than factory processing. When I butchered them, I was really careful to not cut into the vent. Also we fasted...

We butchered our 18 eight-week-old Cornish rock x chicks on Friday. my hubby was in charge of killing (need bigger cones next time....they barely fit). Once the were done bleeding, he and a friend washed them, scalded and then put them in the plucker (Whiz bang DIY man do I LOVE that thing)...