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Ok, I'll try. I'm not that great with a camera.

Well, I've had a stroke of luck. I mentioned my coworker from Uganda who slaughtered chickens all the time back home. I'd offered her some of my roosters, but she turned them down saying roosters are tough and not very good tasting. She did coach me on how to slaughter and pluck it though...

I envy you for having worked in a meat dept for 9 years. You actually know what you're doing! :) I'll try to reframe the processing smell. Maybe I can make it seem to me 'not that bad' if I try hard enough. I didn't wear gloves at all. It didn't occur to me. If I ever work up the nerve to...

Of course! That's probably it. I was smelling it on my hands. lol... It's gone now.

The smell is bad too. I'm totally not sensitive to smells (I have a really bad sense of smell), but this is bad. I don't know if it's the blood or the feathers or both. Unpleasant. I can still smell it, and I'm in my living room, not where I slaughtered him (obviously :) ).

That's good to hear. The only thing I can say is that I'm not traumatized by the experience. And I really don't miss that rooster. Now I have two more roosters I need to get rid of. They're not aggressive toward me like the one this morning was, but they're upsetting the pullets. I may have to...

Thanks for the hugs and the support. I'm sitting here thinking I either need to find someone else to dispatch my extra roosters or I need to give up on chickens altogether. Or maybe just keep a few as pets.

Well, I did it. And of course I screwed it up, but it's done. On the hand It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. On the other, I'm not sure I'll ever be able to do it again. Which is too bad, because I was hoping I'd have the confidence of knowing I'd be able to deal with extra roosters.

I'll work on sharpening it more today. The bird is in a cage with water only. It helps that he tried to bite me again this morning. I smacked my wrist on something while jerking my hand away from him. Things are going to be more peaceful around here when he's gone.

Thanks, fisherlady and Elke. Very useful information. I hope I get this done relatively humanely. The first one is the one we learn on I guess. I went on youtube and watched a few more videos. Several were horrible! A couple looked like the knife was dull. The person just kept sawing and...

Thanks. I figured I'd be asking questions that had been covered. Reading 400+ pages seemed overwhelming, though. :( I appreciate you're putting me off of the method where the chicken is held in the lap. Thanks for all the help and support. I'll make my best effort. My goal is to have it done...

What about this? Knocking it out beforehand?

Thanks, Ronott and Tomtommom. Thanks for the feedback on the video. I'm in love with it too. This rooster is used to being carried by me, but he's also big and strong and has bitten me more than once. I'd just like to minimize the chances of this first kill being stressful. If that's not the...

Originally Posted by Sally Sunshine OMG DH botched the first old roo, I could have booted him! I ended up having to do it, what a scene! He slit the throat, NOT, he only slit the skin a bit way down his neck! I was telling him he didnt do it right (BAD MOVE FOR ANY WOMAN RIGHT?) the roo was...

I hope I'm not too late to get some support here - although I'm not sure what anyone can say. I'm not sure I can make myself slaughter this rooster, but he has got to go. He's becoming troublesome. I think I know what to do after watching some youtube videos. I have a very sharp knife ready. I...