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Very good points!

Oh I am sure this will not be popular. Sorry for that. I like the cone method simply because if the heart stops beating before the chicken bleeds out you get those dark purple veins in the meat when you cook it. Being upside down puts chickens in a trance like state. I think it is all the...

All the upset sounds a lot like the movie *Chicken Run* Many people attach human emotion to animals, that doesn't make it so.

That sounds like a solid plan

How long is long enough for a rest period?

What I have read about waxing is that if you are doing 1or 2 birds it is a great thing. However if you are doing more than that the wax gets to be a very expensive way to pluck your birds.

This was helpful to me as I am still trying to emotionally prepare my family for me raising Meaties. If I finally get my family prepared for this and it goes poorly I am sure they will not be happy with me.