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I agree with all of the above posts. If it is help with the mental part of it, I know it helped me to think about the life you gave to him before it came time to process. Remember that all of the other "store bought" chickens you have eaten lived all of their lives in confinement and never got...

Glad it went well for you! I will raise them again, but only in the spring. Our mid to late summers are just too hot for the poor guys...

Congrats on processing your first ones. I have not done waterfowl, but now have about 18 chickens under my belt. It gets easier. Years ago we bought what was supposed to be a trio of geese, but ended up being 2 males and 1 female. We had the extra male processed and he made a wonderful...

I think I would cook them today or freeze them.

Congrats on making the plunge and sorry t didn't go well. I hope you are able to do it again. What is it you think you screwed up? Some of it just takes practice., I have heard that some add a touch of liquid dish soap to the water and it helps a bit with the smell. I haven't tried it...

That only work for vessles that run vertically though. http://poultry.information.in.th/manual-slaughtering.html

I finally process the other 2 meaties yesterday. These 2 were hens and were smaller than the two I processed a couple of weeks ago. Those 2 had a finished weight of about 3.5 lbs each. These 2 finished at 4.9 and 5.9 lbs each! Wow! That's a lot of chicken!

Just came home with 15 new CX chicks today........my Hubby is going to wring MY neck....

Yeah!!!! I still have the 2 girls to go. I am waiting until next week though...it got too hot! I did get the 2 I already did vacuum sealed and in the freezer though!