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PatS, I don't think you're crazy for butchering away from your flock. But I don't notice that processing seems to bother my other birds at all. On the contrary, they circle the killing station and the cutting table like feathered land sharks, waiting for bits to fall to the ground that they...

Quote: Yes, I think it's for the best. Unless you know your neighbors really well, and also any of their houseguests and other folks driving down your road where they could see it. Why upset someone unnecessarily? And in some neighborhoods, why upset someone to the point that they'll call...

There really isn't that much blood, and if you hold the bird's head steady after you slice the blood vessels you can help direct most of it into a bucket. Or tack some plastic around the trunk. You shouldn't have to "sacrifice" the tree, any blood that gets on it will wash off fairly easily...