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I have a couple machetes but not so confident swinging one of those yet

Agreed. And that would be me!

It does look a bit laborious!

I just watched it. Gotta agree that it's a darn fine idea. But seems like a lot of labor to get the feathers off. After the guy in the video was finished, there was still a lot of feathers still on the bird. I think I might purchase that drill attachment in the near future as I plan on having a...

Good thinking. I plan on butchering next week. WIsh I would have been able to today (it was over 35 degrees) but got sidelined with 'honey-do' stuff.

I thought a bit about this after this post and contemplated using my air rifle. It's fairly powerful and is advertised as being able to take down anything from a squirrel to a coyote. But came to the conclusion that even this is overkill. I haven't butchered my chickens yet (hope to next...

Never thought of renting a plucker either. If you rent it - it must be one of those real nice expensive ones. I saw a video on youtube where some dude created an attachment for drills that 'supposedly' expedite the plucking process. My one and only experience plucking chickens was the time my...

I have never thought to skin the birds. interesting idea. i always thought the skin was the best tasting part of the bird.

Thank you pdirt. Great advice. Fantastic advice actually. Especially in regards to the butchering. I would never had thought to use a .22 on a chicken but that sure beats slitting the throat.

Good to know. I had never heard that sex of the chicken had anything to do with the taste. My Silkies are bantam. I've advertised them on Craigslist in the past with luck. I put these that I have now on CL a week ago and have only received one bite. Some guy that is making this...

thank you JPB. I appreciate your input. I've received more advice on this than I expected.

Thanks vbob.... valuable intel! :-)

First of all, it blows my mind how many people actually raise chickens as pets, and then they try to make me feel like a murderer for just discussing butchering them. Ok, I got that off my chest (sort of)... I recently rescued 30 chickens from a family member that couldn't properly take care...