Depends.
Are you raising Cornish Cross aka "meat birds" or dual purpose chickens?
The former is generally 6-8 weeks, the latter 16-20 weeks. For dual purpose birds, they will generally be smaller than meat birds and will be a bit tougher. Smaller but more tender at younger ages. Older than 20...
Not sure if an air soft gun is the same as an airgun aka pellet gun, perhaps your son knows. The pellets come in different shapes. The flat nosed ones I think are better at stunning, not sure if they are meant to penetrate. I used pellets that had a conical point and they definitely worked. Be...
I can understand. We just started our first-ever butchering as well and it wasn't as smooth at first. I found with the roosters, I was having a hit/miss approach being able to cut the neck quickly, even with a REALLY REALLY sharp knife. I think there were so many pin-feathers on these 23-week...