1st time processing totally by myself (carcass photo)

[blueberrychickens]

Yuk is right!

Sad when killing a rooster is more apealing than doing taxes!

 

[mama24]

You'll get faster. I can do a single roo from catching to plucked and cleaned and in the fridge in under 20 min now.

 

[mommissan]

Wow!

 

[Smiles-N-Sunshine]

For me, the process became easier after the killing, as the "dead chicken" starts to look like "fresh poultry".

 

[mommissan]

For me, the process became easier after the killing, as the "dead chicken" starts to look like "fresh poultry".

You're right. There is a moment when the anxiety and guilt subsides and all that's left is the job at hand. I always remind myself that this soon-to-be meal was raised with respect and care; one less chicken raised on a commercial farm.

 

[Azriel]

Yuk is right!

Sad when killing a rooster is more apealing than doing taxes!

At least with the rooster I'll have something to eat, after taxes I won't be able to go to the grocery store for a month.

 

[mommissan]

Would the IRS accept a butchered rooster as payment? I'll need a bigger envelope.

 

[Smiles-N-Sunshine]

You're right. There is a moment when the anxiety and guilt subsides and all that's left is the job at hand. I always remind myself that this soon-to-be meal was raised with respect and care; one less chicken raised on a commercial farm.

Or, one less chicken raised in a factory.

 

[mommissan]

"Factory", you're right. I rescind the word "farm" Those aren't farms those store bought chickens come from.

 

[Azriel]

So, I gave one of the smaller of the roos to my BF's mom, told her to roast it low & slow. She called just raving about how good it was. Said she hadn't had a chicken that good in over 30 years. She just turned 80, and was raised on a farm with the old DP birds. Now she said she'll never buy another store chicken, and wants me to raise her Thanksgiving turkey. Oh no, what have I gotten myself into.