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We chopped the heads off. Actually my hubby did that dirty work. My stomach turned as I saw them hanging bleeding out. The easiest was plucking. Didn't realize how easy the feathers came off and it was actually relaxing. Hardest was when I was gutting, wish I had someone with me to tell me how to do the first one. It took forever for me to do the first one because I was very careful not to puncture anything. Afterwards, I knew what was inside and got a system down. We never killed any game before this. I thought I would have a problem with the feet but after they are chopped they amazingly looked just like the chicken at the store.
And now I know for next time, keep them in the fridge for a while. Thanks to you guys.
This sounds a lot like my first experience, except the thing that freaked me out the worst I think was the head blinking at me...
I've got to get the hot water dip down better - I think I was dipping them too long sometimes, had a little bit of skin tearing. Good advice from my coach, it's better to dip for a short time and have to re-dip than to over-dip and "cook" the skin!
We chopped the heads off. Actually my hubby did that dirty work. My stomach turned as I saw them hanging bleeding out. The easiest was plucking. Didn't realize how easy the feathers came off and it was actually relaxing. Hardest was when I was gutting, wish I had someone with me to tell me how to do the first one. It took forever for me to do the first one because I was very careful not to puncture anything. Afterwards, I knew what was inside and got a system down. We never killed any game before this. I thought I would have a problem with the feet but after they are chopped they amazingly looked just like the chicken at the store.

And now I know for next time, keep them in the fridge for a while. Thanks to you guys.
This sounds a lot like my first experience, except the thing that freaked me out the worst I think was the head blinking at me...
