(smile) to get the wings off, you make a slash in the armpit and then take hold of the wing and twist until you can see where the joint it. The actual joint is quite easy to cut through.
Same with the thigh. Lay the bird on its back, cut between the body and the thigh and then push the thigh down towards the table. You will be able to feel the joint.
You don't have to choose between tame birds and being impersonal. The Cornish Cross are very calm and trusting. All you have to do is to feed them every day and they will have no fear of you at all. You can just walk right up to a CX and pick it right up without scaring it. Mine don't flap or struggle when picked up. I have to push them out of the way to walk in their pen.
It doesn't matter if you are gentle or rough when cutting the bird up. It can't feel a thing at that point.
Same with the thigh. Lay the bird on its back, cut between the body and the thigh and then push the thigh down towards the table. You will be able to feel the joint.
You don't have to choose between tame birds and being impersonal. The Cornish Cross are very calm and trusting. All you have to do is to feed them every day and they will have no fear of you at all. You can just walk right up to a CX and pick it right up without scaring it. Mine don't flap or struggle when picked up. I have to push them out of the way to walk in their pen.
It doesn't matter if you are gentle or rough when cutting the bird up. It can't feel a thing at that point.
