Butchering inside without making a mess.

[Castlemaid]

I've only ever butchered one bird so far. A mean rooster that I did outdoors about a month ago. I'm getting ready to do my other surplus rooster, but wiht temps in the -20 to -30 Celsius range this week, I'd like to do it inside. Any tips on how to proceed with minimum mess?

 

[MarkJr]

Kill cone over large trash can.

 

[NatJ]

Maybe kill the bird outside, get it bled out and done flapping, and then finish inside.

Skinning will probably make less mess than plucking, because the feathers can stay stuck to the skin.

For a work surface, I would probably put a big cookie sheet or baking pan on the counter or table (easier to was the pan in the sink after, instead of having to scrub as much off the table). Or else just scrub the sink beforehand and work directly in the now-clean sink.

I've never actually butchered inside, so I'm just thinking of what I usually do for minimizing outside mess, that could be transferred to indoors.

 

[iwltfum]

It will definitely be messy if you kill and pluck it inside. Can I ask why you waited for the coldest week of the winter so far to butcher your rooster and do you have to do it this week? I would honestly wait for a warmer week and kill/pluck inside. I eviscerate in a room covered in plastic walls up to 8 feet up the wall (the kind in commercial kitchens and some bathrooms) that can be spayed down with a hose. Even just eviscerating in there, I mostly always end up with bits of connective tissue and blood spatter on the wall.

 

[TimberLine Homestead]

We would need proof to believe that.

 

[Kiraeh]

I've butchered a few times inside, I don't find it that bad. You need a large counter, preferably stainless or something you can wipe down properly. I did the bleeding out outside and the rest inside, but a kill cone + garbage bag setup would let you do everything indoors.
Plucking is messier, skinning is ez pz.

 

[Alaskan]

I've butchered a few times inside, I don't find it that bad. You need a large counter, preferably stainless or something you can wipe down properly. I did the bleeding out outside and the rest inside, but a kill cone + garbage bag setup would let you do everything indoors.
Plucking is messier, skinning is ez pz.

X2
Have to go putside to grab the critter anyway... so kill it there.... but do all else inside.

But we usually just lay out a black garbage bag as a table cloth over the table... and have at. Then when done the trash bag is tossed.

And us too .. usually skip plucking inside and just skin.