Butchering Question

[ChickChic00]

Hi, first time I'm gonna butcher probably later today. If I just want the breasts, wings,Thighs and legs. Can I just cut those parts off? Instead of dealing with the guts and lungs and such?

 

[Molpet]

Hi, first time I'm gonna butcher probably later today. If I just want the breasts, wings,Thighs and legs. Can I just cut those parts off? Instead of dealing with the guts and lungs and such?

Yes,
After butchering, just make sure to rest for a day or two so rigor mortis can leave the muscles...or you will think your chewing rubber bands

 

[ChickChic00]

Yes,
After butchering, just make sure to rest for a day or two so rigor mortis can leave the muscles...or you will think your chewing rubber bands

Thank you!!

 

[aart]

Gratuitous story here.
My very first slaughter, was going to skin and preserve hackle and saddle feathers of a 10mo cockerel. This is when I first learned about lice, had no idea but he was crawling with them.
So partially skinned(which was way harder than I thought it would be) and got breast fillets, upper wings and leg/thighs...glad I had read about doing that. Tho the lice grossed me out, (oh, and all other birds were inspected and treated), was glad not to gut.