Hanging with my peeps in Texas.

[JB8907]

Tried it, but it was awkward and didn't work for me. I only tried it three times, and only succeeded in killing the bird twice; an axe keeps me a little further from the blood, and I'm more squeamish than I like to admit. With enough practice, I'm sure you could get it to work, but I was afraid I was going to hurt the chicken in some horrible way and leave it to suffer until I could figure out how to dispatch it properly.

It should be noted that it is almost always easier to pluck a young bird than an old bird, which may have been part of this guy's success.

Where did you learn to pith?

 

[sylviethecochin]

Where did you learn to pith?

My mother has many, many farming books. I couldn't name the specific book, but I know I learned it from one in her collection. I don't particularly feel like going through Amazon until I figure out which one it was.

There's probably a site somewhere telling you how to do it with pictures. Let me check...

EDT:This thread is interesting reading, but I've picked out the two main informations.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...atchet-graphic-pics.90607/page-3#post-2531065

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/well-i-did-it-pithing-vs-hatchet-graphic-pics.90607/ (fourth picture from the bottom on first post.)

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Congrats on the insta-flock. Good luck with honing your butchering skills.

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC.

This is a useful link of BYC guides to take a look at announcements-feedback-issues-guides.3 I’d suggest including your location using the guide in that link. You can use this link to contact members in your area - Find your State's thread.

Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[007Sean]

Howdy neighbor and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Glad to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!
You might like to join us Texans over on the Texas thread in the "Where am I, Where are You" forum. Here's the link:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/texas.44/unread

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[alexa009]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens! We are glad you joined the flock! BYC is a helpful site providing all of the information you need to know about poultry. There is always space for members on the BYC roost! Hope you enjoy it here as much as we all do!
Merry Christmas!

 

[AnimalGeek23]

We welcome you to BYC
We're glad to have you here!
We hope you'll learn lots of things,
We hope you'll have lots of fun,
We hope you will love our awesome community!

Welcome and settle in with the flock!

 

[sourland]

Merry Christmas, and welcome to BYC.

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

Merry Christmas to you and yours

IF you'd like I can hook you up with some processing videos. I use a cone and knife, I scald and use a plucker.

 

[drumstick diva]

Thank you for joining us at Backyard Chickens. Hope you will enjoy it as much as we do.