How Old is Too Old for Processing?

[redhen]

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What may be tough to do if you're over 80?

process a chicken..i imagine its not easy..and if your elderly and all....

....i was just kidding with the post though.....just being my usual dorky self...

....sorry...

 

[dancingbear]

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No they aren't laying anymore that's why the lady gave them to us. She asked what people do with hens that don't lay anymore. Duh? Then of coarse I couldn't butcher the poor granny hens. The dumb things up and died about a month after I got them though about a week apart from each other. They must have known the fate of a nonlayer at my house.

Sometimes with a change of location and diet, non-layers will start laying again. I'm not sure how old my oldest hen is. 6 or 7, I think. Maybe only 5, I'm really not sure!

 

[jvls1942]

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Yep, that's exactly what he said. I chipper/shredder and into the back of a truck.

Sick!

I hope they killed them first..

I bury my feathers and guts in the manure pile to compost.. birds that die get buried there also..

 

[jvls1942]

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What may be tough to do if you're over 80?

process a chicken..i imagine its not easy..and if your elderly and all....

....i was just kidding with the post though.....just being my usual dorky self...

....sorry...

I'm 66 and some days that is too old..

 

[dancingbear]

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process a chicken..i imagine its not easy..and if your elderly and all....

....i was just kidding with the post though.....just being my usual dorky self...

....sorry...

I'm 66 and some days that is too old..

I'm 51 and some days it's too old! Other days I almost feel like a spring chicken. Well, maybe a summer chicken.

Redhen, I take it you're a youngster?

 

[redhen]

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I'm 66 and some days that is too old..

I'm 51 and some days it's too old! Other days I almost feel like a spring chicken. Well, maybe a summer chicken.

Redhen, I take it you're a youngster?

well..a lady never tells her age....(good thing i'm not one..

..)..i'm 35....

...and feel every minute of it!....

...

 

[Gazinga]

35?! your still a kid! im 40 and i still feel like a kid! lol, i bet you spring out of bed in the mornings and run to the chickens with music in the background, like a disney movie, i know i do (riiight)

 

[redhen]

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LOL...

...ooh...i think i can remember those days!.

......now..i dont spring anywhere first thing in the morning when i wake up..except to the coffee machine...THEN..i sort of resemble a human being....sort of...

 

[Hattie the Hen]

GREETINGS FROM A VERY COLD BRIT. IT'S ABOUT -10% HERE OVERNIGHT. Thats very cold for us!! If you have older chickens you need to dispatch and eat i have a recipe I've used for 50 years or so and I wish i had some now to warm myself up. It is much tastier made with a bird who has lived a bit!!!! Clean the bird out and keep the neck,heart, liver etc and most importantly the feet (you should scubb these thoroughly of course), You will need onions, celery,carrots, leeks, garlic, herbs (I use a big bunch of parsely stalks, rosemary, thyme and bay leaves), You put all these along with the chicken in a very large pot and fill up with cold water. I also put in a large piece of Shin of beef plus a beef bone if I can get one. You then bring this to the boil and leave it boiling for about 5 minutes. Then you turn the heat right down until you can see just the odd bubble coming to the surface. This is the great secret----LONG, LONG, VERY SLOW COOKING.Now I can't tell you just how long because it depends on the age, size, breed etc, size of pot and just how many chunks of vegetables etc you put in. The meat should be almost falling off the bird. You can add potatoes at the end or have mashed potatoes. As you serve it you should put in plenty of chopped parsely. I love it with plenty of the clear gravy. This is the way the French eat it (no potatoes for them but a lot of garlic). To me it's the best winter meal you can have--Please try it! I hope my Roos don't annoy me today-----MMMMmmmmm--Yummy!!! The stock makes the base of lots of other delicious soups.Hope you enjoy it!!!

 

[kpeavey]

My grandmother used to say
"that old hen was a might tough, but its a whole lot tougher when there's none."