If you process, what do you do with the parts you don't want?

the feet and head GO to the dogs around here! clip off the nails first though.

as far as the intestines... we have a dump pile for that that's about a quarter mile away from where we usually are outside.

 

Compost pile. I keep mine pretty hot with kitchen scraps, goat manure, whatever else I can find. The chicken parts don't last long and the pile is apparently hot enough scavengers stay out of it. Well, they have stayed out of it all year anyway. Feathers, guts, heads and feet (feet I don't sell to some Chinese friends) all go in the pile under a covering of brooder wood chips.

 

I tried to compost mine, however it seems like I just fed the vultures, coyotes, and coons. Feathers I throw out with the garbage, all edible parts go out in a designated area of the property to become food.

 

Feet and heads are great for dogs. I feed them to my dogs when I can get them. Feet are great for dogs with bad hips, and the heads also have all kinds of nutrients.

 

When you say head, I can't help but think that you must be including brain. A CNS can be full of nasty stuff.

 

A chicken CNS can't give a dog anything nasty....if that were so, there would be generations of really sick dogs on THIS family and many others!

The feet of the CX are saved, scalded and peeled and saved to make chicken soup stock. The collagen in these parts are great for making jellied stock.

The heads, organs, necks, and unwanted scraps of fat and meat are saved to make into dog food.

The next time we do CX we will be saving the feathers for pillows.

The only thing that doesn't get used here are some of the entrails....and these are great fun for my layer flock to pick through and eat.

That leaves nothing but the bawk!

 

Quote:I agree but instead of sending them to my dogs, mine go to use with my hog. I like to think of it as recycling.

 

Heads get turned into dog food, feet into stock.

The only parts I actually "throw out" are digestive system and feathers, and those go to the compost heap. Feathers are a WONDERFUL thing to add to compost!