Killing, Plucking, Eviscerating, & Cutting Up Your Chicken - Graphic!

[BellaLulaFarm]

Thanks so much. I hope I can find this again in a couple months when we need to harvest! Do you have other homesteading pictorials available?

 

[Cetawin]

Thank you frugal. Excellent resource and I vote for this to become a sticky...if no one else has already.

 

[scubaforlife]

If you go to youtube and search for joel salatin featherman, you can see a video of killing, eviscerating, cutting, etc... He shows a bit different method for eviscerating, neither is right or wrong just a style. The videos show slowmo incase your are wondering how to hold, where to pull, etc...

Awesome pictures here though, pretty sure you could do it without the videos.

 

[huntsman]

Why is it that regardless of whom you buy from, there is always an abundance of roos in the birds you receive?!

That's a moot point now, with the new-found knowledge I have from this thread, and that bossy little sucker that is terrorising my flock is going down!

 

[Shady Orchard]

Wonderful!!!! Thank you so much for sharing!!

 

[Charles07]

Bookmarked, and thanks!

 

[ThePigeonKid]

Wow, this is the best how-to I've ever seen!

 

[blefky]

This is a keeper - thanks so much!

 

[Aunt Bea]

Thank you so much, Frugal!

Now, if I can just get the nerve to try it. ... I've watched the process but I'm not sure if I can do it. But somebody has to, I guess, and if I'm going to raise chickens for food then I need to be willing to do this part, too. I've cut up many a chicken and I've plucked them, too, but never have killed one. My granny used to wring their necks and I know I cannot do that. Hubs is squeamish; he'd probably pass out, so I guess if we kill our own it will be me.

Excellent instructions!!!

I looked up chicken pluckers and they are expensive! Are they really worth the money?

Aunt Bea

 

[Stinky Puddle Ranch]

@ frugal

Eggcellent tutorial, Frugal. Thank you so much for posting.

This definitely beats the "old fashioned way" of processing chickens with my Grandmother.
I remember many a times chasing the chicken down, ringing it's neck, dipping then plucking for EVER (it seemed like).

In the near future we will be processing a few chickens. I wish I could get my hands on one of those defeathers/pluckers.
They don't have them for rent in my area... I wish they did. As soon as we safe up for one we'll get one or build one from scratch.
We're interested in the 'wizbang' manual... it'll just take a bit of time and finances.

Again, thank you so very much for the tutorial. You did a fabulous job.