Oil gland on chickens

[Buster52]

Do you remove this? We don't for home use, but we are selling now and so I'm having second thoughts.

I know some producers do, some don't. Do you?

Thanks.

 

[mnferalkitty]

I do..I think the oil gland tastes bad and can taint the meat

 

[debs_flock]

Yes, it's very simple to make a small cut from side to side, just in front and just behind. Makes kind of a triangular divot out of the base of the tail just where it attaches to the back.

For myself, I don't care about the presentation aspect and I don't eat the tail (my sister did when we were kids). Anyway, I just remove the whole tail. I make the cut on each side of the tail and where it attaches to the back. Then when I pull out the insides, the whole thing comes out without having to cut around the vent.

It works for me.

Deb

 

[Smiles-N-Sunshine]

Yep, I remove the whole tail, too. I skin rather than pluck, and this makes it easier to run a blade along the backbone.