- Mar 18, 2014
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About 2 months ago my neighbor gave me a White Leghorn rooster. Yes he was quite small..... I first tried him in the coop but my others were still too small for him. I have spring chicks and was hoping he would get along just fine with them. The problem started when he mated and killed one of my turkeys, After that I kicked him out of the coop. He was now a free-range Rooster..... He then got into my cucumber patch and ate every stinkin' one of the seedlings...... SO in the past couple of weeks I have been catching him in the tomato garden.... This was a big NO NO!!!!! I tried shooing him away and retraining him back over by the coop..... Today I was harvesting my tomatoes and had to give half of them to the chooks because he had eaten part of them..... I had had enough....... I went inside watched a quick youtube video on processing and went at it.... Throughout this process I made many mistakes and basically chopped the whole thing to h*** and back.... I got my chopping block, "Sharp Knife", Machete(couldn't find hatchet) and a bucket along with trash bags....... I gathered the rooster in a cage and went to work. Everything was going fine until I went to chop his head off...... The machete that I used was not as sharp as I hoped it was it took a few blows..... Then I plucked him (No problem at all)..... When it came time to gut him I had no idea what to do lol..... So I cut around the vent and tried to pull it all out..... This was not so good.... Finally I got him in and tried to cut him up and that's when the whole process became for nothing...... I ruined my bird it was so bad that all I got off it was two legs and thighs...... I know this sounds terrible but this is only the second time I have ever butchered a chicken...... Can yall please give me some advice? I do plan on butchering about 10 birds in September and would like to be prepared.... I was thinking that I may cut the throat or use a hatchet next time, What do you guys prefer and are there any significant sites I can go to in order to learn? Thank you, I sure hope this never happens again haha......