Processed for first time yesterday and can't get smell out of my head!

[secuono]

I never noticed a smell, but I also don't scald, plucking feathers isn't as hard as most people say it is.

 

[Beekissed]

Here's some helpful hints....when processing dual purpose birds that are older than CX/meaties, you might want to skin instead of pluck. The only part of a chicken that should be dirty or poopy should be feet and directly below and around the an*s. As mentioned, if you must pluck, then just rinse these areas before scalding or even dry pluck those icky feathers around the an*s.

I found the CX to be incredibly without any odor whatsoever, which was a shock after smelling their nasty poops for so long. Mine were clean birds and didn't have any of the poop on them, as I free ranged and used deep litter. Those birds I scalded but didn't detect any odors even with the scalding...not a bit like older hens and roos.

Country folk DO seem to be more accustomed to certain smells than do city dwellers, but we tend to get a little amused at sensitive olfactory senses from folks who live in smoggy, exhaust filled environments that would burn our nose hairs out and make our eyes water. Each to their own smells, I would say!

 

[SteveH]

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I still remember my first visit to Chicago, my eyes were watering before we got off the interstate, and my head hurt all day long.
And they ban raising livestck there? I say it's too unhealthy for the animals anyway, let the city folks smell the pollution and listen to the sirens and horns going all the time................................... I'll 'suffer' through the sound of roosters crowing and the smell of manure.

[Not supporting the smell of confinement systems though. A friend says it smells like money to him; which might explain the old "root of all evil" saying.]