Processing Day Support Group ~ HELP us through the Emotions PLEASE!

[Alaska Fowl INC]

Killing cones are the best way..As I see it,,A birds brain /head is very small..By placing the bird upside down..all the blood rushes to that part of the body..We all know that too much blood will make you black out or loose consciousness. So I look @ it as the bird is already there when i swing the blade..I also have seen that if the spinal cord is not severed then the birds reaction are more calm and subdued....

 

[ozexpat]

i hope all is going well

in the end, were you the one on the left or the right?

 

[foxflower]

I haven't read all the posts, but I noticed some questions about cooking birds in the pressure cooker. Here's what I've done. Butcher and skin the bird, let rest in the fridge 48 hours. I then rewash and bag the whole (small) bird and the freeze it until needed. Again, these were small heritage birds. I then pop the frozen bird in a the pressure cooker, and water up to 2/3 full or less (can be just to cover the bird), and add salt, celery, onion, and whatever else I want in there. Then I bring it up to pressure, cook for about 12 minutes at full (no dial) pressure, then quick release. The meat was perfect -- ready to fall off the bones and I had stock left over. I then take the meat and make whatever I want with it. I consider this the cheater's way because I don't like the mess of defrosting the bird in the fridge. I don't save the gizzard or giblets, so that isn't included in how I cook.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

One down three to go....

NOTE: make sure killing cone is correct size, take time to cut neck correctly. Learn how to upload pics from cell. Be prepared for kids wanting to help, harmony gutted after I loosened it all up. Luke cut feet off, plucking takes no time at all.

Question.....
tiny hairs like human. How to rid them?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

A lot of yellow fat means I overfeed right?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Btw I put in cone DH did deed

 

[wingstone]

One down three to go....

NOTE: make sure killing cone is correct size, take time to cut neck correctly. Learn how to upload pics from cell. Be prepared for kids wanting to help, harmony gutted after I loosened it all up. Luke cut feet off, plucking takes no time at all.

Question.....
tiny hairs like human. How to rid them?

proud of all of you,,,those small hairs, if for my own use, i leave them, if for customer, small torch burns them right off....you really do not notice them after resting though.

 

[wingstone]

A lot of yellow fat means I overfeed right?

I know right now you will not think it worth the time....but that fat rendered down makes the best fried potatoes

 

[Sally Sunshine]

pictures, note cone size BEFORE we had the chicken in it and after, ooops! that was the most traumatic of it all, wanting to do it fast and then having to screw around with the stupid cone!







TOOK 15 minutes before the slice to get the stupid cone right size,
we had to cut off about 8 inches of it!


TIME : 13:45













TIME : 14:05

First one LF cochin roo = 20 minutes from slice to fridge EXACTLY

THANK YOU EVERYONE!
3 more to go after a stress break

 

[Sally Sunshine]

You go girl!!

OMG!!!