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

[BCMaraniac]

I often leave those until I am ready to cook them. They seem to release better after the resting and or freezing period.

Twezers will get them out too.

I am quite sure when I take mine out of the freezer to cook I will find more of them on my birds, so will get to compare the release

. It is tedious, though, any way you do it.....

 

[mollybuck]

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haha.. we always popped them after they were done..and just before we rinsed the final time for the freezer. we had meat chickens and layers at the same time..the CX were kept in a pen inside, we fed them and left.. we couldnt even see them from outside or anything so there was no attachment to them. My dad has 65 right now, and he and my mom will butcher about a dozen at a time in a couple hours. maybe quicker now that he is getting a defeathering thing... cause all of his other ones grew up and moved out!! anyway, i was wondering how I will handle this as well. since we have 16 chicks, and are only keeping 8 or 9...we are planning on butchering, but the chicks are only a week old and we lost 2 already...and the kids are having a hard time. i keep warning them not to name them until we know who is who...but they arent listening!

 

[LemonMeringue]

Like a pimple! Lol! Ok, well at least I know its a normal thing with those little feathers. Now I don't feel like I am so bad at doing this

 

[fisherlady]

Yes, I am sure I am just having a learning curve and need practice for the speed. They did get a cool down in a couple of buckets I set up with a bit of sea salt, ice and water. They were popped in there after the intestines were removed. Then I did the remaining 'cleanup' inside at the kitchen sink. They were pretty cold by then and it did help. I used to have something that the handle looked like a scissors handle, but the end was like a big tweezer. It came from a medical surgery kit. I may try to hunt that up today!

Do you chill yours down before, or after the intestines are removed?

Ours are usually chilled for about a half hour or 45 mins before we get them to the process table to gut them. The outer body is cool, the inside is still warm

Like a pimple! Lol! Ok, well at least I know its a normal thing with those little feathers. Now I don't feel like I am so bad at doing this

nope, you're not doing bad at all! We all have been stuck dealing with the darned things! I like to get most of them out before bagging, just to avoid the possibility of one of them puncturing the bag we seal them in.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

test

 

[aoxa]

test

passed

 

[Sally Sunshine]

hello

 

[Sally Sunshine]

OMG that was so weird! three hours I was trying to get on this one thread!!! it kept running and rolling and screwed up!!! now I totally forgot what I wanted to say!!!

 

[gryeyes]

OMG that was so weird! three hours I was trying to get on this one thread!!! it kept running and rolling and screwed up!!! now I totally forgot what I wanted to say!!!

Welcome to my world.... Don't worry, though - it will come to you later, in the middle of some other activity. That's how it "works" for me.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

lol I did try it again! I typed out what I wanted to say and added the pic and it froze again! I think something is up with loading up images or something!