This is my first post, though I've been lurking quite a bit. Love the site, thanks for all the help I've gotten here over time. I live on a little homestead and have lots of roosters right now and my abattoir has stopped taking poultry. oops.
In the olden days I bet that country women used to "do in" just one chicken at a time quite often (without helper involvement) and then process it into food (without freezer involvement). I'm thinking the process was "quick and dirty" (was that the origin of the phrase?)
Most of the stuff you see on youtube is about the very best way for (at least two) people to slaughter a bunch of chickens and get them into the freezer.
I bet there are tricks to doing just one chicken for dinner, solo. Hopefully with a minimalist amount of gear? I once read about a guy who would clean his freshly-caught fish right in the garden. That's the kind of efficiency I'm talking about.
An elder of mine said "wring the neck". But that isn't going to work for me, I have no strength. I also doubt I can manage a hatchet with any precision while holding a *rooster*. So, maybe the killing cone?
Any suggestions or reading material? I've never killed a chicken. I do have an experienced friend who is willing to help me out first time, but I will have to be independent eventually. She and her husband use a hatchet.
thanks in advance
Renee
In the olden days I bet that country women used to "do in" just one chicken at a time quite often (without helper involvement) and then process it into food (without freezer involvement). I'm thinking the process was "quick and dirty" (was that the origin of the phrase?)
Most of the stuff you see on youtube is about the very best way for (at least two) people to slaughter a bunch of chickens and get them into the freezer.
I bet there are tricks to doing just one chicken for dinner, solo. Hopefully with a minimalist amount of gear? I once read about a guy who would clean his freshly-caught fish right in the garden. That's the kind of efficiency I'm talking about.
An elder of mine said "wring the neck". But that isn't going to work for me, I have no strength. I also doubt I can manage a hatchet with any precision while holding a *rooster*. So, maybe the killing cone?
Any suggestions or reading material? I've never killed a chicken. I do have an experienced friend who is willing to help me out first time, but I will have to be independent eventually. She and her husband use a hatchet.
thanks in advance
Renee