Skin or gut first???

[Farmer Gab]

This morning I want to butcher out some meat birds. I know I want to skin them all without plucking, but I am not sure whether to gut them before or after the skinning. I have reviewed all of the recommended sites and I have butchered out four turkeys so I feel prepared in all other ways. Please let me know whether you would skin or gut first...

THANKS!

 

[ChickenToes]

Gut first, then skin. You have to get the, um, 'innards' out before they get too hot and start to create gasses inside the bird.