What do you do with cockerels that you hatch?

[bobbi-j]

Wow, I just watched a couple of videos on this. Practice makes perfect I'm sure. I saw two different ways to kill them, 1st was a supposed humane way and 2nd was the old fashioned way that I've seen with a hatchet. The humane way didn't look very humane to me so I sure wont go that way. It looks a lot easier than I thought it would be, just time consuming. Now I'm really interested!

Impress, I wished you lived closer too! I'll have to check around my area for someone to show me the ropes and answer the questions I'll have.

That is a great idea! Much easier than trying to go it alone, I think. We use the hatchet and stump method. Two nails in the stump, neck between the nails, I hold the feet, hubby wields the hatchet (I'm just not coordinated enough - I'd probably lose parts of myself

). I think people don't think of the hatchet as a "humane" method because, let's face it - it ain't pretty. The birds flop, flap and bleed. But I think it's the quickest, most humane method there is. It's all over in a second.

I grew up hunting pheasants and ducks, so I learned to clean birds at a young age.

dstinett, I've heard of deer hunters trying to give meat to food kitchens, I think the worst thing is the kitchens accepted the meat and then threw it out. I wanted to cry about all of that venison just thrown out like garbage.

Again, they could maybe keep the meat if it were processed at an inspected facility. Our church runs a little Bible Camp three weeks out of the summer, and we're not allowed to accept any meat that has not been processed "professionally".