Just a comment. Even a confirmed wuss can learn to process chickens. Look at me. If I can do it anybody can. The first chicken I butchered was a Cornish X that went down on his legs and wasn't going to make it to butchering day. My brother and husband were out of town and weren't due back for several days so it was just me. I printed out the butchering instuctions found on the meat bird page, put on a BIG kettle of water to heat, and went out to the tool shed for a very large pruning shears. Regular limb loppers. I got the poor chicken, hung him up, lopped off his head, bled him, scalded him and plucked him and cleaned him. I just looked at my printout page by page and did what it said one step at a time. Now I do all the butchering. Me. The wuss. The key is not to think about it. Just do it. The first one is the hardest and it does get easier. And faster. Since I usually work by myself I don't process them all at once. Usually two or four per day.
If I had an Amish community nearby, I would have asked them. But I don't. I have a friend who lives near some Cambodians and they do all his chickens for a pittance. But in my case, there is just me.
