*sigh*
I am making leaps and bounds in this whole farming lifestyle I've jumped into with both feet.
As said in other posts I have 25 Jumbo Cornish chicks coming for dinners, the first week of June.
My husband and I will have to process these birds ourselves as their is only one butcher in our state and they are EXPENSIVE to the point where it isn't worth it to us to raise our own meat.
I have never killed anything bigger than a large spider. LOL
I have been reading all sorts of things online about slaughtering and I geniunely feel like I can do it, moreso I feel, than even my husband. I am much more adept at going into a "zone" than he is and just doing what you gotta do.
We have decided that at first I will kill the bird, and then he will scald and pluck and I will probably deal with the innards at first.
Can you tell me about your first experiances with "processing" your birds? Is it fast?
I am trying to weigh which methods are fastest for the bird, not me. I just want it to die as quick as possible. I'm not sure at first that I could break necks with my bare hands... I was thinking about cutting their throats and letting them bleed out like that, is that fast for them compared to just getting whomped in the head or having it lopped off?
God excuse my choice of words, lopped, whomped...
The other post title is great at summing up how I feel "Hold My Hand"
Thanks,
I am making leaps and bounds in this whole farming lifestyle I've jumped into with both feet.
As said in other posts I have 25 Jumbo Cornish chicks coming for dinners, the first week of June.
My husband and I will have to process these birds ourselves as their is only one butcher in our state and they are EXPENSIVE to the point where it isn't worth it to us to raise our own meat.
I have never killed anything bigger than a large spider. LOL
I have been reading all sorts of things online about slaughtering and I geniunely feel like I can do it, moreso I feel, than even my husband. I am much more adept at going into a "zone" than he is and just doing what you gotta do.
We have decided that at first I will kill the bird, and then he will scald and pluck and I will probably deal with the innards at first.
Can you tell me about your first experiances with "processing" your birds? Is it fast?
I am trying to weigh which methods are fastest for the bird, not me. I just want it to die as quick as possible. I'm not sure at first that I could break necks with my bare hands... I was thinking about cutting their throats and letting them bleed out like that, is that fast for them compared to just getting whomped in the head or having it lopped off?
The other post title is great at summing up how I feel "Hold My Hand"
Thanks,