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I like the skin personally but only if I'm going to be frying the bird. My fiancee doesnt quite have the pull down method down to give the drumsticks an attractive look. I slaughter the birds and then he takes over processing and brings me in the bird all clean for me to put in the freezer. I'm just wondering since its an old bird and I wont be frying it if it might be a waste of time for him to pluck. We slaughter so few its not cost effective for us to buy a plucker so we do everything by hand. Plus the yellow jackets are a big problem here. I bought a gazebo with mosquito netting on the cheap for us to process in this time around but its such a pain.I'm the wrong one to ask. I skin them because that's the way my wife wants them, skinless. What she wants is what she gets. She has some medical reasons for that.
If you skin him expect a lot of connective tissue holding the skin to the meat and skeleton. It takes hand strength to skin and I use a sharp knife to cut that connective tissue.
Some people really like the skin but to me that's a personal preference issue.
You clearly know what you are doing there.