Raising chickens

[clodhopper]

I don't see much difference in the eggs. My wife says otherwise, so I keep in mind "happy wife, happy life". Meat chickens are much better than store bought. We haven't done meat birds but friends have. Quick turn around. My son keeps suggesting we start doing meat birds, so we will see. Gotta butcher 4 old layers this weekend, got the next batch of layers already getting big.

[Great-Kazoo]

I don't see much difference in the eggs. My wife says otherwise, so I keep in mind "happy wife, happy life". Meat chickens are much better than store bought. We haven't done meat birds but friends have. Quick turn around. My son keeps suggesting we start doing meat birds, so we will see. Gotta butcher 4 old layers this weekend, got the next batch of layers already getting big.

If you're not doing it at home. There's a place in berthoud that does it every few weeks. almost set up like an assembly line. We can "taste" a difference. Theen again, when my hot rods were washed , they always went faster.

[clodhopper]

Not allowed to butcher in town. Course it only matters if the neighbors object. We are scheduled in Berthoud on Sunday.

I haven't much experience with hotrods, but I can say for offroad vehicles that cleanliness seems to impair and stickers add horsepower.

[Great-Kazoo]

Not allowed to butcher in town. Course it only matters if the neighbors object. We are scheduled in Berthoud on Sunday.

I haven't much experience with hotrods, but I can say for offroad vehicles that cleanliness seems to impair and stickers add horsepower.

Leave some feed back / AAR on that berthoud place. A kid and his GF went there last month. It being their first time having to put an animal down was interesting as they put it. She said once she got in to it, slitting their throats was "just another day"

[Roger Ronas]

How do you defeather a bird?

[Great-Kazoo]

How do you defeather a bird?

Few drinks, low lights and location, location, location.

[ChunkyMonkey]

How do you defeather a bird?

Either scolding hot water then hand pluck or shoes polisher (thats what I call it anyway)... Watch below videos. When I butcher a chicken, I just put them in an old butter can (old #10 can with a smaller hold cut on the bottom) and hack the head off

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoqP0YOkG3c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lxm3Y0j_NI

[buffalobo]

Pull their heads off, scald em and pluck em, dress em out. Wash em clean and give em to the wife for freezing/canning.

[buffalobo]

Nope, converted city girl won't touch it til fur, feathers, claws and guts are gone. But she does bring me beer while I do it.

[Great-Kazoo]

Nope, converted city girl won't touch it til fur, feathers, claws and guts are gone. But she does bring me beer while I do it.

Hopefully it's open.