I gave away 7 cockerels and will be giving more away tomorrow morning. My feed bill will be happy and I get to put off learning how to dispatch and dress a bird for a while longer.
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Make sure you have all the right tools before you start processing from cutlery to a means of quick chilling after plucking and cleaning out the insides. Some have made the mistake of not waiting a day chilling birds before cooking. That is a no, no.I gave away 7 cockerels and will be giving more away tomorrow morning. My feed bill will be happy and I get to put off learning how to dispatch and dress a bird for a while longer.
Been watching videos and Facebook homesteaders talking about that.Make sure you have all the right tools before you start processing from cutlery to a means of quick chilling after plucking and cleaning out the insides. Some have made the mistake of not waiting a day chilling birds before cooking. That is a no, no.
Unless they just wanted to strengthen their jaw muscles...lolMake sure you have all the right tools before you start processing from cutlery to a means of quick chilling after plucking and cleaning out the insides. Some have made the mistake of not waiting a day chilling birds before cooking. That is a no, no.
My grandfather tried his best to instill in me that any job worth doing was worth doing right. It sure helps to have the right tools whether you are processing a chicken or building a house.Unless they just wanted to strengthen their jaw muscles...lol
It helps to know what you are doing if you raise meat birds and just don't feed a bunch of chickens until you are tired of fooling with them when they are three years old and process them as fryers...... That would take more than a weight lifters jaw muscles.Unless they just wanted to strengthen their jaw muscles...lol
I took in some cockerels and gave them a home as long as they live or I do. One is a beautiful Easter Egger and 3 are crosses with American Game and Indio Gigantes. They are very beautiful as well. I had one lady drive a couple hundred miles or so to give me her pet rooster to keep. She was afraid someone would eat her pet white rock roo. He's one of my buddies now. On a very sad note a predator got one of my favorite roos that I had taken in.I gave away 7 cockerels and will be giving more away tomorrow morning. My feed bill will be happy and I get to put off learning how to dispatch and dress a bird for a while longer.
I raised meat birds like 30 years ago for 4H. I didn't actually get to process them we took them somewhere for that but I did get to watch.It helps to know what you are doing if you raise meat birds and just don't feed a bunch of chickens until you are tired of fooling with them when they are three years old and process them as fryers...... That would take more than a weight lifters jaw muscles.
At our place chicken and dumplings.I raised meat birds like 30 years ago for 4H. I didn't actually get to process them we took them somewhere for that but I did get to watch.
What I'll be processing here will be birds for pressure cooking or making homemade cat food. They will be 6 to 9 month old culls from breeding projects for egg laying and dual purpose birds. Could end up as older birds as well but I'm reading up on uses for the older culls.