Butchering day. Started with the kill cone.


Headed to the scalder and the feather plucker. (I didn't save the video correctly, dammit!)

Iced them down and took them home for a nice final dress. Started saving the gizzards and hearts, so we'll see how those turn out.


The runt was just under 3lbs, but he was also only 6 weeks old. The big rooster was 6.5lbs dressed. The other hens were 5-6lbs each. Not bad for 8 weeks.

For some reason, that rooster disagrees with you.

You are my hero! I raised 100 of them and hand killed/hand plucked them. Between the plucker and the cone you have just shown me the way! KILL DEM CHICKENS! and then have a very nice dinner... Coq au Vin anyone?

when i was a kid i got to chop off their heads with an axe. always thought it was fun to watch them run around without heads

That will be one ripe fence post by late summer.

Though you've probably tried to erase it from your memory, Chuck, you're subconscious is probably trying to dredge up this video...which, by all accounts, is funnier'n'ell...'ceptin', 'course, if yer a chicken or a turkey.



Fish on...

Todd

The whole thing is pretty funny...but from 1:54 on, I don't think South Park or the Simpson's could have made a parody that would have been as good as the real thing!

Fish on...

Todd

Todd,

You just made my day. I turned the sound off. The only thing missing is knee high black boots and a riding crop.

Lol...glad I could be there for ya, Andy...that video is an all time classic!

Fish on...

Todd

I'll have to stop by Dell's.

Apparently they also had 10-10-10, 2.5 gallons, for $5.

I don't know how I'm going to top a Palin "snuff" film.

(Please, don't go and call the secret service)

So something like this,


but with some dead chickens?

And less clothes. .. . .

That's "ball gag".

SHOW ME THE HEAD! SHOW ME THE HEAD! you gotta love youtube



PS i think this video has something to do with chickens

Only on the Dark Side could a thread digress from butcherin' chickens to this. You guys are just sick....I love it!

Seriously Andy, those are some good looking eats...you'll never eat another fryer or egg from the grocery store ever again; there's no comparison and there's no going back. Job well done dude....

Ike

Okay, a warning. I suck at photo shop, but here is my shot at besting a Sarah Palin turkey "snuff film."


On to the chicken. We let the big rooster rest 2 days after butchering, but yesterday I used the marinade injector to impart some herb and garlic seasoning into the bird, and then 75 minutes in the Popiel Showtime+ compact rotisserie and BBQ oven. OMFG, and I'm not religious, that was the best chicken I ever had. I will make sure I bring some to any event I attend. Seriously, it blows away anything you have had in the restaurant.

I can hardly wait for the eggs. I finished the roll-out nest box last night. I dropped eggs from 8", and they didn't break on the floor, plus I installed a bumper in the collection area.

Consider me your source of chicken porn from now until eternity.

I got chickens in there, you just gotta look for them.

Sorry I forgot the moose. I'll work that and knee high boots into the next picture.

Got the chicken stock reducing now. Damn, it smells good.

So sorry about forgetting the moose.

Shouldn't Russia be somewhere in the near background, too?

Fish on...

Todd

Oh, the Russians are in the trailer for Nailin' Pailin'. They need a tow truck for their tank.

Here's a way to use up some eggs. I'm on my second "double" batch now, and they are the bomb. Open the jar outside, not in the house. This brine takes the stink out of the eggs.


http://hubpages.com/hub/spicypickledeggs

Yet another 5 star topic.

Now somebody's messing with me. 3 stars? Need Todd the Mod to figure out who is voting me down.

I never give you anything but two thumbs up, Andy...

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Todd

Brought you back up to three...

Never said you voted me down. I need your Mod powers to figure it out. Must be KK. Probably because I forgot the moose. And now he wants cowbell!

KK would vote down his own grandmother, if she was on the Dark Side...it's just how he rolls.

Fish on...

Todd

That pic doesn't like being hyperlinked, I guess...save it to your hard drive and upload it here...it's a pretty good one

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Todd

How's that moosey, chickeney, gag balley thing workin' for ya?

you mean for a change? and people think i'm crazy when i put tabasco on deviled eggs.

That picture is the first item that comes up in my spank bank.

Up to four.

Nice to know your franken chickens are blowing up. Compared to other birds, these guys are over achievers. Butcher date for my batch #3 is June 19th over here. I'll have a complete commercial outfit, kill cones, scalder, and plucker, on the weekend of the 19th and 20th if you want to bring them on down. Really, it will make short work of them. How many do you have?

My 2 turkeys are doing well, as are the laying hens. Really want to get a batch of quail and/or pheasants. Might have to wait until next year for that.

USAS-12

Crock pot.

Flat side of a machete to the bean. . . if he tries it after that the sharp edge. ...

Chop off his wing tips, he'll be done fighting.

Someone say they need quail?

Mine are starting to crap eggs like crazy. I'll be putting up 4 doz. eggs in the incubators every 10 days for the rest of the summer. Rais'em a covey at a time

Might have some weird stuff too, like more white pheasants, goldens, etc....

stam your troubles with your rooster reminds me of when i was a kid and would stay with my grandparents. grandma had a pet rooster who did not like me or grand pa. one sunday grandma sent me to get a stewing hen for sunday dinner. i always took a stick with me into the coop. yep i walk in and here came the rooster with spurs out. i did not mean to kill but. he made a great pot of chicken and dumplings. also it was a good thing i went home that night and didn't go back for a couple weeks. grandma had calmed down by then. grandpa said he stayed out of her way for a few days but was glad that bird was gone

Twitch, if there is a way for me to get eggs from you after June 19th, I'll have a brooder and a grow-out pen for as many as you care to part with.

Golf club
Axe handle
A rake will do in a pinch.
Fuggun roosters, seems all it takes is to turn you back and the little bastards will try a stick a spur in ya.

You guys rasing those CornishX? (I know Andy is) I have been concidering trying some "Freerangers" They are supposed to have less health issues.

( I would be interested in some Quail as well)

The CX issues are overblown. Feed them 18-20% protien food, keep an eye on them, and you'll have few losses. Feed them 22% and above, don't manage them, you'll have issues. I would like some birds that breed true, but the CX are quick and easy.

FYI there is a growers CO-OP here in Kitsap, I actually went to one of the meetings last week. They have a processing system you can rent.

The speaker at the meeting was Fred Berman, he had a very good presentation on mobile processing systems. My intentions are to eventually get a WSDA special poultry permit.