Dogfish
Poodle Smolt
Registered: 05/03/01
Posts: 10878
Loc: McCleary, WA
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.
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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?
larryb
The Rainman
Registered: 03/05/01
Posts: 2314
Loc: elma washington
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
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Todd
Dick Nipples
Registered: 03/08/99
Posts: 27838
Loc: Seattle, Washington USA
Originally Posted By: Chuck S.
I have no idea why I am laughing my arse off over the kill cone pic ... but dammit that is awesomely funny
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.
Todd
Dick Nipples
Registered: 03/08/99
Posts: 27838
Loc: Seattle, Washington USA
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!
Registered: 03/01/03
Posts: 1244
Loc: Snohomish County
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....
Dogfish
Poodle Smolt
Registered: 05/03/01
Posts: 10878
Loc: McCleary, WA
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.
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