tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539457256761038560.post1426964602196778784..comments2023-09-28T04:31:29.088-07:00Comments on Country Living in a Cariboo Valley: How to Butcher and Process Meat Bird Chickens (WARNING - GRAPHIC)Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11830022165659654262noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539457256761038560.post-65958254945590415512010-07-27T11:06:22.489-07:002010-07-27T11:06:22.489-07:00Hi Robin, no you don't want to immediately put...Hi Robin, no you don't want to immediately put them into the freezer.<br /><br />Best to let them sit in the fridge for 24 hours. Or, what we do is put ice blocks in coolers and fill up the coolers with the chickens.<br /><br />After 24 hours, then you can freeze them. If you freeze them immediately, you will find they taste tougher....hope this helpsAnniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15423880021791681592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539457256761038560.post-14195450314588948032010-07-27T10:46:15.085-07:002010-07-27T10:46:15.085-07:00Hi Annie, This will be our first time ever to butc...Hi Annie, This will be our first time ever to butcher our own chickens what is the best way to do the cooling process, I thought you could just freeze them after you butcher them. Great information and thank you for all your posting.Robinhttp://Robinfrenchies@aol.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539457256761038560.post-39271572255616935892009-05-20T18:12:16.531-07:002009-05-20T18:12:16.531-07:00Oh gee, here I thought I had found something new f...Oh gee, here I thought I had found something new for you!<br /><br />Anyways Here is the link again! Hehe<br /><br />http://thedeliberateagrarian.blogspot.com/2006/09/whizbang-plucker-story.htmlLinda Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16875718412873470143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539457256761038560.post-9474473307284394812008-08-08T08:09:00.000-07:002008-08-08T08:09:00.000-07:00Hi Miss Lyn, thanks for your comment and leaving y...Hi Miss Lyn, thanks for your comment and leaving your blog address, we will check it out!<BR/><BR/>We've heard of the WhizBang, and you know, the Gman fully intended to get one built for this year, but you know how time gets away from ya? Yeah, here tooo! Maybe this winter, that project will get done!<BR/><BR/>AnnieAnniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11830022165659654262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539457256761038560.post-25875763133494483312008-08-08T05:48:00.000-07:002008-08-08T05:48:00.000-07:00Hey, Annie. I live in Bastrop, Texas and we've hum...Hey, Annie. I live in Bastrop, Texas and we've humped over many of the same learning curves you've humped as newbies (http://txfarm.blogspot.com). We made a Whiz-Bang chicken plucker (a barrel, a round cutting-board-like plate, a motor with a switch and rubber chicken fingers) that plucks the birds in 20 seconds. And our killing method used to be the axe, but the chickens saw it coming (and stiffened). What I do now is catch the bird and immediately pull it to separate its head from its body and put it on the ground to thrash around (open ground, no broken wings). But I still have my axe out, just in case. We hang the birds with wire from t-posts that are also supported by t-posts and let them bleed into hay (in a wheelbarrow) or into buckets to collect the blood for the compost pile. Hang in there and good luck with all you do in this wonderful, hard life.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17096053245698438772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539457256761038560.post-34044687010813566002008-08-05T19:23:00.000-07:002008-08-05T19:23:00.000-07:00Thanks! Ceecee and JJJ, do you have blogs we can g...Thanks! Ceecee and JJJ, do you have blogs we can go take a look at?<BR/><BR/>I am So glad that big job is over with....<BR/><BR/>AnnieAnniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11830022165659654262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539457256761038560.post-14947810252664811812008-08-04T15:47:00.000-07:002008-08-04T15:47:00.000-07:00Great pictures, helpful for us first-timers! Than...Great pictures, helpful for us first-timers! Thanks.JJJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888876123240361554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539457256761038560.post-70967093752886886422008-08-04T06:36:00.000-07:002008-08-04T06:36:00.000-07:00I wandered over here from Seasons Eatings.Hooray f...I wandered over here from Seasons Eatings.<BR/>Hooray for you!! Thank you so much for posting pictures and telling what works and what doesn't.<BR/><BR/>I grew up hunting, and we just skinned the birds we shot. I will be raising meat birds this fall for the first time (I have laying hens). I want to keep the skin on, otherwise I envision freezer burn and dry meat.<BR/><BR/>Thanks especially for the tip about not doing too many at one time and having rigor set in. Very good tip that I hadn't seen before.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14685492126157550044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539457256761038560.post-48877197994146559722008-08-03T21:41:00.000-07:002008-08-03T21:41:00.000-07:00Hi Patty, yes we did that....maybe for 10 seconds,...Hi Patty, yes we did that....maybe for 10 seconds, it helped to rinse the birds and losoen the remaing feathers.<BR/><BR/>AnnieAnniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11830022165659654262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539457256761038560.post-27375679615455427142008-08-03T21:32:00.000-07:002008-08-03T21:32:00.000-07:00Hiya Annie...can you dunk the partially-plucked bi...Hiya Annie...can you dunk the partially-plucked birds back in the hot water if they cool off too much before you've finished?? Thanks! PattyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com