Wednesday, October 14, 2009

chickens

Rural life sure is fun. This week we decided it was time to put our 7 meat king chickens in the freezer. Well, if you know us, you know that if we can do it ourselves, we're gonna give it a fair country try. Connor helped, and was able to hold the chickens whilst I did the thing with the hatchet, until the stroke fell that is... We had the first one flying around the back yard like a, well like a chicken with it's head cut off. We got better at it.
Three were done on Monday, and this afternoon it looks like the man with the sleepy look in his eyes is coming back with the axe. I have a great neighbor who has promised to come by and help me with the scalding process, (Dar decided she wanted them plucked, not skinned, and the first batch were a long process) Scalding makes the feather come right off clean, no picking of pin feathers out after the fact.
So, there you have it, more than you wanted to know about the process of rural hens.

1 comment:

  1. Yes. Much more than I needed to know. Next time give more detail on Dar's part of the chores - like basting, roasting, etc. Much tastier conversation I think,

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