This blog is a diary of my life as a smallholder and my smallholding is about knowing where my food comes from.. This is about eating my chickens so if you veggie or don't want to read its time to move away from this blog until the next post.
I have chick births today and yesterday. Its also been a sad day but a time to mark out of respect to the animals that I raise for food,.I had some very kind friends who are licenced to dispatch Chickens come round this afternoon. I had far too many cockerels and had to dispatch two of my cockerels. There was no horror story they are very professional. They stunned the birds within seconds no pain no trauma. Very dignified and they had a happy life.
I then plucked the chickens. I have plucked pheasants but never a chicken. Lot easier with a chicken in my opinion. Then removed all the inner bits. Considered saying the livers but didn't in the end. The two Birds are now in my freezer. Need a couple of days before I will look forward to the meat.
I have to admit its taken me 4 years to get to this point of been able to dispatch my own chickens.
Time to check on the other 4 hatching chicks in the incubator
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