We have now processed a chicken! We processed two of our roosters yesterday as a family. Dean & Dawson had the not so pleasant task of gathering the roosters from their free ranging on our land. They enticed them with some corn scratchings. Dean, with sharpen axe be-headed them. He then hung them up & skinned them, Skinning them helps us avoid having to de-feather them.
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"Hey, has anyone seen Tonto?", "No, but I'm sure he's just hanging around somewhere."
Seriously though, we do teach our children to respect all life. We are thankful for the opportunity to raise, process & eat from our land. |
Dahlia & I then gutted them. It was a tedious step, as you have to pull it all out in one motion. You have to try & not puncture any organs. Puncturing could cause unwanted items from the bladder, oil gland & such all over & not be good. You get the idea.
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| Dahlia's face says it all! She really did not mind, as she enjoyed dissecting when she took Biology. She was simply "posing" for cameraman, Dawson. |
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| We cut the chicken in portions to add to stews, dumpling's & such for later. For now, it is all in our freezer. |
I have thoroughly enjoyed all your pics of your farm and hope to visit some time soon. We're getting our property harvested and cleared to hopefully have a farm too. We had new trees planted there last week. I've have never seen anyone skin a chicken. I do have fond memories of plucking them although watching Aunt Dot ringing their necks was a different story. Haha! Love, Kathy
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ReplyDeleteHey cousin Kathy! I was just looking over our farm blog & noticed where you had left a comment a while back! Sorry that I did not respond earlier. I did not know that anyone had left a comment till I just noticed it right now! How are things going on your farm area? We'd love a visit from y'all sometime. Your brother John Kenny & Francis visited us a few weeks back while they were up here camping in Brevard. A lot is going on over our way & we hope to be getting out some kind of New Years letter. Thanks for commenting & I hope you are well. Miss you!
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