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Anonymous Wed 20 Mar 2013 21:30:20 No.30728 View View Reply Original Report

Figured this was more of an /out/ thing then a /ck/ thing. What's the easiest, best way to kill a chicken? Then how do you proceed in plucking and getting ready to eat.
We recently got 18 chickens, and when they get too old to lay I wanted to prepare them myself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Mar 2013 21:35:18 No.30764 Report

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You must be pretty sheltered if you can't figure out that all you need to do is chop off it's frickin head.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Mar 2013 21:36:49 No.30772 Report

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>>30728
Cut the head off with an axe. Hold it upside down to drain it. Pull the feathers by hand and then gut it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Mar 2013 21:37:53 No.30780 Report

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>>30728
they wont really taste good at that age. i mean honestly though.

however, use a hatchet and a stump. plucking it is pretty self explanatory. just pull it out by the base

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Mar 2013 21:39:06 No.30788 Report

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Birdshot.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Mar 2013 21:41:01 No.30801 Report

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/out/ really needs infographics on how to clean and prepare meat from various animals. I have never hunted and honestly I have no clue where to even start

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Mar 2013 21:43:11 No.30811 Report

Quoted By: >>33960 >>34469 >>35859

watch this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_S3P0eU0lE

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Mar 2013 21:46:00 No.30828 Report

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Get a traffic cone and pull the bird's head through the inside so that it's head is popping out the top. A quick, clean axe cut will suffice to off the bird.

As far as actually plucking and dressing the bird, I dunno. All I've seen was this part of the process.

Biker !MAMAueOMlk

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Biker !MAMAueOMlk Wed 20 Mar 2013 21:50:02 No.30868 Report

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>>30772
>holding chicken upside-down after head is removed
ishidiggy, enjoy all that blood spray as the body convulses
OP, I just slit the jugular on my hens, the cleanest way is to snap there neck. I've never done it, but most old timers will do it this way. Just snatch the chicken by the head and do a swift flip and jerk motion with the chicken in the air.
As for plucking, dipping the whole chicken in a pot of boiling water releases the feathers from the skin and makes plucking 10x easier. The down side is it also tends to make the chicken smell pretty foul. Some people prefer to just skin it with the feathers in, much quicker and cleaner.
The first time I did a chicken, I just watched a youtube tutorial. There is a lot of info out there and you can go step by step with the video.

If your chickens are old, the meat will be rather tough, try a slow cooking stew to help hide the chewiness.

noko

noko Wed 20 Mar 2013 21:52:29 No.30879 Report

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When we were kids, grandma sent us out to ring the necks of a couple of chickens for dinner at lest once a week. They flop around a lot, but hey, it works. Could just chop off their head with a hatchet. After tey die, pull out their feathers by the handful then scorch the pin feathers and remaining small stuff either over a gas stove burner or rolled up newspaper torch outside. After singing the bird, then gut iot saving the gizzard, heart and liver for cooking. be sure and get the gracel out of the gizzard and wash it well.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Mar 2013 05:22:19 No.33960 Report

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>>30811
This was a good video. Chick kind of creeped me out in an adorable way.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Mar 2013 07:45:20 No.34469 Report

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>>30811
hah, i was going to link that permies video.

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Ricotta Elmar !/J1QYpS5Eo Thu 21 Mar 2013 07:48:37 No.34483 Report

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>>30868
>The down side is it also tends to make the chicken smell pretty fowl.
FTFY

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Mar 2013 07:49:53 No.34489 Report

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>>30868
this

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Mar 2013 07:53:30 No.34502 Report

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I use the neck snap method mentioned above. I then skin the whole thing feathers and all.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Mar 2013 07:59:50 No.34515 Report

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Plenty of good videos out there.

Pro-tips:
best when it's cold out like early morning (apparently the meat separates better or something)
axe or wire the head and go down enough so you can get the upper spinal area to prevent headless wandering chicken.

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Anonymous Thu 21 Mar 2013 08:03:10 No.34529 Report

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>>30801
/r/ing the "I whip my hare back and forth" rabbit cleaning gif

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Mar 2013 08:16:54 No.34591 Report

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>>34529
awesome infograph.
Youtube is great for this shit, it's where I figured out how to clean squirrels last Fall.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Mar 2013 08:29:29 No.34632 Report

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>>34529

Saving, both for future reference and to repost without context on other boards.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Mar 2013 08:37:42 No.34656 Report

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Hang them upside down by the feet until they pass out, then poke a hole in the neck to bleed them out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Mar 2013 15:32:15 No.35667 Report

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Wow lot's of how many who mentioned the axe method actually used it? You can chop a chicken's head off indeed but you have to know what you are doing... There are two problems with this method. for one you could chop too high and part of the brains will still be functioning and that's not a pretty sight for a first timer. and second you could hit some acid gland(is that a poper translation its 'gal' in dutch) and you will taint the meat. it'll taste like shit than.

The best way for both you and the chicken is to use a really sharp shin knife and cut the artery in the neck. be careful not to cut the esophagus. after that let the chicken bleed out. most of the time i sit with the chicken for a wile, let em get comfortable and than cut the artery. usually the chicken doesn't even move. for the plucking do it right after the kill, or put it in 60 degrees Celsius water for a minute and pluck it.

For the cleaning be careful not to break any of the intestines because it will taint the meat. use a knife and carefully cut all the connections from the intestines to the carcass. or use your fist and try to get all the intestines in your hand and pull them out.

also if you killed plucked and cleaned the chicken in a short amount of time you can cook it strait away. but if there is some time between slaughter and preparation than it's a good idea to let the chicken hang for a day to get rid of the rigor mortis (stiffness of muscles, chewy:))

There you are. no hassle, no stress nice chicken dinner:) good luck and enjoy your meal

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Mar 2013 15:33:18 No.35670 Report

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>>35667
*lot's of advice here

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Mar 2013 15:42:58 No.35691 Report

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>>30728
Alright first I usually have 2 nails in a board, stick head in, pull body back, chop head off, the chicken will death flail. Put it on its back and hold it a few seconds, so it doesn't break it's bones. Have a pot of boiling water and dip it in for ~10 seconds, then pluck it by hand if you don't have a machine

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Mar 2013 15:44:40 No.35697 Report

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>>35667
I've never had it taste like shit. Stretch neck out, chop it. It's that simple.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Mar 2013 15:45:42 No.35701 Report

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Grab it by the neck with your thumb securing the top of its head and then with a downward swiping motion (like you were swinging a hammer) bring it down and then very quickly snap your arm back up.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Mar 2013 15:56:09 No.35735 Report

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i just hold it from the neck and shake vigorously until it is dead

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Anonymous Thu 21 Mar 2013 16:33:30 No.35859 Report

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>>30811
Oh god she is so cute.
>yfw mabel reals

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