Chicken butchering setup

How to butcher chickens: a documentary in photographs Warning: this is a graphic ‘how to’ photo essay on chicken dispatching and butchering, do not read any further unless you are reall…

Homemade chicken butchering station

Jul 24, 2017 - Getting ready to butcher chickens? Let me show you our chicken butchering set up, and show you seven things you will need to make your job easier.

By Allen Easterly Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 You’ve worked hard and spent many hours raising your pretty flock of meat chickens from eggs or chicks to nice fat fryers, roasters, or stewing birds. They’ve provided many hours of entertainment watching their amusing antics. You’ve cared for their every need and pampered them when needed. […]

So tell me. What do you see here? "Well", you say, "I see a U-Haul truck that rolled off the assembly line sometime back when Milli Vanilli was a really cool music act, ole Ron Reagan was riding off into the sunset, and Freddy Kreuger was scaring the hell out of a whole generation of pre-teens. Oh yeah, and the aforementioned truck also looks like someone spent a little quality time gettin' jiggy with a DeWalt sawzall..." Um. Okay. Correct on all counts. But dude. Let's take a look in the…

Even though we have butchered four of our heritage roosters before, a few weeks ago was our first time butchering legit meat chickens. They were Cornish Cross breed, the fastest growing of all the meat

Butchering your own chickens can seem like an intimidating task at first, especially if you're new to it. However, with the right guidance and a few helpful tips, you'll be able to understand how to butcher a chicken quickly and humanely. Here's how.