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Chickens, croaken and cleanen

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russb

10-20-2007 10:04:00




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My great grandpa used to grab em by the head and whip em around. Grgrandma used a hatchet and chopping block. One cousin in law used a shovel. They'd flop around the yard. I think it made the other chickens uncomfortable.

I'd like to have chickens but I'm too sissyfied to kill and particularly clean a chicken. I bet there are kids in the neighborhood ghoulish enough, but may lack knowledge. Any suggestions?

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OKDAD

10-20-2007 21:06:15




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 Re: Chickens, croaken and cleanen in reply to russb, 10-20-2007 10:04:00  
I have to tell the story my CA cousin tells of the first time he came to our Aunts farm here in OK. It was in the 50s and he was a young boy. Aunt Bettie asked him what he wanted for dinner and suggested fried chicken which he readily agreed to.

She took him out on the back porch and instructed him to pick out one of the hens wandering the back yard. He did and she pulled a .22 pistol out of a drawer and shot the hen in the head. As he stood there stuned she calmly turned and said "We probably need another to feed everyone...pick again." He pointed at another one and again it lost it's head in one shot.

He took off at a dead run to his Dad (her brother) and told him what she had done. His dad scoffed and said "Well she usually gets two with one shot!"

He claimed it was the best chicken he evey had!

Ike

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lastcamp

10-20-2007 17:30:41




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 Re: Chickens, croaken and cleanen in reply to russb, 10-20-2007 10:04:00  
The last time I cleaned a chicken, I decided the ones in the store are a good bargain.

Cleaning chickens is a lot of trouble.



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Dave H (MI)

10-20-2007 13:42:11




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 Re: Chickens, croaken and cleanen in reply to russb, 10-20-2007 10:04:00  
You can take them to a processor OR take your out of date layers to the auctions and use the money for store bought birds.



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Dave H

10-20-2007 12:03:31




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 An option in reply to russb, 10-20-2007 10:04:00  
russ

I guess you could have chickens without wringing their necks. Other pets get to die naturally don't ya know.



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Phil9N3667

10-20-2007 10:46:05




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 Re: Chickens, croaken and cleanen in reply to russb, 10-20-2007 10:04:00  
Man, that brings back memories of my Grandaddy sharpening the "good" hatchet and lopping their heads off against an oak block! Then it was time for my sister and I (about 8-10 years old) to pluck the feathers after my Mama put them in a big pot of boiling water to loosen them up. I still remember that smell of wet feathers to this day. It made for some good eating when ya had fresh chicken like that and not these steroid enhanced birds we eat today! Makes me want to go out and fix the old henhouse back up again. Old Jerry Clower (the Country Comic) said "you ain"t lived till you had chicken manure squished up "tween your toes", so I guess I have lived at one point. Have a good weekend everyone.

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DON TX

10-20-2007 10:26:35




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 Re: Chickens, croaken and cleanen in reply to russb, 10-20-2007 10:04:00  
Take a pair of pruning shears and cut they're neck off while holding the head. Drop 'em in a barrel or bucket to keep 'em from floppin' and throwin' blood everywhere. They used to use a large funnel to drop 'em head first and cut the head protruding thru the neck of the funnel. Kept 'em still til they died. I'd have to clean and cook 'em myself since my wife won't even use the eggs from my birds, just because they didn't come from the store. Kinda frustratin' but that's the way she is. I don't cook! That's the way I am!
DON TX

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Ross Pugh(NC)

10-20-2007 16:18:59




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 Re: Chickens, croaken and cleanen in reply to DON TX, 10-20-2007 10:26:35  
Try swapping some of your eggs for the store bought ones and don't tell fer a couple of months or so, or not at all.



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DON TX

10-20-2007 17:22:14




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 Re: Chickens, croaken and cleanen in reply to Ross Pugh(NC), 10-20-2007 16:18:59  
We've eaten them on occasion, but she doesn't see or taste the difference enuff to overcome the thought. She didn't even know they only have 1 vent. She thought there was a special egg hole. (%^) My Dad ate them till the coyotes and bobcats got us down to 1 hen and a banty rooster that can't hit the hole. He just dances on her back. DON TX



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