Amy, BE CAREFUL! You are going to fall in love with them all. We got 125 chicks and 3 ducks this morning before I left for work. My husband is home chick setting. they are all so cute. We have a horse water tank in the middle of my dining room because my husband wants to be close to them! I don't mind butchering, but I hate the killing part.
Joann
--- In Homesteadingfamily@yahoogroups.com, Amy Wolff <reddhairedroo@...> wrote:
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> I laughed right out loud when I read your email - "man up and get over
> it".  Hahah!
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> I'm intersted in hearing responses to this. We are buying our first chickens
> this Spring and I am not ready for this chore. We have decided that our
> daughter and I won't name them which should help wtih the idea of killing them
> but the smell never occurred to me. Eeek!
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> I'm a reformed city-girl and loving our new simpler life in rural PA. But I'm
> glad my husband has a lot of patience. :)
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> From: Pam <pamatriarch@...>
> To: Homesteadingfamily@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Mon, March 21, 2011 1:14:53 PM
> Subject: [Homesteadingfamily] Stupid question about processing chickens
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> I have been on the list for a while and have learned a lot from all of you who
> post. My question is about handling the smell when you process your chickens. I
> have managed to avoid puncturing the crop (major gag!) and can eviscerate (and
> even dig out the lungs with my index fingers but the smell when they hit the
> water before plucking and the smell of the organs if they rupture just undoes me
> <g> I have tried Vick's and a bandana with only moderate success. Any
> suggestions or do you just man up and get over it?
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> I always think how wonderful it is that I have this skill and my kids need never
> go hungry (God willing) but I really don't enjoy the process. Thanks, Pam
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