NIGEL:
Well the roosters are fighting more often among themselves (we have them separated from the rest). So we moved onto our 2nd effort. We moved our harvest location to the side of the house as the rest are really free-ranging it!
We went over to some organic farmers in our neighborhood to watch them process chickens. They had a plucker, which makes the process much quicker & easier... it removes the needle feathers as well so you don't have to spend time burning them off.
We were fortunate enough to have Jimmy back & his wife Diana joined us. Also our mate Lance joined in to be part of the process.
We doubled our effort this time, doing 8 roosters. It took us about 2 & 1/2 hours including clean-up. We gave one processed rooster each to our super helpers. We had a pretty efficient & smooth operation, although the initial killing was no less stressful. We also started on some of the Columbian Wyandottes. Each time we returned to the coop to catch more... the roosters became more stressed. One Australorp took a good long bite of me!
We were not sure about our harvest this time, so we didn't stop feeding the roosters. We wont make that mistake again. They had huge amounts of food in their craw & subsequently throughout their intestines...... Really slowed down the eviscerating part of the process.
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