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willowbeest t1_jdsg4rs wrote

Reply to comment by WhatTheCluck802 in Those of you who have laying hens, what do you do with the chicks who turn out to be roosters? Is there a local butcher who will dispatch them for a fee? I don’t mind eating them at all but don’t have any experience doing it myself and wouldn’t want to cause undue harm due to my inexperience by JMChaseArt

Also voting for the cone. My folks raised meat birds when we were kids and used the axe and stump method. When I raised my first batch last year and my dad helped with the processing, we used the cone (he made his own), and it was a much better method for us. We did about 40 roosters in one afternoon with help from friends and family for gutting and plucking and packing. Helpers got some processed birds to take home for themselves. We were very efficient.

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