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The Penultimate Gizzard
Yesterday, we butchered 22 young roosters. 11 were Amber Links and 11 were Dark Cornish, and, even at 4 months old, I expected them to look like rubber chickens, and they did. Today, while cutting some up for soup, we were surprised to see they actually have some meat on them, and the largest dressed out to about 5 pounds. Still, pound for pound, it's a lot of work compared to the Cornish Cross we raise during the summer. One more rooster to go.
I did not take any photos of the birds, or the butchering, but I did take a couple of pictures of our chicken processing room just after the cleanup. Prior to this setup, we’d put up a plywood table with a cut out for a sink, and butcher out on the lawn. That worked great, unless it was cold, or windy, or meat bees found us. This is better.
