Jul 12 2008
Culled Five Roosters
Today was the first of the culling for the season. We slaughtered and dressed five Roosters today. It was the first time I actually did the killing and cleaning. My cousin Kenny came over and taught me how to gut them and dress them. I was trying to bring a little calm to the chicken yard by eliminating some of the more aggressive Roosters.
My sister and her husband are coming for a visit so we are planning a big chicken barbecue tomorrow. We split the chickens in half and are marinating them in a sauce called State Fair dressing. The roosters were just under 16 weeks so they should have a great taste.
One of the parts of today I did not want to do was to kill the hen I told wrote about a few days ago that the dog attack. The first two days after the attack it seemed fine; however, either it was attacked by the rest of the chickens or it ended up with an infection because it could not get up. I separated it for a couple of days to try and save it but it was getting worse. I hate to see any animal suffer so I put it down today.
That’s it for now from the chicken coop. Please feel free to drop me a comment or two!
You must be very brave to do that. I’m 26 and I have never did that. Even my husband never done that before and I bet he won’t slaughter.
Enjoy ur BBQ night!
It was great and the chicken was better than anything you get from the store. Thanks for the comment.