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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Sandy on December 22, 2010, 09:38:33 pm

Title: When do you gut the dispatched chicken
Post by: Sandy on December 22, 2010, 09:38:33 pm

ALl the hubbards are now dispatched and being plucked, when do we gut them? ASAP or can they be left a few hours?

Title: Re: When do you gut the dispatched chicken
Post by: shetlandpaul on December 22, 2010, 10:38:18 pm

you can leave them. probably better it reduces the smell a bit when they have gone cool.

Title: Re: When do you gut the dispatched chicken
Post by: Sandy on December 22, 2010, 10:55:00 pm

Thanks, tomorrow it is then!!!!

Title: Re: When do you gut the dispatched chicken
Post by: pottsie on December 23, 2010, 05:23:46 pm

Just be carefull that they don't freeze over night like my turkey did, or you might have to thaw a bit before you start the job.

Rob.  ;D

Title: Re: When do you gut the dispatched chicken
Post by: shetlandpaul on December 23, 2010, 07:21:43 pm

thats a risk. at least it won't go off.

Title: Re: When do you gut the dispatched chicken
Post by: daddymatty82 on December 23, 2010, 08:47:36 pm

done two of my cockerals last week and they froze and did not thaw so were put in bin unfort as tey say you cant freeze twice so  not good

Title: Re: When do you gut the dispatched chicken
Post by: Sandy on December 23, 2010, 09:20:19 pm

I am going to cook all four, they are going to be gutted soon, still getting the bits of feathers off and next time we will do it earlier!!!

Title: Re: When do you gut the dispatched chicken
Post by: DJ_Chook on December 24, 2010, 09:41:55 pm

I've done 12 table birds this week & I've had enough. Nicely plucked the first 3, plucked legs and breasts of next 3. After that I gave up... last six were skinned and just took off the legs, thighs and breast.

I need a whizzbang, I do. I doubt Santa will bring me one though. ;)

Title: Re: When do you gut the dispatched chicken
Post by: Sandy on December 30, 2010, 04:40:11 pm

Whats a "wizzbang?" We managed 4 but would rather have done 2 at a time.....not half as bad as I thought and with the freezing temps no smell in the garage!!! We may do it again in the summer as the meat was very nice, never got to weigh them as our scales is dodgy (poltergist?) I found it strange that so many people have gone funny about my son in law going on a legal shoot and bringing back 2 Deer for food, he paid as well but people have been very short sighted and found it offensive....what better end to be shot while roaming rather then farmed, taken to market, taken to the abatoir then killed, not to mention fed crap and chemicals and shoved around queing for thier turn to "go" aren't people strange???

Title: Re: When do you gut the dispatched chicken
Post by: little blue on December 30, 2010, 04:48:02 pm

well said Sandy!
our neighbour hunts & "deals" with all the meat in his garage... we often see him & the dog splattered up like sweeny todd!!

Title: Re: When do you gut the dispatched chicken
Post by: doganjo on December 30, 2010, 05:17:53 pm

Quite right, Sandy. That's one of the reasons I like going on our small shoot with the dogs - I know what I am eating afterwards.  They are just ignorant morons if they were offended by that photo!

Title: Re: When do you gut the dispatched chicken
Post by: kingnigel on January 02, 2011, 06:00:31 pm

whats a whizz bang

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMGZMoENjcU


could this be one, ha

Title: Re: When do you gut the dispatched chicken
Post by: Sandy on January 02, 2011, 06:18:19 pm

Now thats good but it did make me laugh!!!!!! I wonder if the meat get brused? We did 4 and they were big uns and not half as bad as I thought....they were dispatched very very quickly while they were asleep, then plucked while warm and gutted 2 days later with not much smell at all, Steve and me and happy to have a go ourselves as the meat was very nice and very cheap!!!!! I WANT A WHIZZ BANG!!!!!!