Comments on: Killing chooks, the other side of things. When your meat doesn’t come from the supermarket. http://veronicadoesfood.com/killing-chooks-the-other-side-of-things-when-your-meat-doesnt-come-from-the-supermarket/ Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09:08:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://veronicadoesfood.com/killing-chooks-the-other-side-of-things-when-your-meat-doesnt-come-from-the-supermarket/comment-page-1/#comment-857 Andrew Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:29:24 +0000 http://veronicadoesfood.com/?p=353#comment-857 I recently had to kill my first chicken in similar circumstances and although I had seen many done for the table as a child I did not remember that fat being so yellow. Thanks for the great article. I recently had to kill my first chicken in similar circumstances and although I had seen many done for the table as a child I did not remember that fat being so yellow. Thanks for the great article.

]]> By: The reality of having your own poultry. Plus cute chickens. | Sleepless Nights http://veronicadoesfood.com/killing-chooks-the-other-side-of-things-when-your-meat-doesnt-come-from-the-supermarket/comment-page-1/#comment-855 The reality of having your own poultry. Plus cute chickens. | Sleepless Nights Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:18:41 +0000 http://veronicadoesfood.com/?p=353#comment-855 [...] chicks are our next generation. The hens will be kept for eggs and any roosters will eaten (like the egg eating chook from a while [...] [...] chicks are our next generation. The hens will be kept for eggs and any roosters will eaten (like the egg eating chook from a while [...]

]]> By: Barbara http://veronicadoesfood.com/killing-chooks-the-other-side-of-things-when-your-meat-doesnt-come-from-the-supermarket/comment-page-1/#comment-649 Barbara Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:38:22 +0000 http://veronicadoesfood.com/?p=353#comment-649 Coo-er, I knew about yellow fat but not that the meat is so dark. Well done you, I bet that was the tastiest chicken soup you've had. Coo-er, I knew about yellow fat but not that the meat is so dark. Well done you, I bet that was the tastiest chicken soup you’ve had.

]]> By: Frogpondsrock http://veronicadoesfood.com/killing-chooks-the-other-side-of-things-when-your-meat-doesnt-come-from-the-supermarket/comment-page-1/#comment-646 Frogpondsrock Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:02:58 +0000 http://veronicadoesfood.com/?p=353#comment-646 I called your father over to the computer and he sat down and read this whole post. He is very proud of you. Well done pumpkin. I called your father over to the computer and he sat down and read this whole post. He is very proud of you. Well done pumpkin.

]]> By: Brenda http://veronicadoesfood.com/killing-chooks-the-other-side-of-things-when-your-meat-doesnt-come-from-the-supermarket/comment-page-1/#comment-645 Brenda Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:59:05 +0000 http://veronicadoesfood.com/?p=353#comment-645 Yellow?! I didn't know that! I'm with Trish, I don't think I could do the slaughtering myself. But good for you and Nathan for living such a sustainable life. Yellow?! I didn’t know that!

I’m with Trish, I don’t think I could do the slaughtering myself. But good for you and Nathan for living such a sustainable life.

]]> By: Veronica http://veronicadoesfood.com/killing-chooks-the-other-side-of-things-when-your-meat-doesnt-come-from-the-supermarket/comment-page-1/#comment-644 Veronica Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:10:32 +0000 http://veronicadoesfood.com/?p=353#comment-644 Trish - we laid the chook over the chopping block and patted her head while she relaxed, she didn't flap and wasn't agitated. Then Nathan held her head and used a hatchet to chop it off. A single moment and he was through her spinal cord and spine and she was completely dead. Always chop through the back of the neck! Of course, once she was dead her nerves set in and she flapped an awful lot and covered us both with blood, but that's normal. I wasn't sure how I'd do with my first chook and sure, it's never going to be my favourite job, but I know I can do it. With the skinning and gutting, once I had part of the skin off around the leg, it just turned into a job and I wasn't squicky about it - it was just like taking the skin off a supermarket bird. Trish – we laid the chook over the chopping block and patted her head while she relaxed, she didn’t flap and wasn’t agitated. Then Nathan held her head and used a hatchet to chop it off. A single moment and he was through her spinal cord and spine and she was completely dead. Always chop through the back of the neck! Of course, once she was dead her nerves set in and she flapped an awful lot and covered us both with blood, but that’s normal.

I wasn’t sure how I’d do with my first chook and sure, it’s never going to be my favourite job, but I know I can do it. With the skinning and gutting, once I had part of the skin off around the leg, it just turned into a job and I wasn’t squicky about it – it was just like taking the skin off a supermarket bird.

]]> By: Trish http://veronicadoesfood.com/killing-chooks-the-other-side-of-things-when-your-meat-doesnt-come-from-the-supermarket/comment-page-1/#comment-643 Trish Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:35:35 +0000 http://veronicadoesfood.com/?p=353#comment-643 I didn't know that about chicken fat either ...learn something new every day. I wouldn't know the first thing about killing humanely but maybe I'll need to learn if I want to raise chickens / have free range eggs. I just can't imagine it ...doing it myself. I didn’t know that about chicken fat either …learn something new every day.
I wouldn’t know the first thing about killing humanely but maybe I’ll need to learn if I want to raise chickens / have free range eggs.
I just can’t imagine it …doing it myself.

]]> By: Veronica http://veronicadoesfood.com/killing-chooks-the-other-side-of-things-when-your-meat-doesnt-come-from-the-supermarket/comment-page-1/#comment-642 Veronica Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:34:52 +0000 http://veronicadoesfood.com/?p=353#comment-642 Sharon - the meat is A LOT tastier and denser, as well as darker. The soup was delicious. Sharon – the meat is A LOT tastier and denser, as well as darker. The soup was delicious.

]]> By: sharon http://veronicadoesfood.com/killing-chooks-the-other-side-of-things-when-your-meat-doesnt-come-from-the-supermarket/comment-page-1/#comment-640 sharon Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:25:59 +0000 http://veronicadoesfood.com/?p=353#comment-640 I couldn't do it myself but applaud your commitment. If it was up to me to kill and dress my own meat I'd be a vegetarian. And yes, free range chooks do have yellow fat and much darker, tastier meat. I couldn’t do it myself but applaud your commitment. If it was up to me to kill and dress my own meat I’d be a vegetarian. And yes, free range chooks do have yellow fat and much darker, tastier meat.

]]> By: nathan http://veronicadoesfood.com/killing-chooks-the-other-side-of-things-when-your-meat-doesnt-come-from-the-supermarket/comment-page-1/#comment-639 nathan Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:58:13 +0000 http://veronicadoesfood.com/?p=353#comment-639 Ahhh, yum, you're the best sweetheart Ahhh, yum, you’re the best sweetheart

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