Earlier I had mentioned about our surprise meat chicken, Sumo. We all were so entertained by him. Watching how he grew so much faster than the rest of the chicks was pretty neat...watching him eat was pretty neat too. He liked to lay down and eat, and never moving far from the food even when he wasn't eating! But unfortunately, Sumo was well overdue for the chopping block. At this point, he was the size of a small turkey!
Jeremy and I decided it would be best to attempt this first-time chicken butchering task after the kids were asleep for the night. GOOD IDEA! While I was getting everyone tucked in, Jeremy was prepping the area. This consisted of a folding table, a pot of scalding water, a stump and a little ax...yup, that was it.
So, poor Sumo got the ax... a couple of times. There was a little more to the story, but I don't really want to scare anyone, or offend them, so I will leave it at that. After we scalded and plucked and cleaned and chopped some more, we had to put him in two different one-gallon bags, he was sooo BIG!!! We got the job done. Although, I have to admit it probably wasn't the best way to do this. I guess it's one of those live and learn experiences for the amature poutlry farmer. And just for future reference, the rest of meat chickens had a much more humane processing than Sumo!
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