Mmmmm, Mmmmm, Chicken…
Believe it or not, this was not as disgusting as you would think. Yesterday was butchering day. Geoff, Coie and Ryann took down five roosters, and two are simmering (as we speak) in the crock pot with garlic and Italian seasonings. You’ll be proud to know that even I got in on the action. I rinsed them off after they brought them into the kitchen. Not bad for a California girl, eh?
I am sure that Coie and Ryann will soon have exceptionally disgusting, gory, step by step snapshots of all that was involved, but this is as grodie as I will let my blog get. I promise. And as a side note, I’d like to state that the Mr. and Mrs. B that Coie talks about in her latest post are *not* our dear friends the Burggrafs (besides, they are not in their 70’s and they are the exact opposite of what Coie is describing). It is a great post tho. What a proud momsie I am.
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on March 17th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
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oh .. my.. so how much meat did you get? not much on our birds when we did ours.
maria
Edited by TNMOMTOMANYBLESSINGS on Mar. 17, 2007 at 11:53 AM
on March 17th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
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we actually did get a good amount of meat off of them — and it was surprisingly good! i made mashed potatoes and gravy to go with it and it was a *really* good meal. we cooked it for almost 20 hours on low in the crocky.
on March 17th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
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oh, good for you girls! I can just smell the chickens and dumplings already 🙂
on March 17th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
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Yikes!!! Not bad at all, I am also a California girl 🙂 and I have to say you are much more brave then I cause I would have fainted!!!!!!! LOL
Im sure your meal will be yummy though! 🙂
on March 17th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
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Not at all gory, interesting, we used to butcher chickens here. Butching day was awsome!!
on March 17th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
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Oh! Cockadoodle-doooooooo!!!!
on March 17th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
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Y'all are so brave! I can barely stand the raw chicken that comes from the grocery store. I'm a wimp.
on March 17th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
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They are smiling while they do that?!!!!! Wow.
Reminds me of my girls. A neighbor called, was butchering, do we want to watch? Thought the boys would like it, they were too grossed out and thought I lost my mind, but the GIRLS desperately wanted to go, and they loved the experience.
on March 17th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
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How cool is that? I do have one question, what is that to the right on the table…looks like a finger. My mom grew up in a village in Greece and told me all about their slaughtering days. And, she could cut up a whole chicken in no time flat..I still envy that ability. Must be wonderful to have fresh meat that you have raised..you don't have to wonder what hormones your children are ingesting.
on March 17th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
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Yeeeehaw! Y'all are really getting into this farm thing, aren't ya?
Hmmm…you bring up an interesting point. I was only planning on chickens fer the eggs…but fresh poultry on my dinner table? Mmmm… Have you seen my recipe for roasted chicken? It is deeelicious!
Coie and Ryann…I've always liked those two.
Love,
Marshie
on March 17th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
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You put the fun in farm.
Lol, always a great post to make me smile.
Blessings,
Vicki
on March 18th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
Way to go!!!!!
I sure do admire you and your family's new farm skills!:):) I hope that the chicken was YUMMY!!
on March 18th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
Oh, Mrs. Igarashi!
You are going to make me CRY! I miss you guys SO MUCH!!! Tell Ryann, Coie, Emmi, Bobo, Dippy and James, I love 'em all! Ohhh, now you have a real farm dog! He lookes SO SWEET! (But then again, you know me and dogs! Love 'em!)
Love you, Mrs. Igarashi!
Blessings,
Mariel
on March 19th, 2007 at 7:51 am
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You really are inspiring. I really appreciate all the pics you put up.
You think the snow is MELTING HERE?? Rather, we just got walloped again a few days ago. NE winterstorm that gave us about 8 more inches (I think). My boys were saying every day "Oh, look, the snow is melting — look how much grass is showing today!" Then bam! It is 15 degrees F as I type this. But it is supposed to get above freezing later on – COME ON SNOW — MELT!!
On a much better note, this is the DAY that the Lord has MADE. I will rejoice and be glad in it!! And I am so thankful for so much.
on March 19th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
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I think that you have a terrific backyard for homeschooling. So many great lessons! What do I have, a piano, a violin, two acoustic guitars, and an electric drum.
on March 19th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
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When I was about 8, my sister and I went to a friend's farm for a day of chicken butchering.
We had no idea what to expect. We were never around anything like that before. Worse… we also were mostly vegetarians back then.
Chickens heads were getting chopped off then the hen was dunked in boiling water. If they acidentally lost their grip on that chicken, the hen flew around and tried to run with no head (blood and all). Truly where they got the saying!
Next a group of women sat around and plucked them.
My sister and I sat staring in wide eyed shock.
Later that week we had sore throats. Our doctor said it was pschosematic. (spelling?) We had sympathy sore throats for those silly chickens. LOL!
on March 20th, 2007 at 8:40 am
WOW~!
You have some serious country girls on your hands! I can't imagine the whole chicken thing. In fact, I wouldn't mind having chickens for layers but if one of them dies-I don't want to deal with it. So-we don't have chickens. 🙂
Have a hearty meal! 😉
Rebecca from http://www.zeahrenaissance.blogspot.com
on March 20th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
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Pig butchering, which our whole extended family has done for years and years, gives way this year to sausage making. We can live without the rest of it, but not without our Mennonite sausage. 🙂 I've been enjoying the pics of your family. You're a blessing!
Rachel
Rachel Starr Thomson
http://rachelstarrthomson.blogspot.com
http://www.LittleDozen.com
on March 21st, 2007 at 7:55 am
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I just read in "The Homeschool Minute" that you are not writing for that worthy e-zine anymore. My reaction?……."Awwwwwwww!!" (an appreciative reader from Canada)
on March 21st, 2007 at 8:10 am
looks familiar….
I had my first butchering experience this summer too. The U of M had an enormous amount of chickens and turkeys that had been fed a new experimental organic feed, and they needed to get rid of them. We got friends together, set up stations and assembly (dis-assesmbly?) lines and butchered 80 chickens and 15 turkeys in a day. For all that organic meat it came to 50 cents a pound. Wow! And even my son (eeew, gross!!) got into chopping off heads.