TAILIEUCHUNG - HOW TO KILL A CHICKEN FOR FOOD

Wild birds have taken much of the blame for the spread of H5N1 across the world but this report by Compassion in World Farming unveils evidence showing that the development of highly pathogenic strains of bird flu lies at the door of factory farming. The past two decades have seen a complete transformation in the poultry industry with a 300% increase in production across the world. This increase is, by and large, thanks to reliance on intensive farms and a transnational production system. Poultry production is now a global affair. An intensive poultry farm provides the. | HOW TO KILL A CHICKEN FOR FOOD By Jennie Chooken Unfortunately there is no perfectly painless way of killing a chook for food. I wish there was. However there are some extremely fast methods and the aim of this article is to outline some basics. FATTENING It s debatable whether fattening produces more than bloated meat. A well fed and unwormy bird will supply as much meat as its breeding permits fattening it will probably only add fat. However if your birds seem particularly scrawny then you might want to segregate whichever one you intend to eat to make sure it s not being bullied out of food. You can certainly produce a heavier carcass by giving extra rations and particularly by including fresh meat offcuts skim milk and softened grains excepting barley which is not well digested by chickens . Limiting the bird s range will also tend to make it gain weight but a flighty bird may become stressed if away from the flock. AGE AT KILL When a cock begins to crow he is pretty much mature and will start to toughen quickly. Until this point you can roast fry or poach with frying being most suited to younger birds. An older rooster or aged hen will probably suit only mincing stock or pet food. However you can make a fine meal out of even a two year old bird depending on its breeding using a pressure cooker and plenty of herbs. The other issue to do with age concerns the presence of pin feathers which are softish feather buds just protruding from the skin of birds while replenishing after a moult. Some breeds always have pin feathers no matter what age you try to dispatch them and others only produce these hard-to-pluck feather buds every now and then. When you want to cull it s best to check each chicken s body to see if pin feathers are present. If they are you will probably prefer to wait until the feathers have fully grown before killing the bird. STARVE After choosing the bird you want to dispatch isolate it and starve it for at least 14 and preferably 24 hours to .

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