Six of our birds were over three years old and had stopped laying. I’ve been meaning to butcher them with my granddaughter and finally got around to it

The granddaughter getting the marked birds out of the coop.





The chopping block.



Removing the breast halves.



Prepping the veggies while I prep the chicken meat. The green onions really got to her.





It turned out pretty good.

Yum Yum Rhode Island red

With a barred rock and an Easter egger thrown in for flavor.

Great pictures Lugnut

Sure nice to see you pass on your knowledge and help teach another generation how its done. A good man you are.

Good thing you made soup out of them

Probably tougher than boot leather

Raising her right, too many have no idea the chicken in the store ever had feathers on it

Wow that soup looks good

I bet the rest of them there chickens are laying eggs like crazy now

Thanks Bob, very kind of you.

I knew they would be, that's why we only kept the breasts. I was able to get them tender.

The rest went to the bone pile for the fox, hawks and buzzards.

To funny,,,, I remember Bullet the German shepherd waiting for the head to be chopped off, for another taste snack,,,,lol

We rotated chicken every two years…… WACK……..

LOL

They're ten months old and are laying pretty good. They didn't have a clue what was going on. The granddaughter would quietly get the banded birds out of the coop and we'd breast out two at a time until the six old ones were done.

I killed older birds in front of the good ;layers once years ago and it really stressed them out, they stopped laying for several days. I don't do that anymore.

After we chopped the heads off we'd let them flop out. My two labs kept trying to retrieve them thinking they were pheasants or something. I didn't give them any chicken parts, don't want them thinking they are food.

Part of their jobs is to protect them, not eat them.

Bullet the Dog,,,,protected the sheep, cattle and chickens,,,,,,, even had a big snake under the chicken house for rats,,,,

Guessing we were kinda organic…..

Nice.

Looks great. Burned out layers make the best soup.

If you cook those old hens long and low, the entire bird is good to eat with noodles.

Keith

Nice to see a post like this. Anytime I can get any of my girls along for hunting, trapping, retrieving game, cleaning game, etc.. I feel like I am passing knowledge along to the next generation. You are!

Soup looks delicious!