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Hanginon t1_jdrtpxe wrote

Reply to comment by WhatTheCluck802 in Those of you who have laying hens, what do you do with the chicks who turn out to be roosters? Is there a local butcher who will dispatch them for a fee? I don’t mind eating them at all but don’t have any experience doing it myself and wouldn’t want to cause undue harm due to my inexperience by JMChaseArt

Yes, that's likely the most convenient and efficient way as it also contains the bird itself, much easier to work with than the old "hatchet & stump" method.

You can buy them really high quality for fairly low cost, make your own if you're at all handy. Or even, depending on your tolerance for larceny, 'procure one' during highhway construction/repair season. It hapens. ¯\_( ͡❛ ͜ʖ ͡❛)_/¯

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PromiseNorth t1_jdsadhc wrote

Hatchet 🪓 and stump 🪵 … this is the way. For the occasional cull of roosters. High volume or meat birds for the cone. They go pretty limp when held upside down. The only way to get good is to practice OP. Cleaning birds is a good skill and it’s surprisingly fast. Some folks flash hot water for easier plucking or something like that. Just get a set of leather work gloves and go to town. Fiskars hatchets are very sharp and sharpen easily. You can do it!

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