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1. Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2023 21:13:07 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:
   Today the young roosters started crowing at 4am. I am turning 2 of them into breakfast for the dogs. Made a little mess in the shop. Hopefully no tools or wood was harmed in the process
   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2023 22:18:26 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     I have been trying to plan a day when we can process a bunch at once but honestly doing 2 wasn't as annoying as I suspected it might be. I plucked them by hand instead of using the plucking machine but heating up water enough to scald 2 birds only took about 20 minutes and since it's cold out I just culled both and then scalded them and put them back in the ice bath while I plucked. Handled evisceration in the kitchen. Not bad at all, and it's a bit quieter out here.
   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2023 22:23:44 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     Kuma doesn't want to eat the balls apparently
   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2023 22:43:08 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     one time we tried out those breast meat hybrid birds and we had one that just didn't grow so when it came time to butcher we left it with the rest of the flock so it could catch up. A few months passed and the bird got huge. By the time we butchered it the knees were taking on fluid (never buying those chickens again). The whole time we thought it was a female because we never heard it crow even once, but when we got to evisceration we found the largest chicken testicles I've ever seen. Weird.
   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2023 23:28:01 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @SlicerDicer makes sense. I've never tried that, but my feathering machine is just a spinning drum with rubber fingers so kind of the same principal.
     
     Doing it by hand wasn't too bad and it had the advantage of giving me control over where the feathers land and limiting my water usage (good both because it's freezing outside and I didn't have any spare hands). Normally We'll keep the hose running while the feathering is going on because otherwise it just turns into a giant mess.
   • SlicerDicer (slicerdicer@bikeshed.party)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2023 23:28:02 JST SlicerDicer

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     @thatguyoverthere You know you can defeather birds really fast with a bike tire spinning. Like a bicycle, it might sound strange but it works.
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   • SlicerDicer (slicerdicer@bikeshed.party)'s status on Friday, 08-Dec-2023 18:42:54 JST SlicerDicer

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     @thatguyoverthere Yeah it makes a fucking mess if you use a tire lol
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