How to Clean & Use Old Hens

Every individual who keeps laying hens will one day find themselves in a predicament. As birds age, egg production slows and eventually ceases altogether. What should you do with the old birds that are no longer producing? It's a dilemma every poultry keeper faces! And I want to help you with this problem by showing you how to clean and use old hens in the kitchen!

4 Reasons You Should Learn How to Clean and Use Old Hens

Allow me the opportunity to convince you it's worth your time and effort? Here are a few good reasons you should learn to make use of your old laying hens!

Get One Last Return for Your Money

Take a moment to think about how much money you've invested into these birds! You purchased them with your hard earned cash. Set up a home. Fed and cared for them over the years. You have one last opportunity to get a return for your money and labor! Why forfeit that chance?

Last but not least, you should use your birds because I'm going to help you simplify the process. We'll start by learning how to skin a chicken.

How to Skin a Chicken

If you've ever plucked a chicken, you know how time consuming it can be! In this article, I'm going to teach you to skin a chicken, leaving all that tedious, feather-picking stuff for another day!

• a sharp knife
• strong overhead source where you can hang the chickens for skinning
• two pieces of twine or small rope to loop over the chicken's feet
• a tarp underneath the skinning station to catch feathers and feet

Kill the bird via whatever method suits you: the block, cone, or by piercing. Be sure to let the bird bleed out! Once the job is finished and your bird's nerves have quieted down, hang it for skinning. This works best while the chicken is still very warm.