A first person report on what it took to prepare and perform chicken harvest. On only two chickens.
Told by a first timer. Worth reading.
http://purelivingforlife.com/first-time-slaughtering-chickens/You can do this without all the fancy equipment, but do some research ahead of the need...
If you raise chickens, then do plan on harvesting them in a batch, to reduce the setup and processing time.
One or two is hardly worth the effort, unless that is all the chickens you have...
Prepare. Really.
The bottom of the article contains several good reference, so enjoy learning more.
My personal advice is to use a pair of tree pruning shears for quickly cutting off the head, sharp ones.
Plucking a chicken is the hardest part and I frequently simply skinned the whole bird, even if it cost some of the fats which are a good food source.
A big pot of boiling water certainly helps if you want to pluck feathers, but it doesn't remove the feathers, just makes them easier to pull.
Rubber gloves will save your fingers and hands. Blisters from plucking are a real problem.
Having a jar of skin lotion ready (brand name; Corn Huskers Lotion) is another good idea.
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