Chicken Harvest
July 25, 2009
Last month we spent a day harvesting 25 chickens that Adam and I helped to raise (half of which are now ours for the eating). We made this video to document the process. Part II is just me cleaning and gutting the chicken, a task I am still not fully comfortable with. But it’s far more tasteful than the first half of the video in which adam slits their arteries. We are told that this is the most humane means of taking the birds lives–the upside-down position naturally relaxes the animals and some humans have even described the feeling of their blood being drained as a euphoric experience. Still, I couldn’t bring myself to participate. Even now, the disemboweling freaks me out. I’m just not used to having such a close relationship with the body of something i eat… this is good.
that was great! i’ve been thinking about doing our chickens in a few weeks, they don’t lay eggs anymore, so its chicken enchilada time! i think fletcher is going to film it also. i don’t know if i can be so humane though!