Soup Chickens

[KDM]

Weird post here. I have about 60 laying hens that are being culled this month. They are NOT good for baking, frying, grilling, or broiling. They do however, make the best chicken noodle soup I've ever had. The Mrs. usually takes the whole bird and puts it into boiling water until the meat falls off, then removes the bones, ads veggies and noodles, and we eat. We have plenty of soup chicken from last year. They're free, but the catch is you have to come butcher them yourself. I have the scalder/plucker/etc. so you can butcher them here if you like, but I get to mostly watch and give advice. If anyone is interested, launch me a PM and we'll see if we can set something up. I know it's a bit left of center, but I hate to see good food go to waste if someone has a need or use for it. Thanks!

 

[risingsun]

Do you have a local soup kitchen, food pantry, or something similar that volunteers would come take care of them?

 

[KDM]

Not really. They probably wouldn't be much help due to over regulation of only using usda certified, inspectified, injectified, petrified, yada yada yada for free food for people. Just looking to help some folks out with vittles.

 

[Jiffy]

Clean them?!? Ewwwww gross!!

 

[KDM]

Got one taker for a half dozen, give or take. 55 to go. LOL!! They make great chicken stock as well.

 

[Big C]

Weird post here. I have about 60 laying hens that are being culled this month. They are NOT good for baking, frying, grilling, or broiling. They do however, make the best chicken noodle soup I've ever had. The Mrs. usually takes the whole bird and puts it into boiling water until the meat falls off, then removes the bones, ads veggies and noodles, and we eat. We have plenty of soup chicken from last year. They're free, but the catch is you have to come butcher them yourself. I have the scalder/plucker/etc. so you can butcher them here if you like, but I get to mostly watch and give advice. If anyone is interested, launch me a PM and we'll see if we can set something up. I know it's a bit left of center, but I hate to see good food go to waste if someone has a need or use for it. Thanks!

Great offer, KDM. Our old layers also made great soup chickens. This post did remind me of something I have contemplated more than once. I have thought about how long a guy could go only eating "free" animals from bismanonline or facebook marketplace. There are always free chickens, ducks, geese, goats, pot bellied pigs, etc. I am guessing you wouldn't always be welcome to the free critters if they knew what you were going to do with them, but lots of good eating to be had for "free"! And now you have 55 more chickens for free, and meant to be consumed.

 

[bucksnbears]

Kirk, call me.

 

[Browneye]

Soup chickens also can quite nicely.

 

[KDM]

Kirk, call me.

Left you a message.

 

[bucksnbears]

Try again Kirk.
Your number didn't show up.
Thanks.

 

[Jiffy]

Beam me up Scotty

 

[Slappy]

A most generous offer! If I was closer and had fewer commitments I would take you up on it for the education and good eats. Thanks.

 

[KDM]

20 or so are spoken for so far. 35 ish to go.

 

[tikkalover]

 

[Sluggo]

Can you get everybody to show up on the same day? I might be interested in just spectating

 

[Jiffy]

Will a ninja star kill a chicken?

 

[Obi-Wan]

We were never allowed to let the chickens jump after the heads were cut off. We had to hold them by the wings and the legs until they bled out, parents said letting them jump around like that bruised the meat.

 

[Twitch]

Can you get everybody to show up on the same day? I might be interested in just spectating

You stop angling for a chicken butchermaster tourney with pre meal and post hangover toastplate

 

[svnmag]

About twenty years ago I heard Michael Savage lament he had to shop alleyways to get chicken shins/feet for proper stock. According to him; stock had zero flavor/nutrients unless these parts were boiled in the broth. I'd wrap them in cheesecloth after an extensive brushing/cleaning.

He is/was actually Jewish--IDK if this adds any "old world" credibility: I always intended to try this with pheasant along with plucking. By the time I got home and saw the bloody shot holes under the ripped skin; the culinary motivation was dead. FWIW all birds were gutted upon retrieval: I'm not a British faggot: They were filleted and soaked in mild saltwater. I didn't GAF about the thighs or feet. I had to drink beers and post a lot of bullshit:

You might have a bounty in stock if you get in with the FDA:

 

[KDM]

When Mrs. KDM makes chicken stock with the whole bird (sans feet) she gets that nice gel layer on top of the water too. Seems to me, having the skin, bones, and everything in between would make better stock/bone broth than just some scrawny feet IMO. Still have about 40 birds waiting for homes/pantries/hungry people.