Colowyo - grudgingly settling in :P

[colowyo0809]

I think if the knife cuts cooked chicken and steak pretty well it should work. I picked up a boning knife from my local restaurant supply. It cost like 8 bucks. But worked like a charm.

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Yeah, it's a filet knife that I picked up at a sporting goods store, I figured if it was good enough to filet a dead animal, it should be good enough to help me slit throats, skin and gut chickens

 

[Farmfresh]

Personally I use a nice sharp pair of poultry shears! I cut myself more than the chickens with a knife.

 

[colowyo0809]

I think if the knife cuts cooked chicken and steak pretty well it should work. I picked up a boning knife from my local restaurant supply. It cost like 8 bucks. But worked like a charm.

g

Yeah, it's a filet knife that I picked up at a sporting goods store, I figured if it was good enough to filet a dead animal, it should be good enough to help me slit throats, skin and gut chickens

Update! It is not good enough! It is not even good enough to skin the bird! *sigh* back to the drawing board

 

[miss_thenorth]

Did you sepasrate the feathers out of the way before you slit (or tried to slit?) Feathers will dull your knife oh so fast, ans you can't cut through them. And to skin them you basically ust push the tip of the knife through the skin a bit, enough to get your fingers in there, and then pull. A filet knife should work fine--even a cheapo.

 

[colowyo0809]

So I keep forgetting the reason why I come on here! We have a bunch of those orange home depot buckets that we've been storing chicken feed in. Since we will no longer (for the short term anyways) be keeping chickens and such, can we use them instead to store rice and beans or would this be bad? we are planning on getting them in bulk since we can do it fairly cheap through his store. thoughts?

 

[Wifezilla]

You could line them with food grade plastic if you are worried about the chemicals that might be in the plastic.

 

[colowyo0809]

You could line them with food grade plastic if you are worried about the chemicals that might be in the plastic.

I'm worried to a point, but not enough to spend more money I think we should be ok right?

 

[Wifezilla]

I would use them...but you know me. I like to live on the edge

 

[lorihadams]

You could put them in a bag first and then put them in the bucket...Maybe in a burlap sack of some sort?

 

[Natalie's Nesters]

I love Lawrence! We had a hobby store there 10 years ago, what a fun town! Close to Kansas City, but yet far enough away! The outer area is nice, great for homesteading! Make sure you have a good water source, and you will do fine. Wish you all the best with your new adventure!