Monday, Sept. 24

Well, we got rid of our first rooster last Monday, Sept. 24. One of the elder sister missionaries serving here, who is from Cache Valley, Utah volunteered to help us learn how to butcher and skin our chickens, she has many years of experience. We have 4 roosters and we don't need that many roosters. They are somewhat aggressive, they have pecked at all of us at some point in time. Aunie is scared of them. We planned to take care of all three of them Oct. 1st. However, last Monday when Chris and the boys were out feeding the chickens early in the morning, one of the roosters pecked Eli so Chris kicked the rooster and injured its foot. So, Sister Eskelsen came that same day to butcher him. These are pictures of the event. She is coming back today to teach Chris how to butcher and skin the other 2 roosters today. Though this is not my favorite part of the farm, I am grateful for the meat and I made great, healthy chicken noodle soup and plan to make nutrient dense broth out of other chickens in the future.