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thank you! very helpful! So I am thinking for my first attempt 5 is a good number. Likely over a few days. Just to stick my feet in and get a feel so I can then figure out what is best to do.I just did 2 Biel x Dominique cockerels, 10 months old. I used a kill cone, but you can easily make one or hang the bird by its feet. Same result in the long run.
The feathers came out far more easily than expected. Plucking both birds was probably a ten minute job. The whole process took me about 2 hours. Probably 30 to 45 minutes per bird if you don't run into snags. Skinning took longer when I did it that way.
Setup and cleanup time should be taken into consideration as well. It's a lot harder than the YT videos make it look!
I have no idea how they compare as far as meat flavor.
My suggestion would be to think about time and space. You don't want to process ten birds if you don't have room for them. If you have adult help ten is not out of reach, but by yourself I would stick to five at a time, especially the first time. Maybe do ten and plan to butcher them in separate sessions?