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Little Jerry Seinfeld
Crowing
I scalded with a thermometer on a regulated electric skillet where the water never gets above 147, usually stays between 142 to 145. Plus I butchered 5 that night and it was the middle bird...
Also when I was experimenting in the spring, I scalded up to 165 degrees and the only thing that did to the skin was start cooking the skin and make it tear very easily...
As for the living Conditions that's a possibility , they were in a large area, but for about 3 weeks, in the middle/end of their lives, it rained alot, they have a slight rise in the center and are on a slight slope so were 80% dry, but for that time were very tarped up to keep water out, tarped fully on the roof and on 2 sides, also they had hegari and cane and alfalfa chunks thrown in every other day at one end of the run on the highest spot, where they liked to sleep. So were dry and clean, But the roof was only about 4 feet high so i know it must have been really humid in there.
However, out of all 35 of them, I've now butchered all but 5 and thats the only one with a weird skin thing...
Also when I was experimenting in the spring, I scalded up to 165 degrees and the only thing that did to the skin was start cooking the skin and make it tear very easily...
As for the living Conditions that's a possibility , they were in a large area, but for about 3 weeks, in the middle/end of their lives, it rained alot, they have a slight rise in the center and are on a slight slope so were 80% dry, but for that time were very tarped up to keep water out, tarped fully on the roof and on 2 sides, also they had hegari and cane and alfalfa chunks thrown in every other day at one end of the run on the highest spot, where they liked to sleep. So were dry and clean, But the roof was only about 4 feet high so i know it must have been really humid in there.
However, out of all 35 of them, I've now butchered all but 5 and thats the only one with a weird skin thing...
