Disclaimer: This video contains the butchering of a live chicken. Please keep in mind the graphic nature of the content before watching.
As farm-to-table eating breaks into the habits of mainstream Americans, hobby farmers can take advantage of the fact that they are raising meat on their own land. Some chicken keepers who raise chickens for meat take their chickens to a local butcher or slaughter facility for processing, but butchering is a skill you can implement on your own farm.
Watch the video below to learn the first steps in the butchering process: butchering, scalding and plucking. Then watch part two to continue with the evisceration process.