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OK, last post. In my view, plucking chicken feathers is about the worst thing to do, and dunking a chicken in hot water stinks like crazy. I don't do it. I skin.

Use a killing cone, best way to get it done. If you do it the old way, these heavy birds can flop around and break bones, no joke. I simply hang the bird upside down by their feet so they are spread apart. Peal down some feathers where the ankle skin meets feathers, and this is where I start the skinning. It's not that hard, while they are warm. Skin down to the neck, pull the arms through, and all this can go in a trash can. I bought a wire/cable cutter to cut off the legs and wing ends. The skinned bird gets laid on its back on a table, and the innards are removed. For ease of freezing, we have the carcus. I use kitchen shears down each side of the backbone, and the knife through the breast bone. Makes a nice half bird to vacuum seal.