This is a badge bit (
BB) that is part of the
PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in
Animal Care.
Ducks are great! A
staple meat virtually anywhere in the world.
It's important to learn not just how to properly harvest a duck, but why it matters.
There is a heap of good information about how to maximize nutrition, minimize cruelty, and increase efficiency in the process. This
thread has a few good approaches:
https://permies.com/t/47528/butcher-chicken
Some amazing farmstead meatsmith videos:
For this BB, the minimum requirements are:
-Start with 1 Live Duck
-Killed in a humane manner
-Processed and either prepared or properly stored within an hour
To document your completion, provide proof of the following as pics or
video (less than two minutes):
-Living bird
-Bird after slaughter, depicting the method used
-Organs separated into suitable for human consumption / not suitable for humans consumption, next to plucked bird