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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.

For this BB, you will slaughter and clean a goose.

There is a heap of good information about how to maximize nutrition, minimize cruelty, and increase efficiency in the process. Here is some useful information:
- Practical Slaughter of Poultry
- Raising Geese: The Basics
- Ducks and Geese are Great Permaculture Livestock
- Goose Work
- Domestic Geese Completely on Pasture?



For this BB, the minimum requirements are:
-Start with 1 Live Goose
-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 Goose
-Goose after slaughter, depicting the method used
-Organs separated into suitable for human consumption / not suitable for humans consumption, next to goose feathers
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So we harvest our ducks and geese with a pithing tool called The Finisher from Adrenal Line.  It immediately scrambles their brain and then I follow up with using a small knife to cut the arteries that run on either side of the roof of their mouth.  It is very quick, clean, and preserves the neck in the event that you would like to use it for sausage.  Since we also harvest our own meat chickens, 50 at a time, I splurged and bought a plucker which has been a life saver.  We actually chill the carcass before eviscerating it, which helps the liver to solidify a little more, making it easier to harvest for pate.  
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Geese and Runner Ducks Alive
Geese and Runner Ducks Alive
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