"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message 
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> That extra water?  Ice from when it's frozen, most likely.

When chickens are processed in an industrial setup, they are mechanically 
eviscerated.  This leads to a large quantity of fecal matter ending up on 
the inside of the chicken.  So, to fix that, they are hosed and bathed in a 
chlorine bath for a few hours, where they also cool down with a whole bunch 
of other chickens.  As you can imagine, the carcasses at the bottom of the 
chill tank are probably pretty nasty.  When you smell a chicken from the 
store, there is an odd smell to it that's just not present on my chickens. 
I'm guessing it's the chlorine.

My processor eviscerates by hand, then drops them into the chill tank.  He 
doesn't get feces on the chicken to begin with.  If I had it my way, they 
would be air-chilled, but I can't get everything I want.  When I pick them 
up in the evening, they're all bagged and cold.

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