On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:17:28 -0400, Jeremy \"UncleHoot\" Praay wrote:

> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
> news:4accbce4$1@news.povray.org...
>> 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.

Probably, or a reaction with 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.

Where were you located again?  :-)

Jim

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