KYH - people like that are all over - ditto with the pig farm here - and the other places that cut your meat for you. I prefer to do as much cutting as I can - I don't trust very many people.

Too bad you weren't closer - we could echange stories about all the idiots out there - the farmers, the meat processors - etc. and enjoy several pots of tea and coffee with all the stories.

It's all over unfortunately -

I don't know the prices of meat for everyone else, but in Israel it can cost twice as much to buy a chicken "dismantled" than to actually butcher the thing yourself.

What surprised me once I found out how to do it, was how easy it actually was. Its all about knowing where to start and having the correct knife.

Before you tackle the big job of typing it all out, can I just mention that someone has probably saved you the work. If you surf the web, you can usually find a breakdown of how to do it.

I actually uploaded a video of a portioning and deboning a chicken to my website to help people understand how easy it is.

I cut up my own chickens too, I also buy whole beef and pork tenderloins to cut into roasts & chops. I have even butchered a deer with my sister. The next year she took my deer to a butcher to have them break it down because I couldn't come down in time to do it myself. Was I ever sorry. They don't do it to my liking. From now on I'll take the time to do it myself.

Jfain you are so brave!!! I can clean and cut the meat but not dress out the deer

I enjoy buying whole birds, or large portions of meat and breaking them down at home.

Funny- my sister's idea of "breaking down meat" is buying the 20-piece McNuggets and dividing them amongst her son and a l'il friend or two! Ha!