We're going to dip our toes into the world of butchering meat-birds. We're getting six meat-chickens in December (as opposed to the laying variety, meat-birds are bred to get beefier, so to speak), and, come early February, they're getting the axe: at that point I'm going to take them over to an acquaintance's house and he's going to teach me the art of the butcher. I'm looking forward to learning how to do it.