It's one of those sad realities of life on the homestead that the day will come when Little Red Hen will out stay her welcome on the farm. When that fateful day finaly comes it is incumbent upon us, the homesteaders, to honor that ultimate sacrifice by harvesting and amking use of as much of that animal as possible. This leads us back to Little Red Hen, and her compatriots down at the hen house...fall is the traditional time of year to cull your aging and unproductive chickens on the homestead. One less mouth to feed through the doldrums of winter makes a huge difference, and stocking the pantry for those times is a must! Aside from the hero of homestead utility the hog, the humble farmhouse chicken is probably one of the most useful resources for the modern homesteader in both life and death.