Chickens wait for their turn to be processed during an urban hen educational workshop sponsored by the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture.

Jordan Dawdy, right, instructs Mark and Hannah Simms how to clean their chicken during an urban hen educational workshop sponsored by the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture.

Jordan Dawdy prepares a dead chicken for its head to be removed.

A chicken is suspended while waiting to be cleaned.

Chickens are briefly submerged in boiling water to help remove the feathers.

Chicken feet and feathers remain after a cleaning.

Workshop participants wait to wash their chickens.