EXACTLY what I was thinking. The timelines we're suggesting are based on a Soprranos-type whack, where experience and careful planning are involved. Here, you'd have two yahoos trying to figure it out on the fly - and probably getting just a bit panicked, possibly even arguing about what to do in the process. My husband and I got nauseous when we had the brilliant idea of buying a locally-raised chicken from a local farm, but when we got home, realized that we would have to cut off the feet - and the head was in the bag. Needless to say, hubby had the honor, but it was quite unsettling. And this was just a 2-ish pound bird.