RAISING MEAT CHICKENS: The Whole Process

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  • This video shows the whole process of raising meat chickens. These chickens are Cornish Cross. From chick to butchering. I edited out the actual killing of the chicken, but I will put a link below to show the unedited butchering video.
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  • @TheCookFamilyHomestead
    @TheCookFamilyHomestead  4 роки тому +26

    This is how we package them for the freezer: ua-cam.com/video/mj2IVdlx2ME/v-deo.html

    • @ioseforaonu4030
      @ioseforaonu4030 4 роки тому +2

      Do you guys change the hays or its the same throughout?

    • @TheCookFamilyHomestead
      @TheCookFamilyHomestead  4 роки тому +5

      @@ioseforaonu4030 the coop gets cleaned weekly with fresh hay.

    • @cheyenne3825
      @cheyenne3825 4 роки тому +1

      😱
      I dont like people killing chicks.
      I know god put animals down for food but...
      It breaks my heart
      😔☹️

    • @CalvesFanatic
      @CalvesFanatic 4 роки тому +6

      Ewan McInerney
      (Genesis 9:3-6) “when God tells Noah in the covenant made with him after the Great Flood, "Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.”

    • @CalvesFanatic
      @CalvesFanatic 4 роки тому

      Ewan McInerney Years and years of translations can do things like that to a book tbf

  • @shortafewbolts
    @shortafewbolts 4 роки тому +317

    When I was 7 years old, I was playing with a chicken in the afternoon in the backyard of my house. During dinner time, I ate fried chicken. After dinner I asked my mom if I could go outside and play with the chicken and there was ackward silence. lol.

  • @kevind3185
    @kevind3185 4 роки тому +64

    I run mine in mobile coops (chicken tractor) I don't want them sitting in their own manure so they are moved daily the 1st 3 weeks on pasture and twice daily till butcher. It gives them access to different foods grasses, insects, worms which I believe adds flavor and makes for a better life for the chicken. The added benefit is seen in the pasture dark green pasture grass from the manure.

    • @uprightfossil6673
      @uprightfossil6673 4 роки тому +1

      I raise mine with other layers and let them free range to be more active. I feed corn meal with their chick feed and add oyster shell powder for strong bones since they grow so fast. I also only butcher a few at a time and get 8-12lb birds at the end. The better conditioned hens I keep and breed with some success now. This indoor way is much more expensive

    • @kevind3185
      @kevind3185 4 роки тому

      @@uprightfossil6673 I have way to many predator issues to free range. Wish I could for the quality of life for the chicken. But I don't think free range meat birds gain weight as fast as confined birds.

    • @subuktageenfarooqi5712
      @subuktageenfarooqi5712 4 роки тому +2

      @@kevind3185 guard goose for aerial predators, ir sensor triggered flashing lights for coyotes.

    • @subuktageenfarooqi5712
      @subuktageenfarooqi5712 4 роки тому +1

      @@kevind3185 or you can put them in chicken tractors like the ones joel salatin preaches about.

    • @kevind3185
      @kevind3185 4 роки тому +2

      @@subuktageenfarooqi5712 I run them in chicken tractors with electric hot wire Works good.

  • @ramildeasis2523
    @ramildeasis2523 4 роки тому +54

    I want a life like this, very simple and the farm is amazing, plus you get to eat a fried chicken everyday

    • @devilroshan1495
      @devilroshan1495 3 роки тому +9

      Fried chicken is not safe for daily consumption

    • @lorife12345
      @lorife12345 3 роки тому +1

      @@devilroshan1495 Factu-Factu.

    • @josephomalla256
      @josephomalla256 3 роки тому +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @joekeller6052
      @joekeller6052 3 роки тому

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    • @horaciosalinas8145
      @horaciosalinas8145 3 роки тому

      Chicken Mexican soup !!! If u fried your chicken just go buy it at churchs chicken

  • @Fanslerfarmstead
    @Fanslerfarmstead 4 роки тому +32

    I'm getting 50 Cornish cross in June were excited to do some meat birds it's crazy how fast these grow. At for weeks old they are bigger than my 6 week old layers.

    • @YAW102
      @YAW102 3 роки тому

      But with that they make bigger boobs and that is not good for man . You know..

  • @touxiong7050
    @touxiong7050 5 років тому +10

    Thanks for editing it out for some people that dont wanna watch the killing.

  • @daemionhorne
    @daemionhorne 6 років тому +627

    I think it's a shame that the butchering video was age-restricted I think it's important that people see and understand where all the food comes from

    • @TheCookFamilyHomestead
      @TheCookFamilyHomestead  6 років тому +78

      I agree. UA-cam is starting to lose their minds.

    • @djmpvae27091978
      @djmpvae27091978 6 років тому +10

      Exactly. I agree with u.

    • @lillianm.dougherty7647
      @lillianm.dougherty7647 6 років тому +7

      If u got this far in the video then you already saw where they came from.
      The butchering process is just butchering that's it and has nothing to do with where the chickens being butchered came from.🙄
      I'm sure u can find a video on Utube somewhere or perhaps the dark web but i'm not certain the butchering video is
      actually what u say
      "age restricted".
      Keep watching even when it pauses it'll restart itself and then u can watch since it's so important to you. Duh!

    • @jacksbob265
      @jacksbob265 6 років тому +16

      Shhh. The vegans will be here if you do that. Hehe

    • @daniidelrey
      @daniidelrey 6 років тому

      I seed some chicks die 😱👎😭😭😭

  • @roberthertzberg4421
    @roberthertzberg4421 4 роки тому +10

    When I was a kid, I was the plucker. Thanks for sharing.

    • @spooky3120
      @spooky3120 4 роки тому

      when you were a teen you were a chicken choker.

  • @billotto602
    @billotto602 5 років тому +1

    Just took 22 to the butcher today. Avg weight 12 lbs with many pushing 15. So glad they're gone. Raise em every year for 35 years. Best tasting chickens I ever ate. Super Cornish X-rocks. Great birds. How you process 100+ is beyond me ! God bless you !

  • @wade5941
    @wade5941 5 років тому +5

    Thank you for that. My family eats a lot of chicken as it is a very healthy and protein rich food source. Chickens are a renewable food source and we are thankful for good folks like yourselves who make it available for the masses. We also enjoy our "farmed" catfish which is also a renewable food source. Thanks again.

  • @tillmanfamilyfarm7759
    @tillmanfamilyfarm7759 4 роки тому +4

    Nice video! We have raised chickens for about 14 years. Hatching and eating eggs. I have finally talked my wife into raising some the freezer. We eat everything else but the goats!

  • @kiwinisuki
    @kiwinisuki 5 років тому +53

    I think watching the entire process helps put the value of chickens and their role in our lives as humans into perspective. We rely heavily on these beautiful birds for daily nutrition and in some cases companionship, but so many people take it for granted with the way they either waste the chicken they buy or criticize others for eating it.
    I would personally never eat any chicken that I raise, but I appreciate the farms like this that take good care of the chickens as they raise them. They have a good amount of room, plenty of food and water, and they're cared for all the way up to the butcher. And even at the butcher, it's quick and doesn't make the bird suffer.
    Thank you for putting this video up for people to see the process and understand what it takes to put their meal on their table.

  • @DefinitelyNotAnAlien
    @DefinitelyNotAnAlien 5 років тому +10

    Thank you for giving the option of an edited vs unedited version. In my case, I just can't see blood. I couldn't even watch my own finger getting sewed after breaking it last year (actually forgot to ask how many stitches were used).
    Also, kudos for using two quick humane strikes instead of the old traditional neck break.

  • @mattgieslerrocks
    @mattgieslerrocks 4 роки тому +62

    I’m here because my grocery store is out of chicken.

    • @alteregoafterhours7474
      @alteregoafterhours7474 4 роки тому

      bahahahaha

    • @VaranusVideos
      @VaranusVideos 4 роки тому +3

      maan I ordered 55 a month ago when i saw where all this shit was headed. got another 60 coming in august and got another freezer.

    • @mattgieslerrocks
      @mattgieslerrocks 4 роки тому +2

      VaranusVideos Lucky! My freezer is now full since I stocked up on about 25 lbs of chicken. Now I need to rearrange things in there so it all fits.

  • @RhinoXpress
    @RhinoXpress 5 років тому +12

    As any farmer will say never get attached to your farm animals, because you'll never want to kill them for food consumption or product. You have to go in with the mindset that these animals are here to make you money for your livelihood. not to raise as personal pets.

    • @malaxlimpan
      @malaxlimpan 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah, I think it's called "empathy" or something.

    • @horaciosalinas8145
      @horaciosalinas8145 3 роки тому +1

      That happens to my girls ( wife and daughters ) so often 😆

  • @kevink9593
    @kevink9593 2 роки тому +4

    What a great series for new homesteaders to learn, thank you!

  • @wimm1392
    @wimm1392 5 років тому +11

    Awesome job Mr, so nice to see the family and friends involved.
    Thanks for sharing

  • @kensmapleleafretirement
    @kensmapleleafretirement 4 роки тому +5

    Well done guys. I am starting butchuring tomorrow so I just thought a refresher would be nice. Thanks for the information.... Take care...

    • @TheCookFamilyHomestead
      @TheCookFamilyHomestead  4 роки тому

      We just butchered 31 yesterday. If you're interested in how we package them up here is a quick video I did yesterday. Good luck to you my friend! ua-cam.com/video/mj2IVdlx2ME/v-deo.html

  • @ChickensAndGardening
    @ChickensAndGardening 3 роки тому +1

    I have 8 meat chickens coming in a month (we live in a town where you can have up to 11) and getting ready to build the outdoor mobile coop. I'm excited but also apprehensive; these are living things after all and it's a big responsibility; we can't just take a vacation and leave them alone for a week. Plus, there are all sorts of predators wandering through our yard at night -- 'coons, possums, foxes, cats... so it's got to be secure, and I'm working on getting a dog pretty soon, too. Thanks for the video - that's quite the production, 96 chickens processed in one day!

  • @tourmaline1810
    @tourmaline1810 5 років тому +22

    6:23 kinda ominous with all them at the door like that, they planning some kinda riot

    • @petealexander1288
      @petealexander1288 4 роки тому +1

      Only people with guilty minds think that way. If you have done nothing to have revenge exacted upon you then you have nothing to worry about.

  • @user-wq3jp3qg1o
    @user-wq3jp3qg1o 5 років тому

    Nice video but you need to do this every month. I'm a one (women) man band with a pen a month. 24 in each pen, ducks, geese, pheasants, quail, chickens, Guineas, Cornish, I myself butcher 24 in one day by myself. Do it 4 years and the job is finished by the time my kids were home from school. It's all in the set up. On weekends when my girls were helping me we could do 120 quail in 20 min. Another note.... My girls knew everything raised went in the freezer and summer months they kicked in since they were 5 years old. They raise and butcher there own today.... A great life lesson. Bummer you throw out the tail.. My husbands favorite part.. It's the tenderest part of the meat besides the tenderloin. Great video and I only wish more people would raise their own.... Blessings to you all.

  • @Wolf-qy5kz
    @Wolf-qy5kz 4 роки тому +23

    I'm having my children watch these types of videos; so they know where food comes from and that it's not from some magical Disney wizard with a wand. As with anything that yields great results, work and dedication are a must and your video shows these too. Very informational and THANK YOU for this.

    • @Flrere
      @Flrere 4 роки тому +1

      Really? Sure, have them learn but at least let them be entertained by something, instead of having them learn all life.

    • @Wolf-qy5kz
      @Wolf-qy5kz 4 роки тому +1

      @@Flrere That's correct and I agree...sometimes it's a thin line..

  • @novenakarratti3747
    @novenakarratti3747 3 роки тому +3

    Thank you for showing me all I've ever wanted to know about how to clean a chicken from start to finish.

  • @kurttravers4158
    @kurttravers4158 5 років тому +6

    And here I am eating a chicken salad sandwich while watching yummy in my tummy 😋

  • @iLikeDEERz
    @iLikeDEERz 3 роки тому

    One thing, I have 4 cornish rocks, all of them are pets. And some people say they are eating, drinking, pooping machines, but no. My cornish rocks crow, preen, scratch for food, (and do there little dance around hens!)also there legs aren't broken. They are like normal chickens, except they are fat. I don't feed them as much and they get good exercise every day. And yes, I feed them salad and they are grass fed. They eat healthy! I know people are going to comment and say: "they are suffering!" But no. They never lay around all day, only when it's time to go to bed! And when they need rest of course! Like any chicken! They are fully grown and they are at least 1-2 years old now. I'm sure they are going to live long! They look like they are happy! 🤗😄🙂 (I'm so sorry this is a long comment!)

  • @AirforcLuckyThirteen
    @AirforcLuckyThirteen 3 роки тому +3

    From small and cute to big and tasty. Always interesting to see how your food comes to be.

  • @timengland3649
    @timengland3649 5 років тому +1

    What a great memory vlog. I grew up in the 70's on my grandparents farm. They had eight children and would share in the chicken harvest even though they all didn't contribute labor. I was the youngest so my job was to cross the wings and hold the chicken on the wooden block between two nails. After my Uncle wacked of its head this six yr old held on for dear life until it quit flopping and I took it to my Aunt for scaulding and so on

  • @angelwashere8864
    @angelwashere8864 5 років тому +6

    Oh boy do I want a delicious trademarked KFC bucket meal with two sides for only $20!

  • @graniteridgegreens6278
    @graniteridgegreens6278 3 роки тому +1

    Best no BS chicken video without any actors or other I've viewed to date Lol
    I get 100 chicks tomorrow and ten turkeys with a back room ready for them sort of.
    Hope I do as well as You and feel a bit better after watching this (stressed ), Many Thanks.
    Keep on growing in the Free World.
    Cheers and Peace Out

  • @bluetowel-reko
    @bluetowel-reko 5 років тому +5

    everyone else:lets cook our big chickens!
    Me: except for my chicken cause i love them

    • @vintchxcreamz4382
      @vintchxcreamz4382 5 років тому +1

      Same Im a chicken lover 😍😢

    • @bluetowel-reko
      @bluetowel-reko 5 років тому

      @@vintchxcreamz4382 but the problem is my chickens is dying suffering in cold day

    • @vintchxcreamz4382
      @vintchxcreamz4382 5 років тому

      @@bluetowel-reko aww so sorry

  • @ne1273
    @ne1273 4 роки тому +1

    We did this last year. Our chooks were outside after 3.5 weeks. Culled at 8 weeks. They were a decent size and active. Fed on high protein feed as well as scraps, lettuce etc all free from the market. No poo underneath where normally they would just sit in it. We took the food off them at night otherwise they just eat and eat. No bad legs either. But the pop was the problem. Not like egg chickens at all. Would I do it again, yes. Better meat to be honest. But only in winter because of the flies are a huge problem in the warmer times.

  • @honourboyd3887
    @honourboyd3887 5 років тому

    I love people who ever taken care baby chicken

  • @FarmallFanatic
    @FarmallFanatic 6 років тому +97

    Wow, you got me thinking about meat birds now

    • @TheCookFamilyHomestead
      @TheCookFamilyHomestead  6 років тому +12

      You will love doing it!

    • @Bizarro2024
      @Bizarro2024 6 років тому +3

      learn how to spell and use the internet.

    • @tiffanyarrrr782
      @tiffanyarrrr782 6 років тому +2

      Same! Been thinking about it for a while.

    • @michelleevans5531
      @michelleevans5531 5 років тому +7

      @@Bizarro2024 No one's spelling or word usage was false. You started your sentence with a small letter instead of capitalizing it.

    • @Bizarro2024
      @Bizarro2024 5 років тому +5

      @@michelleevans5531 Apparently the Person I was addressing to has since deleted their comment which most likely had very bad usage of grammar as well as potential vulgarity and rudeness. I can't even remember this discussion to be honest. I hope my Capital Letter has made you happy! Have a nice day.

  • @justbemine_shorttopics
    @justbemine_shorttopics 4 роки тому +1

    I learned how to cut and clean the butchered chicken. Thanks. New raiser here.

  • @justinrees2400
    @justinrees2400 3 роки тому +13

    Watching a butchering video: This is inhumane
    Buying mass produced, gmo chicken: this is normal

    • @TheCookFamilyHomestead
      @TheCookFamilyHomestead  3 роки тому +1

      I know...right?

    • @KB4QAA
      @KB4QAA 3 роки тому +1

      JR: There is no such thing as a GMO chicken.

    • @justinrees2400
      @justinrees2400 3 роки тому +2

      @@KB4QAA you’re right my mistake. But they’ve been selectively bred to be so fat they fall over. Either way much of the nutrients are diminished and few people question where their food comes from.

  • @UNKNOWNN713
    @UNKNOWNN713 Рік тому

    I’ll grow an emotional bond instantly

  • @SPharaoh
    @SPharaoh 4 роки тому +3

    Thank you very much for sharing this video. You have done great job raising the chickens and butchering them as well. Sustainable it sure is.

  • @cobra03pcphunter8
    @cobra03pcphunter8 4 роки тому +1

    Really nice video guy. There is nothing better than a fresh chicken soup. With all the vegetables in it.

  • @africanhomestead
    @africanhomestead 6 років тому +10

    Great video! It's amazing to see how quickly they grow in only 8 weeks! I live in Liberia and am working to get some fertilized eggs brought over in someone's luggage to raise a couple different dual-purpose breeds. I'll definitely revisit this video when I'm preparing to butcher the extra roosters.

    • @jonster337able
      @jonster337able 4 роки тому

      You can't get chickens in Liberia?!?

    • @africanhomestead
      @africanhomestead 4 роки тому +3

      Jon, at the time I wrote this (2 years ago), finding good quality stock was very difficult. Our only real option was the local “country chicken” which lays small eggs and produces a small, lean carcass.
      Fortunately, recently I located an NGO that sells Rhode Island Reds for layers and some type of white Leghorn cross for meat birds. I had a bunch ordered, but then COVID-19 hit Liberia and we are in lock down until June.

    • @jonster337able
      @jonster337able 4 роки тому +1

      @@africanhomestead very interesting! Thank you for the reply😎 I hope this virus nonsense is over with sooner rather than later. Best of luck to you💖

    • @lilaclizard4504
      @lilaclizard4504 2 роки тому

      ​@@africanhomestead I was going to say, surely NGO's should be doing something about that! If they're serious about addressing global hunger issues, that's a really obvious place to start!
      I regularly do microloans with k iva & I always try to target programs like this with my money, cause it's the best way to really make a long term impact. Could be a good resourse to see what other NGO's are working somewhere near you with forward thinking programs too, if you need more, so glad you've got at least one doing the right thing there though. Stuff like this shouldn't be hard! We all need to do everything we can to make this sort of stuff accessible to all!

  • @oraynemckenzie9847
    @oraynemckenzie9847 5 років тому +1

    I can’t get tired of this video

  • @bobthomas291
    @bobthomas291 4 роки тому +3

    Chickens live matter they shouldn’t be meat

  • @j-rodrodriguez1613
    @j-rodrodriguez1613 4 роки тому +2

    awesome video , well done I have a small chicken coop for 10 chickens only today I have 15 hoping will be enough space. it is 10X5 ..

  • @turdfurgusson
    @turdfurgusson 5 років тому +3

    My boss raises chickens and I went up once to help with the butchering process. It was interesting, but smelled so bad.

    • @tarnsand440
      @tarnsand440 4 роки тому

      Chicken have worst smelling manure imo with pigs being a close second. My parents insisted we clean the duck chicken geese turkey pig pens every single day until of course the birds were in a large open area during the day.

  • @lilbitatatime3763
    @lilbitatatime3763 6 років тому +2

    We have a similar set up. Lots of work but well worth it in taste! Some people don't like killing cones but it's a good way to bleed them out. Look at the clean evisceration, not bloody at all. Nice video! 👍

    • @FrarmerFrank
      @FrarmerFrank 5 років тому

      There isn't much blood in there anyway
      Don't even bother draining the chicks I open up for the kittens as cats don't use killing cones

  • @vjm3
    @vjm3 4 роки тому +3

    I admire the efficiency of everything, especially the defeatherer. I do have a few questions:
    1. Overall how much feed do you go through? How often do you feed them? What is a typical portion size for 100 chickens?
    2. How much money can you generally get for one butchered chicken?
    3. What's a common sign that something is wrong? For example, how can you tell if they're sick and not worth raising anymore?
    4. I notice you generally keep the chickens in a 1ft per chicken area. Does restricting their ability to run around make them taste better? Or if there's more room to run around (let's say, twice the room), does it change the taste/texture/quality of the chicken?
    5. How long can you store a butchered chicken in a freezer before it's no longer any good? At what suggested temperature is minimum?
    I'm asking, because I'm on a mission to become more self sufficient. I'm willing to raise egg laying chickens, but knowing facts about meat chicken is useful (and interesting) too.

    • @TherapyRange
      @TherapyRange 4 роки тому

      I can answer some of this. I've never raise 100 of them so that amount I'm not sure on feed.
      1. We were giving 6 birds and half pound per day.
      2. Check your local laws on selling raw chicken. Some states allow it with restrictions. Other do not, at all.
      3. Same is with any chicken, if they aren't eating, drinking. You will notice they don't move around much though.
      4. This is just one of many ways of doing it. You don't have to confine them like this. Some people do, others pasture raise them
      5. This would depend on how you package it. Ziplock bags? lol. Couple months. Vacum sealed couple years? I mean I've seen meat in the freezer for 5 years still be good.
      Not at it's prime but was still edible.

    • @vjm3
      @vjm3 4 роки тому

      @@TherapyRange Thank you

  • @garymac4180
    @garymac4180 4 роки тому

    Thanks. Esp liked the part where you put the chicken into a concrete mixer to remove the feathers -and leaving the head intact through that process. It's bashed in head was most appealing. Once it's head was bashed in -then you go to all the trouble to remove it as if you hadn't already slit it's throat.....Barbaric way to cull chickens

    • @TheCookFamilyHomestead
      @TheCookFamilyHomestead  4 роки тому

      Why thank you for the sarcastic comment on something you obviously know nothing about. I'm used to dealing with those like you who have low intelligence.
      You see, tipping a chicken upside down causes the blood to run to it's small brain (like yours) and the chicken almost passes out. It calms it right down. You then slit the throat and it bleeds out with very little trauma.
      Killing cones are the most humane way to kill chickens. Chopping off the head causes adrenaline to rise in the chickens and infects the meat as well. There is a shock to the chicken. That is why we use killing cones.
      So there you go....a quick lesson in butchering. I know it's hard to wrap your tiny head around but give it a try you snowflake!

  • @DoubleDogDare54
    @DoubleDogDare54 5 років тому

    Fascinated by the "plucker". Can't believe it doesn't bruise the meat. Much better than plucking by hand.

    • @FrarmerFrank
      @FrarmerFrank 5 років тому

      If it wasn't dead before the plucker that sucker dead now
      Was actually making ouh,on,ow,OE sounds with my eyes wincing watching the pluker in action (if it wasn't red that would smart)

  • @ivoryjohnson4662
    @ivoryjohnson4662 4 роки тому +8

    Maybe more folks should grow up on a farm show what real life is like maybe it would be a lot less fake life we plucked ours without a machine

  • @tobywhitney4798
    @tobywhitney4798 3 роки тому +1

    Nice chickens. Unfortunately these days some people think it's inhuman to see the bleeding out part, even though it's part of the process. Great job.

  • @JD-kf2ki
    @JD-kf2ki 4 роки тому +3

    Farmer: How does it taste like?
    Me: Yes!

  • @wisemage0
    @wisemage0 4 роки тому +1

    Watching this before bed probably wasn't the best call.

  • @slush-hf8hr
    @slush-hf8hr 4 роки тому +5

    You should get Delaware chickens they have the best meat

  • @saminemredjomoenawi8636
    @saminemredjomoenawi8636 3 роки тому

    Dearest Cook Family Homes, I am soooo excited for This very PRECIOUS VIDEO'S series!!! Congratulations and Thank You all very MUCH. It was hard working left alone the butherie day!!! Oooohhh They look soooo YUMMIE YUMMIE... God BLESS You with such a BEAUTIFUL Wisdom. 💎💎💎💎💎🍾🥂🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🌹🌹 Thank You for sharing your Blessings. Take GOOD care of you all in this pandemic time Sir and God Bless You. Greetings from Suriname that is in South America💐💐💐

  • @AmazingAntiTheist
    @AmazingAntiTheist 5 років тому +43

    I want to live this lifestyle so badly.

    • @zackscott8636
      @zackscott8636 4 роки тому +3

      Its a lot of work. Cleaning shit, dusty, loud, bloody work

    • @georgepapastergiou9917
      @georgepapastergiou9917 4 роки тому +3

      it is possible just pray to God!

    • @ryankay2048
      @ryankay2048 4 роки тому

      @@georgepapastergiou9917 g o d i s n t r e a l
      well it's possible but unlikely

    • @darioestrada-gonzalez3178
      @darioestrada-gonzalez3178 4 роки тому +2

      Fuck what these guys are saying you want to live this? DO IT find the right deal you can get these birds at 80 cents a piece if you find the right hatchery. There’s nothing like growing your own meat. I wasn’t born into this I wanted it just like you and I found the way. Talk to your local elevator get grain in bulk for a good price. Just a couple tips best of luck

    • @thesickbeat
      @thesickbeat 4 роки тому

      @@ryankay2048 Define god.

  • @indyfosho5458
    @indyfosho5458 4 роки тому +2

    Wow the growth from week 3 to 4 was crazy

  • @Teeniebfable
    @Teeniebfable 2 роки тому

    I remember being about 14 or 15 and taking delivery of a chicken from a friend of my Dads. I asked how fresh it was and said ‘put it this way, it was still running about this morning! So yeah, I guess it was fresh. And it was delicious

  • @jsmythib
    @jsmythib 2 роки тому +1

    I am amazed at the speed they grow. I have recently began a series of staggered small hatches to hopefully compensate for my own food budget. Im looking at 12 weeks *full grown if Im lucky :) Amazing breed you have. Thankyou for sharing the process.

  • @deathisonlythebegining6047
    @deathisonlythebegining6047 4 роки тому

    I grew up on a ranch, It was mostly cattle, but we did butcher out our own hogs and chickens, even a few steers now and again as for the plucking that's why my dad had 4 sons lol. Great job thank you for keeping this lifestyle going.

  • @joedecook
    @joedecook 6 років тому +8

    Our plucker usually does better if we run two chickens at once. Three seems to be too many and one, to few. Do you know if that's the same with yours?

    • @TheCookFamilyHomestead
      @TheCookFamilyHomestead  6 років тому +4

      joedecook Ours works good with 1 or 2 but 3 doesn't work that great. Love the plucked! Thanks for watching my friend!

  • @hamasdiq8449
    @hamasdiq8449 3 роки тому +1

    I think their room is small for this amount of chickens.

  • @zouhairsuleiman209
    @zouhairsuleiman209 4 роки тому +8

    I’ll take all The heads and livers and the gizzards and the hearts , those are my favorites, you boil them for about 30 minutes and then season them and then fry them, yum yum

    • @zouhairsuleiman209
      @zouhairsuleiman209 4 роки тому

      Voodoo Priest Y don’t you shut up and go back to sleep Voo Doo breath

    • @madhatter2012
      @madhatter2012 4 роки тому

      At Thanksgiving, take the hearts and gizzards, simmer them with some chopped celery and onion, finely mince the gizzards and put half of it in your sausage stuffing and the other half in your gravy. YUM!

  • @christinamoneyhan5688
    @christinamoneyhan5688 4 роки тому

    Good job. Glad to see you left your children get involved. I used to raise 20,000 every 8-10 weeks for a commercial grower/ seller. Two weeks to clean and sanitize everything and back at it again. There was not much profit in it for the amount of time spent in labor. However doing it mostly for oneself is the best as you know.

  • @harrypowers9412
    @harrypowers9412 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you-a very instructive video. We’re gonna try it! Best video on the subject I’ve found.

  • @raysharf6571
    @raysharf6571 4 роки тому +5

    I remember when I was child growing children naturally. It used to take a lot longer until the chicken big enough for eating, I think the eat modified food to grow up fast.

  • @abduwalimohamed7822
    @abduwalimohamed7822 4 роки тому

    A very successful small scale chicken farm, keep growing with your lovely family

  • @nataliecartier8933
    @nataliecartier8933 6 років тому +16

    Thank you for sharing this. I've been looking fir a detailed video on how to clean chickens lately. I also had no idea that meat chickens would be fully grown so quickly.

    • @TheCookFamilyHomestead
      @TheCookFamilyHomestead  6 років тому +1

      Natalie Cartier. Thanks for watching! God bless!

    • @tia3006
      @tia3006 6 років тому

      It's because they're so genetically altered.

    • @TheCookFamilyHomestead
      @TheCookFamilyHomestead  6 років тому +3

      Tia....they are not genetically altered. They are a breed that grows quickly. The major chicken producers such as Tyson and others pump theirs full of hormones and can get a fully grown chicken in 47 days. These are raised 100 percent naturally as we possibly can.

    • @TheCookFamilyHomestead
      @TheCookFamilyHomestead  6 років тому +2

      Destiny Price 420. You are incorrect. Yes....they were genetically altered through breeding not GMO or chemicals. You know nothing about breeding according to your comments. I know people who breed multiple types of dogs. They don't use chemicals to get different kind of dogs. Your comment about chickens taking 2 years is absolutely absurd.

    • @islamlifechannel2562
      @islamlifechannel2562 6 років тому

      Ji

  • @earthlingYT
    @earthlingYT Рік тому

    thanks for subscribing to my channel. I am going to come to yours for cute chicks and ducklings! In the spring I go to the local feed store and watch them in the bins, but this is all year round. Woo Hool!

  • @broheemoth6911
    @broheemoth6911 4 роки тому +14

    does anyone else feel bad for the chickens? at least they arent kept in cages but still......

    • @ooo4080
      @ooo4080 4 роки тому +4

      miagi Yh I feel bad. Thay are not being raised in green fields where they could feel the sunshine , breathe fresh air, feel soil under their paws, fly or run freely. They don't have good life in farm like place.

    • @broheemoth6911
      @broheemoth6911 4 роки тому +4

      @@ghjghghjgjhghgk you feelin froggy BOY? leap

    • @serenal3247
      @serenal3247 4 роки тому +2

      It's called "circle of life" even if this was a wild chicken, it probably would've had a worse care ahead of it. 😒

    • @marknasia5293
      @marknasia5293 4 роки тому +1

      miagi us as humans we project our own feelings onto animals. I too, felt bad, fenced in a foot ball field area for them to free range, i was wrong. They like to homestead right next to the food and water. They like to eat, poo and drink. They don’t like walking more than a couple of feet, then their heart which isn’t comparable size to how large the bird is can give out. Had a few have heart attacks, yes seriously, even a scare will cause these birds to have a heart attack, their bodies grow huge, but their brains are still 45 days old, they are mentally chicks. These birds would never survive on their own, but we love the way they taste and can grow our entire years’ worth of chicken in 48 days total. from set up to clean up.

    • @marknasia5293
      @marknasia5293 4 роки тому +1

      Serena L agreed, these broilers even they are bred to grow fast have lacking immune systems and can’t even defend themselves against a regular chicken that is half their size. We had one regular chicken get into our broiler grow up and kill like 5 broilers before we could get the chicken out, and that happened in a period of about 10 minutes. These broilers would never survive for multiple reasons on their own in the wild, but they are perfected for growing specifically for meat.

  • @manaswithamedia1272
    @manaswithamedia1272 4 роки тому

    Hi am from India. your chickens are so clean.I loved it

  • @ynotshowme2ur3times
    @ynotshowme2ur3times 6 років тому +3

    Have a radio playing low-med volume to help them cope with surounding noises. Will calm them down alot. We play a radio for all our animals if we can for that reason......also weres away some preditors

  • @Ang.0910
    @Ang.0910 4 роки тому

    That set up is just like a factory farm but small scale. No sun. No outside. No scratching in the soil. Next time are you gonna do pasture raised?

    • @TheCookFamilyHomestead
      @TheCookFamilyHomestead  4 роки тому

      They have a large outdoor pen they spend most of their time in during the day.

  • @sgtaero5592
    @sgtaero5592 4 роки тому +6

    I wanna have one as a pet :(

  • @mayganphynix8267
    @mayganphynix8267 6 років тому +2

    If eating animals is so natural for us, why do we need to sensor it? I mean, other animals would salivate, seeing their food getting slaughtered. Why don't we??

    • @TheCookFamilyHomestead
      @TheCookFamilyHomestead  6 років тому

      I don't sensor it...UA-cam does. I have a link in the comments to the uncensored video. UA-cam is strict with these things.

    • @mayganphynix8267
      @mayganphynix8267 6 років тому +1

      @@TheCookFamilyHomestead why does your food have to be censored? Why does it bother us? Seeing blood makes other Omnivores hungry..why not us? I've been Vegan for 4 years. Were herbivores. We dont need to do this, so why cause pain? I care about all animals, personally, like I care about my pets.

    • @TheCookFamilyHomestead
      @TheCookFamilyHomestead  6 років тому

      @@mayganphynix8267 I'm happy for you. Glad you are happy. The sight of blood doesn't bother me in the least....it is UA-cam who censors. Ask them not me. I'm a meat eater and will always be. I am happy that you recently chose the vegan lifestyle. I have friends who are vegan. More power to you. I find it funny how people who have ate meat for many many years are now gonna lecture me on eating meat because they don't anymore. Funny how that works isn't it? Either way thanks for the comment and if me raising my own food bothers you please just block my channel from your channel feed and move along. No worries at all. I wish you the best. God bless!

    • @mayganphynix8267
      @mayganphynix8267 6 років тому +1

      @@TheCookFamilyHomesteadthe majority of the world eats animal products. Which means the average vegan was raised eating animal products, thinking it is normal, when it is not. I changed, because I chose to care about all animals. I don't understand how we can end their happieness and cause them even a little pain, when there is no need for it in the first place. On top of that, it is healthier for us not to. We arnt suppose to be eating animals. The only reason humans started eating animals was for survival. There's no need for it anymore, it's not good for us, So what's the point?

    • @TheCookFamilyHomestead
      @TheCookFamilyHomestead  6 років тому

      @@mayganphynix8267 You just contradicted yourself. If most of the world does it then it is normal. That's the definition. Vegans are a very very small part of the population making you abnormal....(definition: not the norm). I am a Bible believing Christian. You have formed your beliefs from a small radical part of society. I have formed mine from the Bible and 6000 years of human existence. You are way way way the abnormal one. I hold no ill will towards you but truth is truth. Here's the thing....I don't care if someone is a vegan. I don't. In fact I am happy for anyone who chooses that. I personally know people who have been vegan who are not anymore and vice versa and I'm happy for them. Man has eaten meat since the beginning of time. That is the norm. I know you feel as though you are "enlightened" and I am some barbarian but you are just wrong. Truth is truth no matter what we feel. God gave us certain animals to eat and it is perfectly moral and ethical to do so. I appreciate the debate but you will never change my mind and I probably won't change yours either so let's agree to disagree. Take care and God bless.

  • @ryderala755
    @ryderala755 6 років тому +4

    i only have laying hens....

  • @user-wq3jp3qg1o
    @user-wq3jp3qg1o 5 років тому

    Another note...after butcher, they need to refrigerate 4-5 days before freezing for the meat to cure for all blood release.

  • @ssxmmyy386
    @ssxmmyy386 4 роки тому +3

    This makes me never want to see KFC again 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @charleswebb9862
    @charleswebb9862 6 років тому

    Good work, you are much more kinder than chicken factory.

  • @MCPEMINOL
    @MCPEMINOL 4 роки тому +3

    How come when people raise dogs to eat they get hounded and get death threats but with this everyone treats it like its saint like

    • @MCPEMINOL
      @MCPEMINOL 4 роки тому

      @Anon Inconnu nope a dog is good food and chuckens are pets

  • @leost.pierre7205
    @leost.pierre7205 5 років тому

    Just a tip from someone who grew chickens commercially. Put down some newspaper under the wateres and feeder. It stops the sawdust from filling them up. Just a tip. Great job

  • @cristianbolanos3483
    @cristianbolanos3483 8 місяців тому

    This is really good for learning ❤

  • @tt.welde.1281
    @tt.welde.1281 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks for sharing ur experience😘

  • @edsmith4414
    @edsmith4414 6 років тому +4

    You're missing the opportunity to produce a far better bird by putting them on pasture in movable pens.

    • @desertplumranch6172
      @desertplumranch6172 6 років тому +6

      Moveable pens are a lot of work too. We do not plan on doing this and find this method of leaving them in the coop just fine. Everyone works with what works for THEM.

  • @squishy_Rio
    @squishy_Rio 5 років тому

    One extra step that we would do is right after the plucking is do a quick pass over the propane burner or a small fire. To get rid of the tiny hairs

  • @jshicke
    @jshicke 6 років тому +8

    Thank you for this educational video. You showed class by editing the dispatching of the birds and leaving it to those who need / want to see this part also.
    The bird plucking machine was awesome. Having plucked a few ducks / geese, I cannot tell you how nice that machine would be to have for doing what you are doing.
    I had no idea chickens grew so fast.
    Cleaning did not look difficult, but I imagine 96 took awhile. I assume you lost 10% from some mortality, or did some get left alive?
    How long can you freeze a chicken, or were you butchering for several families?
    Thanks again for the educational video. I lie in the city and likely will never dispatch my own, but I do hunt on occasion and like to know how things are done to the efficiency of the dispatch and to get the most from the animal.

    • @FrarmerFrank
      @FrarmerFrank 5 років тому

      Are you kidding?
      This is UA-cam....bulk of dislikes probably is from the slitting and bleed out being edited out and in a age restricted link that also can work as a region lock in some countries
      At very least IIT left a hole in the instructions and there was people thinking he was dunking a live chicken in hot water to drown it

    • @lilaclizard4504
      @lilaclizard4504 2 роки тому +1

      I actually think the plucker would probably be more traumatic for young kids to watch than the cutting. The cutting's easy to understand & see there's no suffering, for young kids though, the plucker looks like it's alive & flapping around. Who knows & who cares re the dislikes, not worth caring about. Can I ask though, I'm looking at doing my own, but only a few (maybe 10 I think for the first batch anyway) but I don't have a plucker & have no intention of getting one, if the birds are put in the hot water first, is plucking still a drama? I'm thinking the feathers should come out pretty easily after the heating. I know in grandparents days they'd sit there plucking for hours, no idea if they heated first or not, I'm hoping not & heating means the feathers will all come out really easily?
      I don't mind if it's a bit of work involved, I mostly want to do it so as to experience what it's like to truely produce my own food, so the more involved it is, the more interesting I will find the process (just if I do repeated batches I might start to get sick of it)

  • @bencaldwell9931
    @bencaldwell9931 6 років тому +1

    Why did some of them die?

  • @labrat748
    @labrat748 4 роки тому

    That plucking machine is sure a handy gadget.

  • @leyroy1980
    @leyroy1980 4 роки тому +3

    I cut the neck's off and use them for crab bait and livers for catfishing

  • @mohammedali808
    @mohammedali808 5 років тому

    Hey, get a hook to pull the chicken from the hot water. Soak the whole chicken in the hot water so the feet can be cleaned. .The feet is usable in any way you choose to cook it.

  • @MegaJetz
    @MegaJetz 6 років тому +81

    some vegans should see that, so they they will know not all chicken farming is cruel like the one they see on big farms

    • @TheCookFamilyHomestead
      @TheCookFamilyHomestead  6 років тому +6

      jethro pacifico. Agree...thanks for the comment!

    • @boobyhill6921
      @boobyhill6921 6 років тому +9

      jethro pacifico They dont care, they hate all animal slaughter. Remember their slogan "its not food, its violence.".

    • @helensmith4126
      @helensmith4126 6 років тому +11

      jethro pacifico
      So it's not cruel to end a living beings life to eat their dead body? I disagree with you.
      Yes, some animals appear to have better lives than others but does this then make it alright to kill them?
      Would it be alright to do that to puppies or kittens?
      Animals are not property, they have their own lives and experience fear and pain like us and our pets do.
      It is crazy that we live in a culture that says it's ok to kill and eat a chicken or cow but not a cat or dog. Why the difference? It's just a matter of perception and social conditioning.
      Would you take your children to a slaughterhouse? If not, why not?
      If you eat eggs you are paying for day old make baby chicks to be minced up alive with no anaesthetic, or suffocated in a bag. Male chickens are no use to the industry so this is how the babies are treated. UA-cam 'chicken macerator' and you will see what happens.

    • @melaniemoon4463
      @melaniemoon4463 6 років тому +9

      jethro Pacific would you like to be killed and eaten? There is no need for humans to kill for food and there is no such thing as humane killing. That is a contradiction in itself

    • @benediktk.8228
      @benediktk.8228 6 років тому +4

      jethro pacifico killing for unneccesary and selfish reasons in itself is a problem , no matter how nice you treat someone before you kill him/her.

  • @athiherobert2843
    @athiherobert2843 2 роки тому +1

    I laughed so hard when he threw the tastiest part of the chicken ..only legends will know the part😎

  • @mio.giardino
    @mio.giardino 6 років тому +7

    Look at all the space you have, you could have with some doing, put them outside to graze on grass & bugs rather than feed them all the way to maturity.

    • @TheCookFamilyHomestead
      @TheCookFamilyHomestead  6 років тому +4

      Mio Giardino. They do now. They free range all the time now.

    • @bedtimeat8
      @bedtimeat8 5 років тому

      @@TheCookFamilyHomestead Hi, quick question. How much do you think you have saved in feed costs since they are pastured?

  • @kagkats
    @kagkats 3 роки тому +1

    Great process. Inspired indeed. I like the building too and equipment

  • @patrickborg509
    @patrickborg509 4 роки тому +15

    Vegans:
    "Poor chickens You Monsters!!"
    The Hound :
    "I'm gonna have to eat every f*&king chicken in that coop."

  • @2020Dreamlife
    @2020Dreamlife 3 роки тому

    Very nice. Great work. I just got my first 28 yesterday.

  • @Sympartisan
    @Sympartisan 6 років тому +44

    Best way to do it. Much better than this industry shit full of medicine and stuff.

    • @vegprince9505
      @vegprince9505 5 років тому

      The best way to hunt chicken is to run after them and catch them with your teeth/claws and kill them yourself, giving them a chance to escape just like any other prey animal instead of this unnatural system of locking them up in cages and fattening them up to eventually slit their throats

  • @flyingcamera3672
    @flyingcamera3672 Рік тому

    I definitely liked your chicken coop

  • @bobvoorneveld3060
    @bobvoorneveld3060 6 років тому +6

    Are these chickens all male or female, or is it mixed?

    • @TheCookFamilyHomestead
      @TheCookFamilyHomestead  6 років тому

      Bob Voorneveld No...mixed.

    • @mitchm7563
      @mitchm7563 6 років тому +3

      theyre bruce jenner bro

    • @kidgamer7172
      @kidgamer7172 5 років тому

      They cant be only one gender if theres more than 100

    • @cyanidetouch1096
      @cyanidetouch1096 5 років тому

      It may be mixed but the roosters are bigger and are meaty so he should raise roosters, but could have hens for the roosters to be happy

  • @Screamingpinesfarm
    @Screamingpinesfarm 6 років тому

    Looks like you got alot of hens. You showed the good side. You made it look easy and fun. Rewarding Yes, Easy no,Fun yes.

  • @spenofspenslaw8055
    @spenofspenslaw8055 5 років тому +11

    Great video. How many pounds on average do you get from each bird after harvest. I've done a few and got one or above five pounds weight in meat. Averaging three and a half to four pounds each. At the end of 7 weeks. Nice T-shirt by the way.

  • @tomcharles5421
    @tomcharles5421 6 років тому +2

    Thank you for detail and i wish see mooore videos about wht chikens eat .. peace from Morocco