Love your video very informative especially on cooling the chicken in the fridge before placing in the freezer. That is a great tip. I'm in Canada and learning more on food preservation, cooking and safety measures, more than before as our food prices keep raising.
That was fun watching you guys process chickens when I was a kid which was a long time ago me and my brothers and sisters that were still home with congregate at my aunt and knuckles house we would slider 100 chickens in that day. We had a chopping block to cut the heads off, we had built a fire to boil the water. Did you dip the chickens in my aunt uncle and mom and dad would prep the chicken for the ice bath after that they were drip, dried and packaged for the freezer all in one day it was a sight. Let me tell him and I miss those days.
I am just getting into this so I am in the learning phase. Good instructional video. I's sure love to have one of those pluckers but I can't justify the expenditure so I guess I'll just have to do it the old fashioned way. Thanks for sharing.
You may ask around or find a homesteading page for your state. A lot of people are willing to rent them out. Saves hours of time! But if you only have to do a handful of birds, then the old-fashioned way works just fine :)
Great end to end video. One of the best gutting examples I've seen and I will be trying your method when I process mine end of Jan. FYI - The lifespan info is not accurate. I have Freedom Rangers that grew like CXs (5-6lbs in 7 weeks) that are 20-30 weeks old (2 pair from 2 different batches) and 3 of 4 are laying. I currently have 11 CXs, 6 of which I will be keeping for egg laying and crossing to create a heritage breed. It takes management of their food; (edit) exactly 2 oz per bird 2 x daily, but it can be done and they will live a normal life. My four FRs are 10 to 13 lbs and are very active and happy.
Thank you for sharing!!!! We are in Texas and just bought our little farm, we are new to it all. I’ve never raised chickens but want to learn all the things! I am curious as to your method of using the straw is it to draw the air out before freezing? I haven’t seen this done on other channels before so it drew my attention. So glad I stumbled upon your channel 😊
Hello! The straw comes with the shrink bags to get all the air out. If air is in the bags, there is a higher risk for freezer burn and they won't look as nice. The difference is probably minimal, but we think it's worth it!
Thank you for watching! We typically feed them to our pigs when we have them. If we are without pigs, then they get dumped by our back fence and the wild animals take them. Not enough interested buyers to take the time to separate them out. Thanks again and we hope you enjoy our channel!
This was a great video! Thank you! We'll be processing 34 Cornish Cross in a couple of weeks.
Good luck! Thank you!
Love your video very informative especially on cooling the chicken in the fridge before placing in the freezer. That is a great tip. I'm in Canada and learning more on food preservation, cooking and safety measures, more than before as our food prices keep raising.
Glad it was helpful!
I wish I could buy chicken from you guys. Nice video and great job! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! Hopefully more people will offer pasture-raised chicken around the country soon.
That was fun watching you guys process chickens when I was a kid which was a long time ago me and my brothers and sisters that were still home with congregate at my aunt and knuckles house we would slider 100 chickens in that day. We had a chopping block to cut the heads off, we had built a fire to boil the water. Did you dip the chickens in my aunt uncle and mom and dad would prep the chicken for the ice bath after that they were drip, dried and packaged for the freezer all in one day it was a sight. Let me tell him and I miss those days.
We dip them in hot water (scalding step) and then use the chicken plucker.
I am just getting into this so I am in the learning phase. Good instructional video. I's sure love to have one of those pluckers but I can't justify the expenditure so I guess I'll just have to do it the old fashioned way. Thanks for sharing.
You may ask around or find a homesteading page for your state. A lot of people are willing to rent them out. Saves hours of time! But if you only have to do a handful of birds, then the old-fashioned way works just fine :)
At minute 6’ that mother clucker waked by like he owned the joint
They are so dang confident!
Great end to end video. One of the best gutting examples I've seen and I will be trying your method when I process mine end of Jan. FYI - The lifespan info is not accurate. I have Freedom Rangers that grew like CXs (5-6lbs in 7 weeks) that are 20-30 weeks old (2 pair from 2 different batches) and 3 of 4 are laying. I currently have 11 CXs, 6 of which I will be keeping for egg laying and crossing to create a heritage breed. It takes management of their food; (edit) exactly 2 oz per bird 2 x daily, but it can be done and they will live a normal life. My four FRs are 10 to 13 lbs and are very active and happy.
Thank you and thanks for the info!
Good job Ma'am.
Thanks a lot!
Thank you for sharing!!!! We are in Texas and just bought our little farm, we are new to it all. I’ve never raised chickens but want to learn all the things! I am curious as to your method of using the straw is it to draw the air out before freezing? I haven’t seen this done on other channels before so it drew my attention. So glad I stumbled upon your channel 😊
Hello! The straw comes with the shrink bags to get all the air out. If air is in the bags, there is a higher risk for freezer burn and they won't look as nice. The difference is probably minimal, but we think it's worth it!
I didn’t notice what you did with the organ meats.
Thank you for watching! We typically feed them to our pigs when we have them. If we are without pigs, then they get dumped by our back fence and the wild animals take them. Not enough interested buyers to take the time to separate them out. Thanks again and we hope you enjoy our channel!
Hi I'm new to this where can I buy the strink bags and cost.im in UK.
We buy ours off of Amazon. Not sure about from the UK amzn.to/3vizfPL
How long do you soak the chickens in ice water? Do you use salt in the water?
We just leave them in cold water while we process all the other birds. Some get 3-4 hours, others only about an hour. No salt needed.