@thehomesteadingrd: 🍗You guys asked to see our meat chicken processing setup, so here is the tour! Processing day is never my favorite, but it is essential if you want to become more self-sufficient and raise your own meat that you KNOW was raised humanely and without any shortcuts. Yes, you can ship them out and pay someone to butcher them for you, but I personally think that taking ownership of the whole process is important and is much less traumatic for the birds. It’s time that we break away from our cushy, protective-bubble modern lifestyle and be okay with getting a bit uncomfortable, don’t you think? Here are the top tools that you’ll need: 🍗Restraining cone 🍗Scalder pot and burner - add a few drops of soap to help the water penetrate! We shoot for 145-150 degrees. 🍗Plucker - our DIY one has been going strong for years! Someday, we might splurge for a fancy drum one 🍗Sharp knife and kitchen fork 🍗Containers with lids - keeps the bees and flies out! 🍗Table to work with kitchen hose handy 🍗Cooler with ice water You can spend a lot on processing equipment if you want, but our setup has been working really well for 9 years now. It doesn’t have to be complicated! If you’d like in-depth information of our processing set-up, plus videos of the actual butchering process (and what to do with all of the parts afterward so that nothing goes to waste), you’re in luck! 🙌🏼 My “Raising Pastured Meat Chickens: From Chick to Drumstick” course is currently ON SALE for a few more days! Click link in my bio to access the course and use my discount code HOMEGROWN24 for 20% off! Let’s do this! 💫

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Friday 01 March 2024 18:27:17 GMT