processing

I processed a broiler that was having trouble walking last night and when I was skinning her I found that the normally clear connective tissue that in near the neck and crop was almost fibrous and kind of had a snap to it when my knife touched it. This just seemed odd to me as in all the years...

Hi, I have some chickens and ducks that I need butchered and unfortunately I cant do it myself. I'm finding it really hard to find a local place. Any suggestions?

I bought a straight run of beautiful Black Copper Maran chicks, and now that they are full grown, I have a number of roos that are not doing me any favors. Tried putting them on craigslist, but now, with not much interest, going to put them in the freezer, hate to, but have to. I have looked...

I hope this is an appropriate place to post my question... Please let me know if not. I got a deer this morning and am keeping the heart and liver. What is the best way to process them before freezing? Before I have always just washed, trimmed, dried and vacuum packed the same day. Deer liver...

Okay, I live in south Atlanta and would like some clarity on the rules for selling processed meat birds. What are the requirements regulations and restrictions put on small-scale producers? Can I sell meat birds that I process? I'm thinking of running a few small pasture raised chicken tractor...

Howdy all, I am borrowing a friends plucker this weekend to process ducks. It's a Clucker Plucker or professional Whizbang with a spinning bottom. I have paraffin wax for pin feathers but I have never used it. How do you heat the wax and dunk the bird? I have 8 pounds, how much do I need? (15...

I saw this video on YouTube of a family in New Hampshire that has a channel called Lumnah Acres. I was surprised at how fast this plucking machine cleans the feathers off a chicken. The guy is cleaning Barred Plymouth Rock chickens he raised for meat. I think the White Plymouth Rock is bred...

Hello all. Me again. We have Marek's in our flock. Females tend to spontaneously die and our males tend to present with neuro/ abnormal gate. I know it is not transferable to humans or dogs. I know eggs are ok too. We currently have a 10lb ish bird with the inability to walk. Should we eat him...

My meaties are about 7 weeks old, Colored Broilers. They are currently free ranging and mixed in with my flock. I noticed some sneezing from them a couple of weeks ago, but I didn't hear a lot so I figured it was because they were eating the crumbles so quickly. Now several of them have...