slaughtering

Does anyone know of a place in the Northwest Georgia/Northeast Alabama area that processes chickens for individuals? Chicken from the store has gotten so expensive and I lack the knowledge or really the will to slaughter chickens at home, but would be willing to pay someone to processes them...

I'm just getting (back) into chickens and have a starter flock of seven Partridge Plymouth Rock with the intent of breeding them as full dual purpose birds. While establishing my flock, I'm considering raising a batch of hatchery excess cockerels to start putting homegrown birds on the table...

So I'm slaughtering a few (3-4) ducks in about 6-8 weeks so I wanted to know what kind of knife would work best and if there is any "test" to see if the knife is sharp enough because I really wouldn't want the ducks to go through any undue pain. From my research, it looks like boning and paring...

Hen: Poppy the Australorp She was getting a bit bald from the big rooster who I re-homed a few days ago, trying to move her into the other coop resulted in the little Polish rooster being a psycho and keeping her forced in a corner and accosting her anytime she tried to go anywhere. We...

Hi folks! My name is Adam Danforth and I wrote a few books on slaughtering and butchering that came out a couple years back. (I think some of you have mentioned them from time to time on here.) One covers poultry (and rabbits, sheep, and pork. I'm working on expanding the poultry information...

I had the second attack from a predator in less than one month. They attack in the morning. Maybe foxes. I slaughtered all my chickens. I had to. I don't have money to improve my coop and make it better. I don't want to poison predators and other animals. But, I will continue posting and...

I'm new to this group but I've been lurking for the past year. Years ago, we raised Jersey Giants and Khaki Campbells but our allergic son didn't tolerate eggs from either, so we are raising organic Muscovy ducks for eggs and meat, starting a year agoorganic. Last September's ducklings are now...

Hello - my family and I currently live in the suburbs of Erlanger and don't yet have chickens because of neighbors and city regulations. We are looking to buy a different home in NKY that has some land and where we don't have to jump through (as many) hoops to raise and slaughter on our own...

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?