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  1. M

    Gift of a dead guinea

    my friend is raising guineas for mostly eggs and pest control. This morning she found a cock with a broken neck in her coop. She isn't enamored with the idea of processing it so decided to give it to me. I've read forums and watched videos. I think I know what I'm doing. My biggest issue is that...
    • Mrscutjack
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    • dressing a guinea guinea fowl pluck vs skin processing
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    • Forum: Meat Birds ETC
  2. M

    Processor lost 12 of my birds!

    We dropped off 49 very healthy cornish cross at a poultry processing plant the evening before butcher day (like they told us we could) We picked up the frozen birds today and were told 12 of them died overnight. They weren't sure what happened! When we dropped them off they made us put them in...
  3. RosieR

    Red breasted female?

    So I had to process my extra males yesterday when they started wounding each other. I saved my best male and all the females. All my cots are pharaoh coloured so I selected purely on feather colours. One of the 6 birds I processed had female parts inside but they all had red breasts (sorry I...
    • RosieR
    • Thread
    • coturnix processing quail sexing
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Quail
  4. silkielover2121

    Humane Processing in Southwest Ohio?

    Hello, I am going to be processing more chickens than I can handle myself and am seeking a good processor for them who is humane, etc. I am seeking my organic certification and that is a factor as well. Any Ideas? Dayton, Springfield area. Thanks.
  5. diea

    Need help processing/butchering chickens in Los Angeles area

    Like many of you I have too many roosters. The time has come to cull several of them. I've never done this before. I've been watching youtube DIY videos but don't feel competent to do this myself without someone that knows what they're doing. Can anyone refer me to a butcher or someone in...
  6. NDgoatgirlNV

    Broiler processed and found tiny heart with lots of fluid in pericardial sac

    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...
    • NDgoatgirlNV
    • Thread
    • broiler broiler issues butchering problems cornish cross pericardial sac processing strange things in my chicken
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Meat Birds ETC
  7. Jennifer K8686

    Looking for Slaughter/processing in CT

    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?
    • Jennifer K8686
    • Thread
    • butcher chickens meat chickens poultry slaughter processing slaughtering
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Meat Birds ETC
  8. F

    Processors in Southeast Ohio?

    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...
  9. Maeschak

    Deer Heart and Liver

    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...
  10. Rcl700

    Selling meat birds ??? What, where, why, when.

    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...
    • Rcl700
    • Thread
    • cost meat birds processing regulations rules selling
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Meat Birds ETC
  11. krm944

    Processing Muscovy

    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...
    • krm944
    • Thread
    • muscovy plucker processing
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
  12. Bullitt

    Using a Chicken Plucking Machine

    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...
    • Bullitt
    • Thread
    • breeds chickens cleaning meat plucking processing
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Meat Birds ETC
  13. C

    Eat or not to eat because Marek's

    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...
  14. AnneInTheBurbs

    Meaties with Sinus Infection, safe to eat?

    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...
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