Well, my friend just called me a few hours ago, she had to dispose of all 13 broilers that she had processed Sunday. She is sooo POed, she could barely talk at first, just cried. It seems the people that came over to help her the other day, who said they knew how to properly process them, didn't. She's had them iced down in coolers until she knew who wanted them frozen first or not. She apparently had about half of them sold. Her one neighbor came over to help her package them and quickly discovered they weren't properly done. He showed her they all still had the neck attached with food on them, there were pieces of organs still attached and something else (can't remember what) plus where it had been 2 days even though packed in ice, he still couldn't trust that the meat didn't have salmonella developing and didn't want anyone to get sick so he suggested to just dispose of them for safety reasons. She said he went back to his place and came back with his backhoe to bury them deep. The neighbor told her if she wanted to, he would process the remaining 4 in exchange for a home cooked fried chicken dinner. At this point, she hasn't decided whether to try and sell them or let the neighbor process them, she said she's too upset to think about it. I asked her if she's going after the ones that "processed" them considering they cost her over $1000, she also bought food to feed everyone there including letting them take home all the leftovers. She said no, it's a hard lesson learned to never trust acquaintances of a friend who claims they know what they're doing without having someone (like her neighbor) to watch and make sure things were done right.
I asked her why she didn't get the neighbor to help to start with, she said he's about 80 years old and not in good health. I really feel so bad for her, she had me crying with her. I told her she should let the neighbor process the remaining ones (he sounds like he won't do her wrong) so it's not a total loss.
I'm telling her story so if someone else gets in her situation, maybe they'll read this thread and it might help them in making decisions.