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Kastel Slaughterhouse
8927 Tagsold Highway
Riga, MI 49276-9751
They now charge $3 per chicken, $7 for turkeys, not sure how much for ducks. I would NEVER suggest anyone take there birds to this place.
Also adding that I was happy with the first batch I sent them, however the next one I noticed a quite a few broken wings and maybe one or two carcasses had the skin torn from the hind end.
The batch after that I was seeing many broken wings and torn skin like they had the plucker spinning too fast or for too long. I also had one go "missing" from that batch, I was sure I counted 49 when we crated them but picked up only 48 carcasses. I was pretty mad, needless to say but I could not say with 100% certainty that I had 49 initially.
This last batch was the last straw. My husband and I got there half an hour earlier than pick-up time and saw the way they killed my poor birds. I was amazed that they ALL didn't break their wings; they were not using killing cones, the guy was just grabbing the bird by the back of the neck and cutting the entire throat, then tossing them still flapping into a garbage can with a bunch of other flapping birds.
It was horrifying.
I guess I'm going to have to downsize my meat bird orders because I am butchering them all myself. I felt sick after seeing that and not to mention extremely guilty that I condemned my birds to that kind of death. If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself.
Kastel Slaughterhouse
8927 Tagsold Highway
Riga, MI 49276-9751
They now charge $3 per chicken, $7 for turkeys, not sure how much for ducks. I would NEVER suggest anyone take there birds to this place.
Also adding that I was happy with the first batch I sent them, however the next one I noticed a quite a few broken wings and maybe one or two carcasses had the skin torn from the hind end.
The batch after that I was seeing many broken wings and torn skin like they had the plucker spinning too fast or for too long. I also had one go "missing" from that batch, I was sure I counted 49 when we crated them but picked up only 48 carcasses. I was pretty mad, needless to say but I could not say with 100% certainty that I had 49 initially.
This last batch was the last straw. My husband and I got there half an hour earlier than pick-up time and saw the way they killed my poor birds. I was amazed that they ALL didn't break their wings; they were not using killing cones, the guy was just grabbing the bird by the back of the neck and cutting the entire throat, then tossing them still flapping into a garbage can with a bunch of other flapping birds.
I guess I'm going to have to downsize my meat bird orders because I am butchering them all myself. I felt sick after seeing that and not to mention extremely guilty that I condemned my birds to that kind of death. If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself.
