Processing costs in your area?

[scubaforlife]

1.35 for the deed, de-feathered and eviscerated. I think .35 for vac-pac. 1/4rd for .35. Boneless breasts for another .35 Ice etc... is included.

Amish/Menonite farm near Troy Oh.

 

[schmism]

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I freeze my own ice in milk jugs, 2L bottles etc. I estimated i used between 1.5+- lbs per chicken. (remember a gallon of ice is like 8lbs of ice, 2L ~4.5lbs) I told my customers to bring ice in there coolers (loose ice not blue freezy things) i used mostly customer ice to pack birds in there coolers, but i used another few pounds per cooler to pack birds to send home with customers.

 

[Brunty_Farms]

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I have an ice machine so I use about 5-6 5 gallon buckets full and another 5-6 if I'm taking them to market. If you really serious about getting into raising meat for re-sale it's a good investment. Look at on-line auctions they do not go more than 300-500 bucks.

 

[terri9630]

$0. None of the processors around here will do birds. I have a friend that raises chickens and turkeys and she helped me with our 4-H chickens last year (6) and is going to help me in a few weeks with this larger batch(16).

 

[Chicken411]

$2 a bird. Does not include bagging or cut.

 

[Hillsvale]

anywhere between 3-5 per bird, does not include bagging, cutting or the giblets.... thats an extra 1.50 for the giblets!!

I am doing mine myself.

 

[anthonyjames]

My area they charge $2.50 to process and bag. If you want it tagged and weighed add $0.15.

Turkeys don't know as I plan on doing them myself. All birds after my first batch will be done myself as I will have a plucker by fall.

 

[clyde]

In Central Illinois I pay $2.15 per bird, bagged, weighed and labeled. but I have to drive 1.5 hours to get there.

 

[pulletkeeper]

$5 per bird no matter how many and they do everything but we do have to drive about 35-40 miles because no one local does it.

 

[Coop de Grille]

Does anyone know of someone that processes in the Northern Columbia, South Carolina area?