What is a resonable price for processing?

[1ADAM12]

I did a bit of research on this after a friend told me it was only $1 per bird... I couldn't find anyone near that price, so I asked him where he got that price.... when he thought about it again he smiled and said "well I guess that was 20 something years ago..."

I think $3.50 to $5.00 is about what I found, often with a 25 or 50 bird minimum, and that was for whole carcass, not piecing them out, etc.

Yeah the place I found is $3.50 flat rate per bird as a whole chicken. It starts adding up if you want it in 1/4 or 1/2.

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

I have the area to do it myself but I guess I am a wussy lol I have a hard time culling a sick chicken just to put it out of its misery. I do it because its the right thing to do. The quickest way I have found is using my .22 hand gun with a shot to the back of the head. Just something about slicing the neck gives me the heeby jeebies hahaha

I’m not attached to my birds like that. Just a farmer haha.

 

[1ADAM12]

I’m not attached to my birds like that. Just a farmer haha.

I am not emotionally attached to the meat chickens. Just some of my egg layers have a personality hahaha

 

[Molpet]

I have the area to do it myself but I guess I am a wussy lol I have a hard time culling a sick chicken just to put it out of its misery. I do it because its the right thing to do. The quickest way I have found is using my .22 hand gun with a shot to the back of the head. Just something about slicing the neck gives me the heeby jeebies hahaha

yeah I don't like the making them dead process
I started using long handled game loppers.. I put the bird in a cut kitty litter jug for a cone.. didn't have to touch them to do the deed... now I use pipe cutters on the chickens.

 

[bil&sal]

here I paid 2.50 per bird

 

[21hens-incharge]

We are very limited on our options here. I am in town and home processing is strictly forbidden.

I found a local farmer that does it.
It costs $6 per bird.

 

[shessowitte]

We had a local processor that did them for $1/bird for decades. They retired, and boy are we sad! It gave us a good excuse to buy a chicken plucker though.

 

[Jammerz]

I am in town and home processing is strictly forbidden.

Forbidden by whom?? Unless you are in a country other than the US. Nobody can stop you from processing a chicken that you are going to use yourself. That's no different than bringing a live lobster home to cook or cleaning the fish you caught...

 

[21hens-incharge]

Forbidden by whom?? Unless you are in a country other than the US. Nobody can stop you from processing a chicken that you are going to use yourself. That's no different than bringing a live lobster home to cook or cleaning the fish you caught...

Forbidden by city ordinance. The fine starts at $1,000. There's enough nosey neighbors that I won't risk it.

 

[Acre4Me]

Forbidden by city ordinance. The fine starts at $1,000. There's enough nosey neighbors that I won't risk it.

Agree. Lots of chicken you can have processed for you for 1K. Too bad you cant process yourself.