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    yellow film on thick skin???

    p.s. after cooking, the bird looked fine.
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    yellow film on thick skin???

    I had the same problem when I first started processing my own birds. The problem was too hot water or too long in the water. Made adjustments and everything was fine after that. Hope this helps.
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    Historic Meat Bird Crosses

    Castle great info!
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    Best meat bird specials right now?

    We ordered the Meyer "Fry Pan Special". 100 heavy breeds for $28.00. Almost half are barred rock, I'm happy.
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    How do you sell chickens for meat?

    Here you go; 5,000 poultry total, sold on the farm or delivered to the customer. No farmer's market sales, and you must apply for an IL poultry exemption to do this. Any poultry sold retail would have to be processed at a USDA or IL Dept of AG inspected processor...
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    Have you 'canned' chicken?

    As far as the shelf life, I don't know, it's all gone in a few months. I will check my canning book and get back to you on it though. We have canned beef for years, chicken is something new for us (less than a year). You can expect home canned meat to be very tender and as flavorful as you...
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    Chickens and Goats....

    We use cattle panels with "heavy duty" clips to attach them to each other. We mostly use these in wooded areas, so there are trees to help support the panels, not sure how this would work in a pasture setting.
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    Have you 'canned' chicken?

    I edited the link posted above. Not sure what happened.?
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    Have you 'canned' chicken?

    Here's a youtube video that shows how to. I have followed her advice on serveral projects and always had good luck.
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    Tractor's plus electric netting?

    Just when I thought things were safe.... We came home from grocery shopping yesterday to find the dogs that run loose (in the country) had dug under the side of the tractors. They had killed the last of the cornish that were finishing out, and 21 pullets. The pullets were at 18 weeks, and I...
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