Here's a few pics from one of our butcher days. I try to keep my scalding water btw 145-150 degrees. We hand pluck, no plucker. I don't weigh anymore but when I have I weigh after innards and feet are gone. We use the hatchet and wooden block kill method. You can see our block in one of the...
Good article about the postal service and shipping live birds.
Bird’s-eye view
With poultry shipping, employee doesn’t wing it
Aug. 19 at 9:05 a.m.
Dawn Lautenschlager’s chicken purse showcases her postal passion for the business of shipping live animals.
If it clucks, it ships.
Just ask Dawn...
I recently ordered 16 chicks from Hoover's.(6 Bielfelders, 5 assorted Chochins, and 5 assorted colored egg layers) They were to ship on the 19th to Arkansas with an expected arrival of the 21st or 22nd(Saturday). The coldest air of the year moved into Arkansas during that time and I was worried...