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Quote: Hi, HidingINTheHenouse, no, really, I'm not too finicky or adverse to killing them, I just don't want to. Actually, I used to run them down for my grandmother and ring their necks for her when I was a kid. I appreciate your offer to help though. Like I said if there were a processor...

Quote: Say WHAT? .50 a bird? That person must LOVE processing chickens. Hmmm, wonder if I could get him/her to pay me to let him/her process mine.

Quote: This is exactly why more people don't do this... It's too much of hassle to deal with all of the red tape. There is more to this than a walk in cooler and a few pluckers... it's also a skill to do this many... in a timely manner. Think about the hassle of people coming and going...

Quote: What a setup! " With the right tools and a little practice, a couple can process about 20 birds an hour with the unit."

Quote: "As seen on Gordon Ramsay's F-Word, for example." I don't know what that is or where I could see it. Do you have the URL for it?

Quote: Supply your much-harassed wife with knives?! Thanks for the warning! Whatever was I thinking.

Of course I could always get Anne to slaughter and process them... right after she finishes milking the cow. Seems I'd better plan on continuing to buy ready-frozen ones.

Quote: LOL Quit stalling around. I want a direct answer.

Quote: What kind of chicken and for how long do you free-range before killing and processing? Anne bought a frozen (what I presumed to be) Cornish X about two months ago for $10. I can see paying $250 for 25 that were as delicious as that one was. However, I'd much rather free range 25 of a...

Quote: there's one possible source in Indiana -- http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/poultry_processors/search_results.php?State=IN Yep, I've seen that before. It's partly why I started this thread. It's an example of the reality that most BYC people have to deal/live with for getting...

Quote: I just paid $25 for two frozen Cornish X chickens at a farmers' market. If I knew a reliable processor in central Indiana, I'd order 25 Cornish X chicks and raise them for eight weeks. There's no way that I'd process that many myself, but I'd gladly pay someone else with the equipment...

Quote: I envision someone's starting small with perhaps old freezers or refrigerators, boiling water facility, one or two plucking machines, and building up until it was feasible to manage it while having a couple of full-time employees to run the processing. The initial capital investment...

Quote: "... $1.60 a bird." Yep, good reason to tip BIG.

Would you even consider processing chickens as a business? There seems to be such a shortage of places to have chickens processed. That along with the economic situation and high unemployment, it seems to me processing chickens could be a sure thing for someone/anyone who wanted to go into...