processing a meat chicken

  1. JennieLamb

    Culling/Harvesting Success!

    Somehow I managed to do it I thought I was going to wind up being all talk even after getting the drill plucker and the stand ready and buying the dual sink table for outside I really thought I was going to chicken out. But even though I was violently shaking I gave them hugs I gave them nice...
  2. M

    What weight are Speckled Sussex at 20 weeks?

    I've read that the recommended age to process SS's is 20 weeks. Approximately how much do roos/hens weigh at that age? Thanks, MCA
  3. M

    Only partially processed

    Today I started processing the first group of our meat birds. This is brand new for my family so we knew it would be slow going and we didn’t set the bar high for what we could get done. We only got 4 finished but we still have a dozen or so in the tractor. My concern is predators. I’m sure they...
    • Mkgcc
    • Thread
    • predators processing a meat chicken
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Meat Birds ETC
  4. F

    Cornish Cross Processing Questions

    Hello, We started raising our own cornish cross this year (just moved out to start a farm) and finally feel ready to sell some to friends and family after processing about 50 for our own family. I still have some lingering questions that I can't find clear answers to, and since these won't just...
    • Farmgrl86
    • Thread
    • chicken processing cornish cross processing a meat chicken
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Meat Birds ETC
  5. Aschuchert

    Is it safe? To eat poultry with canker?

    We have a hen with canker that isn't getting better, using copper sulfate and treated flock with 7 days of mix just to be sure. She didn't respond and is spreading in her mouth. We do process our roosters, I don't see anything online to say if it's ok to process and eat chickens that have...
  6. B

    Spots on meat/diseased bird?

    Hi all, My husband and I have been processing our first batch of meat birds and have come across some weird spots on the necks of a couple of our birds. First of all, is it normal for Cornish cross to have such lumpy neck meat? They have evenly spaced lumps of muscle on the left and right of...
  7. SegiDream

    When to process?

    So I finally accepted that we wound up with 2 cornish cross chickens, not leghorns even though they were sold to me as leghorns. There's one hen and one roo. The hen is a sweetie and my daughter is upset at the thought of processing her because I told her we would be keeping the hens for eggs...
    • SegiDream
    • Thread
    • cornish cross processing a meat chicken when to process
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Meat Birds ETC
Back
Top Bottom