I'm glad you mentioned one little important note here. I need to ask him if he is going to "do the deed" or does he want the deed already done when he gets here or as we go. I think I can get someone to do the deed, so it won't be so much work on him. I won't even ask him about that. then. For $1.00 a bird, I don't want him think that I'm trying to take advantage of him by having him doing that AND plucking and gutting. And as you stated, I don't want him handling them any kind of way.
Culling is quick, bleeding out and the rest take the most time so the person helping you cull doesn't have to be there all day. If he is doing all the hard work for you then making sure you have dedicated guts and feathers bins as well as a knife sharpener on hand will help him a lot. Because you have so many you will want to find the biggest pot possible for scalding...possibly 2 if you have them. The feathers soak up a lot of water so you will loose water level in the pots. Start making and storing ice now, it takes a lot!
I don't do the icing step; rather I bag and freeze asap. SO as soon as the bird is plucked clean and gutted, ( I do a neat clean job) the bird usually doesn't need anymore washing off, and is usually dry, so I bag and freeze.
What do you want to do with all the guts?? Harts, livers can be sorted easily. Gizzard takes further cutting and peeling the insides out. Necks in a bin, intestines in another bin which needs to be very large. Will he scrape the lungs out too??
Yup-- those feathers steal a lot of the hot water. I often start plucking while the bird is still over the hot water so most can drain back into the pot. A second pot would be wonderful.
