Chronicles of Raising Meat Birds - Modern Broilers, Heritage and Hybrids

[Parront]

Sudden rain storm here, those White Rocks were out in the rain & drinking from the puddles! They are happy to be cooler!

 

[trescloudy]

https://www.thegoodshepherdinstitute.org/

The Good Shepherd Institute is an educational hub for breeding poultry, training farmers, chefs, and students, partnering with institutions, and engaging the public. It serves as a model for system-wide agricultural and ecological innovation, and is dedicated to ensuring the long-term viability of the poultry industry.

In case anyone is wondering.

Sucks that the link is dead.

 

[RUNuts]

Sucks that the link is dead.

It’s a year old and times change.
Google much?

 

[Kusanar]

Sucks that the link is dead.

Looks like this is the new link https://www.farmforward.com/#!/page?type=wppage&thumbnail=true&slug=good-shepherd-poultry-institute

 

[casportpony]

Hi everyone, come check out the new thread!
Official BYC Poll - What Breed Characteristics are Most Important to You?

 

[aliciaplus3]

Just finished processing 22 cx. Some much bigger than others. We started as soon as I got home from work and managed to go from set up to clean up in about 3 and 1/2 hours. We used the plucker and both Big pots. I was pleased to see that we managed 22 birds in the same time as we usually get 7 to 10 done when we pluck by hand.
We will weigh them tomorrow but they looked Good!

 

[Compost King]

Just finished processing 22 cx. Some much bigger than others. We started as soon as I got home from work and managed to go from set up to clean up in about 3 and 1/2 hours. We used the plucker and both Big pots. I was pleased to see that we managed 22 birds in the same time as we usually get 7 to 10 done when we pluck by hand.
We will weigh them tomorrow but they looked Good!

sounds like good news! Now its my turn to process birds... I will be skinning mine because plucking is just too much work and a plucker is too expensive.

 

[FortCluck]

This weekend I’m butchering 2 cockerels that aren’t fitting in with the flock. I may do 3 it depends.

After August 22nd I will be butchering quail.

 

[FortCluck]

sounds like good news! Now its my turn to process birds... I will be skinning mine because plucking is just too much work and a plucker is too expensive.

I skin mine... feel it’s faster for me that way. I can do a chicken from start to finish in 10 minutes. Plucking would add more time to that.

 

[Parront]

Here is a six-week-old Barred Holland, weighed him yesterday @ ~1 1/4 pound, he did not care for the process much!

1/2 pound for the bucket. They are easy to sex after about 4 weeks.

I don't know how you guys get those photos of your birds standing on a scale, next time I'll have to truss these guys to get them to hold still long enough! The Naked Neck I got from @BlueBaby was ~3 pounds. bare fit in the bucket, but easier to handle than these little roos! Must be the Dorking/Red Ranger side, the other NN Is just as hyper as the little Barred Hollands. Sure it is a cockerel! Not a meat bird in any way, 1/2 the size of its sibling.