So far, I'm doing 25 Cornish X at a time for myself. In the spring, I'm probably going to expand to 50-100, now that I'm getting the system figured out and some of my friends/coworkers want chicken meat. Here's my question- I need a good way to cool them for processing.
My options are: a bunch of small coolers, which isn't very efficient, A large boat/marine cooler, which costs about $200 and probably still won't hold all the birds, buying an old fridge or two for the barn, (but I've heard it's not good to leave them sitting on shelves while cooling,) or "building" a cooler. I was thinking of getting some sheet foam and gluing it into a homemade plywood box, but I couldn't think of anything to use as a sanitary, reusable liner, especially for a big one.
Any thoughts on "making" a cooler? How does everyone cool multiple birds??
My options are: a bunch of small coolers, which isn't very efficient, A large boat/marine cooler, which costs about $200 and probably still won't hold all the birds, buying an old fridge or two for the barn, (but I've heard it's not good to leave them sitting on shelves while cooling,) or "building" a cooler. I was thinking of getting some sheet foam and gluing it into a homemade plywood box, but I couldn't think of anything to use as a sanitary, reusable liner, especially for a big one.
Any thoughts on "making" a cooler? How does everyone cool multiple birds??