Exactly how am I going to get my meat birds to the abbattoir????

[miss_thenorth]

I have an SUV, and a utility trailer. I also have 24 8-10 lb birds.

What and how is the best way to transport them?

Signed,
Clueless in Canada

 

[MissPrissy]

Is your trailer open? without a top? If so, I suggest using a few large dog crates in the trailer.

 

[willheveland]

I put mine in my truck.But if your trailer has sides just tarp it. Or if the trailer is big enough,barrow a cap from a friend and put it on your trailer. just some thoughts Will

 

[WoodlandWoman]

Here, some processors require that birds be in stackable cages or crates. We used a processor that didn't have any particular rules and we used all wire cages to transport them there, which we picked up later, along with the processed birds. I think it would be a lot easier to unload them, already caged.

For those that take them loose in your vehicles, do you transfer them to the processors own cages/coops when you get there? I suppose it all varies by geographic region and possibly the size of the processor. I'm just curious.

 

[willheveland]

If they do it for a living,most processors have something for you to put them in already.Cages are nice if you have alot of them.
Believe it or not,I bring a small roll of fence and about 4 or 5 t-posts and stake them in the ground and make a corral for them and put a waterer in the middle..
My processor says In all his years thats a first for him.He remembers me each time by the fence more than by name.
If you used a trailer you could probably leave them in it and would be easier for him to get at. Will

 

[joebryant]

I thought that you were going to take them to someplace like Disneyland for Chickens, but then I looked up your $50 word and learned that it means "slaughterhouse".

 

[JennsPeeps]

Someone who uses the French word is after my own heart...

<-- B.A. in French, lived in France, loves France...

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

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Honestly?!? What kind of question is that. Put them in a cage, put the cage in the trailer, hook the trailer up to the SUV and drive to the market?

 

[menageriemama]

I second the dog crate idea. One of life's basic lessons is: you can never have too many dog crates.

 

[joanc]

We borrowed some transport cages from the processors.

If you buy any cages yourself they can be pretty spendy.

Or leaving the trailer is a great idea. Or the fence with the waterer might work too.

Check with your processor-they'll have a suggestion for you.

Good luck.