Intro and bagging question

[still learning]

Hello everyone. I've been lurking and learning along with you all for weeks now. I figured it was time to register.

I am one week away from our processing date on our very first batch of meat chickens! I am so excited. I've been wanting to do this for years.

The place where I have an appointment for processing wants .25 a bird for the bag and to bag them. I figured I could do that more cheaply, but when I looked in the McMurray catalogue for bags, theirs were more than .25 a bag, plus shipping. I don't know that my birds will fit in a one gallon ziplock. Some of them are over 7 lbs right now.

So is there a cheaper way to do this myself? What are you using? What is the best way to make sure we don't get freezer burn?

Thanks so much!

 

[Colored Egg Farmer]

We cut up our chicken and put them in airtight bags....


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[still learning]

What kind of airtight bag? Do you mean one of those food savers?

 

[Richard]

I use the food savers and they work great

 

[Colored Egg Farmer]

Yep food savers.... I think we halved a few of them but the uncut will not fit in the small food saver bags... Haven't tried the large ones yet.