IS IT too late in the year to raise meat birds for 8-10 weeks????

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Katy Hunny!!! I knew you were doing meat birds!!! oooh I tried almost all the hatcheries and none are available for another month or so --is 70-80 too hot?? how fast do your meaties grow??? hmmm eggs getting the bator out again???
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your killing me!!!! And yes burnign feathers smell for a tad but the mess or lack there of was amazing and the lack of blood I had on me was amazing! the only really covered was my crocks and feathers!
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ok at first glance I thought you said the only thing covered was your crack, and I was thinking "what???" lol my mistake!
2. you can borrow my vacumm sealer anytime, it's just a cheapie from walmart but does a GREAT job, gotta come here to get it though!
3. my processor uses a vaumm sealer and never wipes dry the birds, I think that might only matter more if you were not vacumm sealing.
4. Please DO NOT suck the air out of the bag with a raw chicken in it, with your mouth. I am sure that was said with all of the best intentions, and I am sure you know not to do that; but just in case a newbie is considering it DON'T!

5. If you would like to do a test hatch of my free ranging, sustainable meaties, I would be happy to mail you some!
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before i had a food saver i tried to just wrap them in some saran wrap and then i put them in a freezer ziploc and tried to "manually" get as much air out. unfortunately in my experience i did get some freezer burn with that method.

now i just use the food saver
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Edited in response to halo's question: It is MY experience (others may say differently) that the food saver is far and away MUCH better than ziplocs. That said...I do "dry" my birds to ensure a proper seal w/o having to double seal as some do (see earlier posts discussing "drying"). As others have mentioned, when taking their birds to a processor they never dry them. This may be attributed to having a much more proficient commercial sealer. I dunno.. either way I'm not risking it on my home sealer. I want that thing to last since I spent the money on it.
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So whats the general consensus, are zip lock bags as good as a food sealer?

Sonew, what does that plucker look like? You made it yourself??
 
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Yes Dh and I made it ! took less than an hour too---I wish my camera didnt malfunction as I have all the photos and all stupid camera-but I followed the directions for the thread that said you can make a wizzbanger for 6$-Mine was free since I hade all the stuff at my house. It needs more fingers to it but we had to make due since we ran out of black rubber bungi cords-with the s curved hooks on ends?? It has 12 fingers -not much compared to 50-100 of them but it worked and was great-
 
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Katy Hunny!!! I knew you were doing meat birds!!! oooh I tried almost all the hatcheries and none are available for another month or so --is 70-80 too hot?? how fast do your meaties grow??? hmmm eggs getting the bator out again???
barnie.gif
your killing me!!!! And yes burnign feathers smell for a tad but the mess or lack there of was amazing and the lack of blood I had on me was amazing! the only really covered was my crocks and feathers!
sickbyc.gif


ok at first glance I thought you said the only thing covered was your crack, and I was thinking "what???" lol my mistake!
2. you can borrow my vacumm sealer anytime, it's just a cheapie from walmart but does a GREAT job, gotta come here to get it though!
3. my processor uses a vaumm sealer and never wipes dry the birds, I think that might only matter more if you were not vacumm sealing.
4. Please DO NOT suck the air out of the bag with a raw chicken in it, with your mouth. I am sure that was said with all of the best intentions, and I am sure you know not to do that; but just in case a newbie is considering it DON'T!

5. If you would like to do a test hatch of my free ranging, sustainable meaties, I would be happy to mail you some!
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Im so flipping mad-I went to roder my meaties today and I cant find my debit card! I thought I left it at food store ( My BFF's) but nooooo. I ve searched everywhere-car-laundry-outside..nothing no one takes checks or paypal to pay for meaties
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I wanted to order today to be right on track for processing with OCT 3rd Chickenstock-that and Meyers is having a 15% off meaties today!! That is my luck....I would love to try some of your eggs but I have had bator put away for two months now and my broodies are winding down and should be all done within a week or so! Thank you so much though Katy-Maybe in EARLY SPring when that bator comes back out??
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