Local Butcher for Meat Chickens

[Zycie]

Hi all,

This year my husband decided to try growing out a few meat chickens. Only problem is we live within Lincoln city limits in Nebraska and so we can't process them ourselves. Does anyone know of someone local who can do it for us? We only have 6 birds.

 

[Molpet]

You could also try your state thread, although it doesn't seem too activate.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/nebraskans-speak-up-nebraska-rocks.172734/page-142

 

[raingarden]

So, the city will let you raise chickens, but not butcher them? How would they know?

 

[Molpet]

So, the city will let you raise chickens, but not butcher them? How would they know?

Probably the neighbors would complain.
But I have a Byc friend that butchers in his garage. Just put up plastic for blood splatter.

 

[Egghead_Jr]

exactly, don't butcher outside in view of public.

 

[Molpet]

I was thinking about a pop up party tent for butchering so I wasn't in the sun, but they usually need 2 people to put up I don't have a regular helper and the wind would take it down for me if I left it up.

 

[raingarden]

I hold the bird by the legs and put it into a new plastic trash bag., Without looking, I slip my arm into the trash bag and cut the head off with poultry shears. All the while it is being held by the legs in the trash bag with the top cinched together. When the flapping and bleeding stops, the trash bag is lowered into a tall kitchen trash can. The bird is then skinned or scalded/picked and gutted. All the ofal and feathers stay in the trash can. When done, the carcass is washed and the trash bag is tied closed and discarded.

I'm not allowed to butcher in the kitchen, but believe I could do it without making a mess.