Need a processor near Cincinnati, OH

[chicksandkids]

We are a week or so away from butchering a few roosters. I don't find much info when I Google for processors in my area, so I thought perhaps someone here had a processor they like near Cincinnati? We are actually about 30 minutes east of the downtown area, so northern KY or within 30 miles of Cincinnati would work. Thanks!

 

[AlienChick]

If you only have a few birds, it might be easier to just do it yourself.
Not sure if your situation allows for this or not.
I thought about taking my roosters to the local Amish to have them do it for $3-$5/bird (I was fearful of doing the deed).
Then I thought I would try to do ONE myself and see how it goes.
I enjoyed it so much that I ended up doing all 11 birds in just a few hours.
I kept a big pot of water on the grill outside boiling so that I could scald the birds for a few seconds before pulling out the feathers.
The feathers just slid right off.
Then I dunked them in ice water, and the rest is similar to what you would do for a whole chicken at a grocery store.
My only expense was a cone so that I would not have to chop off heads and have a headless chicken running around the yard.
I just put the chicken in the cone and gently cut the throat and allowed it to hang there until it bled out.
Simple.

 

[chicksandkids]

Yeah, there's no way I could, or would want to, do it myself. We will have 9 over the next couple of weeks, and I have two small girls who would be disturbed by doing it in our backyard. There's some things I'm willing to pay for - and keeping my girls from seeing something like that, is definitely one of those thing!

 

[lisaequine1]

You can take them to Tewes in Erlanger. They do them on Thursday mornings while you wait for $2/bird.