We are located in the Tri-Cities TN area, and have been unable to find a butcher who is able to process meat birds. Does anyone know of someone??? There are both Amish and Mennonite communities somewhat near us, and I was hoping I could find someone there, but we have not yet been able to locate someone who processes birds. Yes, I know, we can do it ourselves. It's not gonna happen. Really.
I hope I'm not hijacking too much. Would there be a "official" problem crossing state lines to process? Shipping/moving live birds obviously is not. Swamp
None that I have found, and I probably WOULD drive a truckload up to Johnson City or Bristol (on the way to the ski resort of course) to get them processed. looks like we'll have to do it ourselves
I live in Maryville a little below Knoxville. I am also thinking about getting some meat birds. Here is a link that I found. I know there is one listed in Johnson City. I hope this helps. http://agrinet.tamu.edu/agbus/tn201.htm I am not sure of course if any of these will help you but it's worth a shot
Is this what you are looking for? Its from NC Processing Facilities Caldwell Meats 828-428-8833; Maiden, NC NCDA-inspected Chaudhry Halal Meats 919-742-9292; Siler City, NC USDA-inspected; does not process pork EcoFriendy Foods 866-326-3743; Moneta, VA [email protected] USDA-inspected poultry and rabbit processing plant K&B Meats 828-488-2533; Bryson City, NC NCDA-inspected Matkins Meat 336-584-8247 Gibsonville, NC USDA-inspected Mays Meats 828-632-2034; Taylorsville, NC USDA-inspected Riverside Meats 252-448-4047; Trenton, NC USDA-inspected Wells, Jenkins, Wells 828-245-5544; Forest City, NC NCDA-inspected You can look into the site that I got this information from at: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/meatandeggs.html
I have heard of YODER BROTHERS MEAT PROCESSING they are Amish or Menninote(sp?)? They I think vaccum pack. Do they do chickens? I know they do cows and pigs.
I found a Yoder Brothers on the net in Paris TN, but that is west of Nashville, over 400 miles from me.
I called Chaudhry Halal Meats in Siler City, NC. They process for $4.50 per bird up to 50 birds. Over 50 Birds it is $3.50. Over 100 it is $ 3.00 per bird. They kill, pluck, clean, vacuum seal each bird. They label each bird with the weight and date of processing. Is that the going rate? Darin
