We did it! Our first meat bird harvest

[melanie_s]

Everyone, we did it! Ordered 25 chicks from Freedom Ranger hatchery last August, they sent us 28, all of which survived. Last Friday we harvested 28 birds! Thanks to my organized husband, processing took about 5 hours, plus an hour to clean, an hour to bag, then another hour to clean that up.

Just had our first one for lunch yesterday and it was outstanding.

Thanks to all who have posted your wisdom on this thread. BYC was very informative and helpful for us in this journey!

Here's a shot of my freezer.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Glad you had room in the freezer. That is a lot of chicken.

 

[AsaDotJava]

That is amazing, congratulations!

When you say "last August," you mean just a few months ago right? Not August 2018?

 

[melanie_s]

Right! We got them August 20, 2019 and harvested them November 1, 2019.

That is amazing, congratulations!

When you say "last August," you mean just a few months ago right? Not August 2018?