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[Rob <becida AT comcast.net>]

At  12/14/2008 07:27 PM,Karen L. Black wrote:
> Lisa writes:
>
> > I have a friend who has poultry for the first time and wants to eat
> > their own meat but doesn't want to butcher their hens themselves. She
> > proposes taking their birds to a farm up the road who will do it if
> > they 'assist', so we may begin that way.
>
> This is how I got started with butchering chickens. I helped a couple in
> town who had facilities to get familiar with the operation. Then I raised 25
> as a "pilot lot" and took them to their place and butchered them. Then I got
> the tools I needed and did them in my backyard. After a few years of this, I
> splurged and built an addition to the shed. Now I have a clean area with
> adequate water and power and away from the critters and yellowjackets. (You
> probably won't need to go to such lengths, but I butcher twice a week for 32
> weeks.)
>
> Karen Black


Hi Karen,
How many do you do a time and do you use a powered plucker?



Rob

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Western Washington State, USA