The easy way to process and butcher chicken

The easy way to process and butcher chicken

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[gwydryn]

Hi, I'm a retired USDA inspector and I want to commend you on your processing! You are doing good and minimizing waste! You can compost the guts, heads and feathers (high nitrogen) and you can use the bloody water to fertilize your next garden. Keep going!

[hecticerectic]

I've never seen a start to finish chicken process explained so honestly and efficiently. You make for a great teacher. Thanks.

[hebrone]

Thanks for your video. We butchered for the 1st time today. (A total of 69 chickens) My wife watched your video and wrote your instructions step by step, as a reference. You're a huge help and a great instructor!

[Lalalovee_]

As a vegan I wish all
Chicken was farmed and raised cared for, loved and was processed as your chickens are .humanly 😊 thank you !

[conundrumconundrum]

I think I heard your dad mumble. "I wish that boy would quit his jibber jabbing and do some work." Lol

[musicguitar]

My whole life revolves around my ultimate goal of purchasing a ranch and sustaining my family with natural foods. Thanks for sharing!

[tamararobicheau]

Thank you for this! We're soon moving to my husband's ancestral home (sits on over 200 acres) and we plan on raising most of our own food. I'm trying to educate myself (and my kids) on the process before we get started. We want to raise chickens, pigs and turkeys to keep us sustained throughout the year. We have the space, we have the barn, we just need to get the rest of the gear to keep them contained and to help us to process them. I appreciate farmers like you who are willing to teach.

[hofthomecrap]

Regarding the chicken pre-freezing stage (begins ~06:40): freeze several gallon-sized plastic milk jugs filled ~85% full with H₂O several days prior.

This helps 2-ways: it’ll keep the freezers at/below 32°F as long as possible while filling them with food, AND, should your electricity go out, helps keep your food from spoiling!

[fishingcraftervlogs]

I wish more people cared what was in their food and where it came from... I feel like all animals should be raised like yours

[rustybum]

Hi Josh (?), I used to be an Environmental Health Officer in the UK and I have to tell you that I am greatly impressed with this video and how you hygenically and humanely---and environmentally, process your chickens for your own use. Most people don't seem to want to know that, in order to be able to eat meat, an animal has to die, but the way you portray your process seems quite swift and humane and I salute you for that. What's happening with the Jeep by the way ? Best regards from an old Yorkshire "Geezer" now in Ireland.

[normanbakker]

Hi there Josh. Good to see a video for once that shows that the stuff we eat comes from somewhere else than the grocery store. And I respect the way you handle your chickens and how you tell your story. My compliments. Just wanted to let you know. Best regards Norman.

[blyssedbe]

I found myself watching how big food industry culls chicks and processes chickens… I felt so awful, and then I saw this. Bless you guys for being humane, careful, and not letting anything go to waste if you can help it! I’m so impressed by the quality of your method as well as the quality of the video itself. Thank you!

[jrximenez]

Better than other companies who put harmful chemicals into their birds. Well done I enjoy your videos a lot

[Sleal]

Thank you for having posted. You are not only helping my husband start the homesteading process but you are helping me be able to mentally process butchering the chickens. I got emotionally attached to them on "accident"

[nitehawk]

25 years ago when i did this it was an axe, a block of wood to hold the chicken's head onto, a boiling pot of water, hand pulling every feather, then innards removal. That plucking machine is awesome!. We then supplied the chickens to a local chicken store a few minutes down the road. I never realised why the chicken is so good at the shop until I went to a friends farm and helped them for a day. I guess having the freshest ingredients is a good start!.

[richardkeith]

Enjoyed this video very much! I retired from probably the largest poultry producer in the USA. Our processing of plant processed in access of 140, 000 birds per 8 hour shift. I noticed your picker, . they actually work just like those used in large scale production. I'm happy their are folks like y'all that treat the animals you use for food with so much respect! Congratulations on making such an informative video! God Bless You and Your Family, keep up with the good work, stay safe!👍

[chloeshann]

Those pluckers are amazing. I've been processing chickens since I was a kid, but you can still learn things. You are a great teacher

[SuperCarito]

My husband and I processed our birds for the first time yesterday and it was so easy thanks to this video. I watched it about 5 times and felt so prepared. THANK YOU!

[tommarrs]

Hi Josh, A couple of things I have learned for you and your viewers. rubber/plastic traffic cones turned upside and resting between (2) 2x4s work perfectly for slaughter as well. Also, if you keep the bird submerged underwater with just a couple of inches of the opening above water and twist the bag, the water pressure will force all the air out and they won't freezer burn at all. If you aren't processing 20+ birds, you can buy a duck plucking machine that has the same fingers but on a rotating wheel that you turn the bird against and it is less than half the price of that large set-up you have. Finally, a clean fresh water trough or 55 gal drum (you aren't getting it hot enough to worry about the galvanizing) has enough water to make holding it at a steady temp easier. you can get it to 150 and turn it off and do 10 birds without the heat even on. Also, if you supplement with unlimited availability of 20-26% protein feed (Broiler or game bird feed--the only difference is game bird feed does not have any prophylactic coccidiostat in it) your birds will put on a LOT more weight a LOT more quickly. We are getting 9 pounds live weight at 6 weeks. Cornish Cross have a feed to weight conversion of 2 lbs of feed to get 1 lb of meat, so a $20 50lb sack goes a long way. Thanks!

[annettedecroix]

Hi Josh. I started processing home grown poultry 20+ years ago and learned an easy way to get juicy, tender poultry, that is to let the processed poultry rest in the frig for 5 days before placing them in the freezer. It truly makes for a wonderful finished product and does not spoil the birds in any way.