Last Saturday we butchered a guy's broiler chickens for him. Since Dad has all the equipment - chicken plucker, scalder, etc. we do a lot of other people's birds for them, too. The chicken plucker is modeled after 'The Whiz-bang Chicken Plucker' made by Herrick Kimball - who has a great blog on living simply and all sorts of other great things - you can find it by looking for "The Deliberate Agrarian" - anyway our plucker is made out of an old drier. The scalder is made from a washer. My dad made all this because he is really handy and smart:)
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| Reuben and Caleb |
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| Reuben was the cut-throat man part of the time |
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| Mom, Caleb and Reuben working on gutting at the sinks |
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| Grandpa supervising |
After those stages me and grandma wrap them. We use shrink bags that you zip tie at the top, slit a little hole in the bag and then dunk it in boiling water - it comes out perfectly wrapped, and looks very professional.
When me and grandma were setting up the wrapping area she asked for mom's "opinion" and mom said "only if I can have it back when you're done, because I use it ALL the time", and Dad said "that's for sure":)
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| The finished and frozen product |
Butchering chickens isn't my favorite thing - but it feels good to put food in your freezer that you raised yourself. You know that it ate good food, lived a happy life and fulfilled it's God given purpose.
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