Last Thursday we butchered our 97 freedom ranger broilers. A bunch of our friends came to help and it was a lot of fun! I am so glad to have those birds gone because when they get big they really stink bad. Me, Sabrina and Grandma had the job of wrapping again. It is a pretty fun job especially with the shrink bags we use! It is so fast and easy! Then we all got to have Grandma's sloppy joes for lunch! Those are YUMMY! :) It defiantly makes butchering funner with friends and family there to help! It's a good feeling knowing these birds lived a good life, ate organic food and will provide our families with REAL food.
Anyways - hope y'all have a great day! :)
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| The boys catching the birds |
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| Nick |
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| Suzie and Hannah playing under the trampoline |
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| Mom and Angela talking theology over their birds |
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| Take note of Grandma's cute homemade aprons made out of tarp :) |
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| Plucked and gutted birds dripping off, waiting to be wrapped |
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| Wrapped and ready to be shrunk in the boiling water |
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| Emily and Isabella |
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| The kill station - this is a very humane way for the birds to go. They don't flap around or get their adrenaline system kicked off, which is kinder for them and makes better meat for us. |
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| Caleb was the kill-man most of the time - (I still don't think I could do that) |
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| Sam |
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| Caleb |
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| Sabrina working at the fine-tuning and wrapping station and Angela working at the gutting station |
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| Grandma Sitko and me wrapping |
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| These are all wrapped and shrunk and now I am putting labels on with the date and weight of the bird |
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| My friend Rebecca working at cutting up gizzards |
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| Caleb relaxing in his cool shades afterwards - Nick gave them to Caleb after they got a little bent up by a basketball :) |
Hello Farmgirl: I am new to your page, but will be butchering 10 Cornish Cross in a few weeks. I assume you own your own equipment, but do you know where a newby like me might can rent it?
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