This morning we put the new trailer-chicken-coop to use and delivered 36 chickens and two turkeys to be "processed" for us. The place is about 45 minutes away, which seemed like a long distance, but now that we know how to find it, it's not such a big deal.
They people that do the slaughtering have a very clean, professional operation. We had an appointment scheduled for 10am, and they were ready for us. We came back at 1:30 and picked up the birds, all neatly cleaned and dressed.
As you can see, the two tractors are now empty:
And the fridges are full. The birds need to be chilled for a couple of days in
the fridge before they can be put in the freezer.
Next up, these guys. We have six turkeys left and we've got an appointment for November 28th. We wanted to let them get a bit bigger before we took them in. Besides, I don't think they would have fit in the trailer!
Whew. It was a bit of work building the trailer box and running the birds back and forth, but it was definitely a lot nicer and easier than "processing" them ourselves.
Cheers,
Grant
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