meat birds

Note that all of the pictures from Day 2 of butchering were taken by Farm Boy 1, our hopeful (but not very experienced) 9 year old photographer. =)   Another day of butchering!!   The Farmer got up and turned on the scalder at 6:30 am (Brilliant!). We were ready to start processing birds by … Read more

Warning: this post contains actual images of chicken butchering. I wouldn’t recommend looking at this while eating if you have a sensitive tummy!   This was the day–we were going to butcher all 105 chickens, plus a goose, a duck or two, and maybe the turkeys. It didn’t go exactly as planned, but it was … Read more