How to PROCESS DUCKS for Meat | Polyface Farm
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2020
- We learned something new!!! While we were at Polyface we were able to see and help with a duck butchering.
Shane from Meadow Wood farm was gracious enough to teach us how to butcher ducks because there are some different steps involved . Follow along with Shane on his Instagram account @shanemurrow / shanemurrow
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This guy is well spoken and knows what he's doing on this process. AND he's a busy guy and hard worker! Great video and interview!
Good
I was telling a friend about seeing a vat full of ground beef in the back room of a grocery store that was uncovered and blowing with flies. It kinda makes you want to know how your food is handled. BTW, I never shopped there again. As difficult as this would be, I appreciate the integrity of the way y'all process. Mike, Lacie, Selah, Josiah and Micah, thank you for sharing a little bit of your lives!
Art and Bri went on a trip and came back to fridge with meet had shutdown and meat had rotted & stinking all over the home. sh*it happens
@@davelawson2564 do you mean Ant and Dec?
By the 2 minute mark, I learned so much important duck plucking info that makes this pure gold.
Hands down the best duck plucking video.
Thanks!
Agreed! Thanks so much for this incredible useful information!
I rewatched the video to take notes. Can’t let this info get away from me.
How long before rigor mortise sets in for ducks?
Being a city dweller, I don't raise livestock, but as you know, I am interested in learning about so much more than I can do. This was extremely informative and respectfully done.
I live in the city and have chickens and ducks
We never had duck growing up; I tried it for the first time at 33 years old. We were at a food and wine fest and a stand was selling roasted duck with some berry sauce. OMG it was amazing 🥺
Such a great video. This guy knows his stuff. He's a natural teacher & super kind.
Thank You Mike and Thank You Joel Salatin for Always Lending a Helping Hand to the Farming Homesteading Community. This Was Very Informing and Right to the Point. From Mid-Coast Maine
I saw other NC homesteaders stuggling with ducks. I'm glad you got this lesson and can pass on the info to your friends! Safe travels home.
What is "stuggling" ? Never heard that word before. 🤔
@@mykehyslop198 haha, I have no idea. I commented that 2 years ago. It was probably a type-o Maybe struggling?
Look at you lovely people introducing the society to one and other . Many blessings are you. Thank you.
Very educational and inspiring, guys! I've processed a lot of broilers and turkeys, but never ducks. I'll have to consider ducks next year.
The joyful smile on Shane's face says it all. Thanks for the video. We're in our first year of ducks too and needed to know how to process them.
What an amazing process this was and such an honoring of the animals that will give food to help sustain someone else. Thank you! ❤️
Loved seeing the process and great explaination of difference between chickens and ducks in processing. Look forward to seeing the young man's farm.. he seemed so patient and calm when teaching.
Great share, I love how very informative this man is. He really knows his stuff. And the whole operation is fast and efficient even though they consider it slow. Everyone is calm and the production is moving. This calm atmosphere is good for the ducks too. Paraffin Wax is what is recommended to use for safe for food consumption in general. They sell paraffin wax in the pickling aisles in the grocery store for people who still can the old methods of sealing the tops of jams and potted meats. This is awesome! Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for saying where to get the wax❤️
Good point about the calm atmosphere. Doing it inside a big stainless steel box with AC and extractor noise bouncing around would be more traumatic than this covered outdoor setting with just the bubbling of the wax in the background. I liked how authoritatively he held the ducks without stressing them before quickly loading them. Very respectful and efficient.
Thank you for all this amazing info. Processing 25 pekin on Sunday with 6 of us. Can't wait to use some of these tips!
I love that others are willing to share their best practices so you can learn more! Mike and Lacy...your doing great! Can't wait to see your homestead grow
So interesting and so many tricks of the trade. This was so very interesting and loved the knowledge you shared with us. Right on!!!
Blessings on your future undertakings!
Thanks Mike; I've not messed with ducks except VERY old school hand plucking. I might reconsider now because I love duck. I am very jealous of those that get to get "hands dirty" at Polyface but thanks for sharing your videos with us.
Extremely respectful and educational video. Not alot of videos like this in the world so thank you for sharing your knowledge
I love how gracious and thankful you two always are! 💞💞🙏🏻🙏🏻
This was so Interesting!!!
I love the wax idea!!
This was a great experience for you guys, so happy you were able to go. Lacey, if you're interested, the chinese cuisine has great recipes for cooking ducks heads, chicken feet, and your family could learn and enjoy new cultures through their cuisines... delicious!
First time seeing ducks being processed. Learned so much. Thanks for sharing
These videos from Polyface farm are outstanding! I am learning so much! Thank you.
Ive have the equipment for chickens and turkeys, just built a wax tank and am ready to give this a try, done it in
the past and said I'd never do duck again, but now have new inspiration.
Love the video Mike! Great watching you pitch in a help on Polyface Farm.🧡🤗❤👍
So grateful for channels sharing tips and tricks. This video is gold.
This guy knows his stuff... talking about the animal flat-lining in 3 seconds, ATP leaving the cells causing the muscle contractions at the end of Kreb's cycle until the animal goes into tetanus and exhaustion of all remaining cellular energy... I'm impressed! Great how-to video with the added cellular science bonus. A+++!!!
I really hope you end up at Shane's place. He's knowledgeable and nice! Also learned a lot from this video. Thanks!
Thanks for putting this video together it's one of the ones I consult the most when doing mallard descended ducks.
Wax,I would have never guessed in a million years! Brilliant!
Maybe thats the type of wax i need in order to wax my sexy chest . Just saying
Duck wax has microcystalline wax added in addition to the paraffin wax for better adhesion. It also adheres better if the duck is dried prior to waxing.
I had no idea about the wax station.
Such a surprise for me.
Make me also realize that processing duck is slightly more cumbersome.
Hello guys, I'm from Brazil and I really love watching your videos, one day I will have this life that I admire so much. Living far from cities is much better. Congratulations.
Thank you for this wonderful video on processing the ducks. I have never seen the process, but this was very humane. I am not in the homesteading community, but I so enjoy seeing all of you work together and share the knowledge each has gained. Thank you both.
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Really excellent instructional video, well presented. the best I have seen so far on duck processing.
So interesting, thank you for sharing this. Loved those stations that had a water supply handy.
As I am planning in the future for a homestead, I figured ducks and geese would be too difficult to process from how I had seen others struggling, but this was excellent info... well-documented and well-shared! All that equipment would be too expensive for a smaller operation like me, but I figure there could be ways to do it inexpensively too. I would also hope to find folks to come together to share the work as a team and even bring all their birds to do as well. I plan to be looking for a homestead later this year or early next in Western NC... leaving LA to come back home as soon as I can....
Thank you, I have eaten duck and LOVE it, but I never had goose yet. In my area, it is VERY hard to find either in the grocery stores... and then very expensive! (No rabbit either) This video really encouraged me not to avoid them in the future! 😉
Jj my mom was born in Germany, we always raised geese for the holidays.
I have learnt a lot,much respect from you guys. All the the way from Tanzania
The guy is a great farmer! Wish him and his family the best 👌. Wholesome video
That was very informative, thank you for bringing us along!
Nice guy, Shane. And farm fit to boot!
Wow great video! We do ducks just a few , when it comes to plucking them, I just hate that part.. trust me when I say, here comes the wax! THANK YOU ! I truly am doing the plucking dance lol. lo Thank You all again! Blessing from Canada!
Very informative and I always enjoy watching your procedures and learning processes!
Thank you for sharing that experience. it was very interesting and informative!
I just got ducks almost 4 weeks ago. Got em to eat them. Thanx for the video. Great info. Didn’t know about the 49 days thing. Glad I watched. Thanx
I have been hunting and eating wild ducks most of my life. I bought one of these just to see the difference. I could not believe how tender and juicy these tame ducks were compared to wild. Very good tasting and nice looking. I think I paid about $14 for a 4.75 lber at a grocery market. Well worth it and I did not have to worry about biting into a steel pellet. I already have a crown on one molar because of that.
Damn 🤠
Love it. Thanks for your great work. I'll hope to do the same one day, but for now I'm on my balcony gardening and make the odd video for my channel
Thanks for this video. I've been thinking about raising some ducks and just in the first few minutes I learned a lot.
I was so inspired by this video that I decided to start selling dressed ducks two weeks ago. I don't have all these cool equipments yet, hoping to be able to afford them soon. This business is really profitable. By the way I'm from the Philippines. I'm a a new fan of yours.
You're in the pinas right now? Heard Peking Duck very expensive there! Do you raise the ducks or just buy?
Thank you for this video it couldn't of come at a better time. Greg Gunther is a a great guy and very knowledgeable, the community we share is the best.
Our pleasure!
I had no idea ducks were processed like this. Soap makes sense because of their oil, even thought I never thought about it. But wax? I never would have guessed. Glad I seen this video before we get ducks down the future road. Amazing
You can also burn/ or use a kitchen torch to burn off the fine feathers, no messy wax to deal with.
I work at a duck processing plant and your technique is very similar to ours. Good job guys
Wow! That's a very cleanly plucked duck. Very impressive!
This is extremely helpful. Thank you. Do you have a link for the wax? What temp should the wax be? And do you put water in the bottom first, then add wax?
great video
we are used to doing our broilers and was great to hear little tips on doing the pekin drakes!
The wax is such a GREAT idea! Nice video once again 👊.... oh, and love that ending song you used!
Learned so much, wow! Wonderful video, you've got a new subscriber!
Great job love seeing the process line that you have set up in your lane to anyways great great job keep up the good work
So professional. Knows his work so well
The wax part was cool, such a good idea.
This video has hopefully helped me understand the process so that when my ducks are old enough I can process them myself.
Thank you for sharing this information 👍
49 days...
😮😮😮
Very fast and humane, I learned a lot watching 👍
Wow that was interesting especially about the wax dipping, makes total sense
This guy just lives his life🔥🔥🔥
Anyone know where I can find the pans they are using for the wax? Deep wide pans are hard to find
Most important part of the whole thing :D :D @ 11:04 Q:"Is there a specific type of wax you use?" A: "Paraffin wax"
Is that where Aflac got its name?
Good job on your past videos. I am Walton to get my own form started this year. What’s the crops are out of the field I’m gonna start by putting in a cow pasture. And some other stuff after that. I live on the eastern part of NC. Would love to come out sometime and check out your operation
Thank you very much for this important vidéo .Please can i have the french version because i don't know the names of the différent liquid produits you use for this process?
I cleaned ducks without wax; it’s almost impossible to get all the down off.
A little kitchen torch can help with that.
11:50 Did anybody else notice the bird nest in the video with a bird in it.
And the loud chirping it was making.
It is in between the 2 electric boxes behind Mike.
Wow. It is so clear that I thought the bird was in the tree outside my house.
Thank you for such a great educational video. There is a lot of science in it. I especially like the design of that stainless steel cone housing the whole body of the duck with its head exposed.
Very interesting I have ducks but never processed any very informative thank you
Interesting.. Info for duck process.. Wow. Shane is a very busy guy..
Do you add water to the wax pot? How many bricks of wax do I need? Sorry, I'm having a lot of trouble with duck feathers and need help.
So is there a reason why you cant just brush on the melted wax instead? Maybe work it in to get it all in but it seems like it be a bit faster with the right brush and if you just poured on the wax directly
That was interesting. I never saw the wax process done before.
Wow, wow, wow..just learned something new, thank you for sharing this. If I ever have to process my own ducks, I'll be able to do it. Excellent video, thank you Mike-Lacey and God bless
This is so interesting. Always loved duck.
Excellent video! Direct and to the point!👏🏾🙌🏾
I love the no competition factor..wonderfulcommunity..interesting video..I've never tasted duck..yet.
Freaking awesome video. I could definitely use these ducks as a part of my raw dog food meal prep.
Really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing
Just normal beeswax right? What kind of burner you use to heat up the wax. Thank you so much!
Where do you get the wax from, interesting and humane process. Quite educative.
Interesting. Great interview.
What do you guys (or anyone in the comments, feel free to reply as well) do with the feathers after the plucking? Same question for the broilers. I did small batches of broilers, and tossed them in the woods, but this will produce a lot of feathers. Can you feed them to other animals?
Thanks so much for sharing this! TONS of great info!
The joy in that young man's face for the life he's living, job He's doing , then sharing it all with you with pure joy was fun to watch..
The fit farmer- Mike - is a total caramel 😘😘😘
Amazing, I can't believe that plucker machine it's like magic
Super educational video. Thanks for sharing!
Great video! Whole waxing process very interesting.
Wow wasn't exspeciting the wax what a great proses ty for showing.
Skills we were blessed to acquire as children growing up in the village in south africa limpopo, elim
AWESOME video! I learned so much!
Blessings. Thanks for sharing about the wax
I have just discovered your channel and subscribed we are in Philippines and breeding a few chickens and a few ducks but we want to do it as an industry and employ locals. We are preparing for a downturn and you are helping people ... thank you salamat po
Hi there, what kind of soap that you used. Is it the same as the one for laundry? Will ot effect the taste of the duck
We used a biodegradable dish soap when we butchered our own.
Wonderful video. I’m curious to know more about how the plucking machine works. More details of the functionality would be nice. I imagine it wouldn’t be difficult to do paraffin in a boiler at home in a smaller operation for just a few ducks at a time. Thank you for sharing this.
The waxing bit is genius.