I got into chicken farming thanks to Joel’s books. Here in Europe however the birds are not water chilled at all, but refrigerated on racks with good air ventilation. Also we raise birds up to 12 weeks to meet organic certification standards and they are a lot bigger!
Hello, glad to hear you are raising meat birds! We highly recommend utilizing a scalder/plucker in your processing. If you can't afford to purchase one yet, they are often available to rent or borrow from nearby farmers/homesteaders and are well worth it for the time savings.
If you have the space and a built-in method of feeding them so you don't have to rely on commercial feeds, you can start with a small dual breed laying flock and incubate your own eggs to produce home broilers. Just do your own research first.
For e.g. 80,000 chickens per year at 200/hr and a production/growing season of 180 days = 400 hours of chicken processing flat out. During 6 months = 13,333/ month = 66,6 hours/month 24 weeks = 3,333 per week = 16,66 hours per week = 2 days. Up there with certainly the very best farming operations! Takes a lot of management. Practice. And sweating blood. And. should it have been 500,000 per annum. So what.............. God bless ALL!
I’m a city girl at heart. I can justify growing veggies and fruit but the only reason I ended up in Kansas was from watching far from the Madding Crowd and God apparently thought I wanted to farm and raise sheep. He doesn’t know everything apparently.
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Great video! I miss doing this stuff!
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Same here!
We need more of this kinda teaching on RUclips. Food for life. Teach me and I can eat for a lifetime. THANK YOU, JOEL SALATIN
Thank you Joel! My wife and I are just starting out on our farming journey...Lots to learn.
Best of luck, the journey is worth it!
The poultry establishment is work at is 15 min from kill to chill at 145 bpm
One of the most helpful videos I have seen in a long time. Thank you guys.
Respect from Africa.
I got into chicken farming thanks to Joel’s books.
Here in Europe however the birds are not water chilled at all, but refrigerated on racks with good air ventilation. Also we raise birds up to 12 weeks to meet organic certification standards and they are a lot bigger!
I travelled 800km to see him do this and it was worth it!! ❤️
I watched him do on homestead of America online and that was it. Great teacher
I just watched it here. Butchered chickens before so no big deal
I see what you guys do in the Americas and copy paste it in Africa. Joel for President!
Nice Joel!
Appreciate you watching! 👨🌾
I'm surprised this video is still up on RUclips. Very informative.
Glad it was helpful!
My needs are a fraction of this setup, but. Learning by example and thinking how to implement this at our scale is invaluable info.
Invaluable video . Thank you ❤
Just started doing our own meat birds last year and takes us about 30 mins per bird. (We are hand plucking) any tips to speed things up? Thanks😊
Hello, glad to hear you are raising meat birds! We highly recommend utilizing a scalder/plucker in your processing. If you can't afford to purchase one yet, they are often available to rent or borrow from nearby farmers/homesteaders and are well worth it for the time savings.
I grew up breaking the neck but this looks like a dispatch method I want to try next year. Thank you for sharing
Glad it was helpful!
Great Joel, can you write the dimensions of the equipment, funnels, drum and such. Thank you.
Outstanding video ! We get to do ours this year using the scalder & plucker … gonna be interesting for sure ..
Thank you so much for this video
You are welcome, Hope it helps!
That is outstanding!
Where do you source the Cornish X chicks? I've been unhappy with the quality of our last three batches.
Joel is the best!
Any additive in the chill tanks? Or just water?
Good timing. We have 60% roosters in our new flock of hatched eggs. 🙃
Great halaal slaughter i want this set up
Love your videos ❤
What do you do with the blood and feathers and scrap guts after? Can you compost it ?
What is the perfect texture for the scalder ?
Is there any way to easily remove the feathers without scalding?
No.
How can you make the chickens more affordable?
I thought chicken was high priced as well, so I raised my own. Now I gladly pay to have someone else raise them!
@@severson42 ya got a good point
Raise them , let silkies hatch new babies out .. cycle of new chickens.. that how we do it .! Eggs & chickens always on the homestead 🏡
If you have the space and a built-in method of feeding them so you don't have to rely on commercial feeds, you can start with a small dual breed laying flock and incubate your own eggs to produce home broilers. Just do your own research first.
1. Make your feed formulation
2. Make your local brooder
That's David Goppelt loading birds in the cones.
For e.g. 80,000 chickens per year at 200/hr and a production/growing season of 180 days = 400 hours of chicken processing flat out.
During 6 months = 13,333/ month = 66,6 hours/month 24 weeks = 3,333 per week = 16,66 hours per week = 2 days.
Up there with certainly the very best farming operations! Takes a lot of management. Practice. And sweating blood.
And. should it have been 500,000 per annum. So what.............. God bless ALL!
Homeboy wears a belt and suspenders to keep his pants up 😂
I’m a city girl at heart. I can justify growing veggies and fruit but the only reason I ended up in Kansas was from watching far from the Madding Crowd and God apparently thought I wanted to farm and raise sheep. He doesn’t know everything apparently.
This guy manhandles every thing without washing his hands…if the owner isn’t hygienic imagine the workers…