1. I suck at this, ha! I processed 8 birds in two days! I'm going to do 13 today. Have to get better. 2. This is a BEAUTIFUL FREAKING VIDEO! Not, just the information, the actual video production team needs a raise. They are amazing! 3. Thanks for this.
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 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!
We just purchased 9 acres in Western Washington (NOT cheap land..) and plan on raising pastured poultry on a couple of the acres, mimicking some of your practices. Thank you for passing your knowledge down to the next generation!
Thank you. We’re processing 90 birds for our family this weekend, after not having done it for 5 years. This was a very informative refresher. One question: why do we want to keep the autonomic nervous system going?
Does Joel still think the market around Swoope isn't saturated with pastured poultry? Between Polyface and Sunrise farms, it seems the little man might have trouble.
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.
Great video! I miss doing this stuff!
2020 internship :)
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
1. I suck at this, ha! I processed 8 birds in two days! I'm going to do 13 today. Have to get better.
2. This is a BEAUTIFUL FREAKING VIDEO! Not, just the information, the actual video production team needs a raise. They are amazing!
3. Thanks for this.
Appreciate the comment! The more you process, the better you’ll be - don’t give up!
Thanks! My chicken plucker rips some of the skin and breaks some bones at times. Still figuring it out 🤣
Good for you to at least try. Experience will make all the difference
Nice Joel!
Appreciate you watching! 👨🌾
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!
One of the most helpful videos I have seen in a long time. Thank you guys.
Respect from Africa.
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'm surprised this video is still up on RUclips. Very informative.
Glad it was helpful!
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!
My needs are a fraction of this setup, but. Learning by example and thinking how to implement this at our scale is invaluable info.
Inspirational 👏🌟
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!
We just purchased 9 acres in Western Washington (NOT cheap land..) and plan on raising pastured poultry on a couple of the acres, mimicking some of your practices. Thank you for passing your knowledge down to the next generation!
Invaluable video . Thank you ❤
Outstanding video ! We get to do ours this year using the scalder & plucker … gonna be interesting for sure ..
That is outstanding!
Great video!
You mentioned you use soap in the rotary scalder to break surface tension. What type/kind of soap do you use?
Good timing. We have 60% roosters in our new flock of hatched eggs. 🙃
Thank you so much for this video
You are welcome, Hope it helps!
Thank you. We’re processing 90 birds for our family this weekend, after not having done it for 5 years. This was a very informative refresher. One question: why do we want to keep the autonomic nervous system going?
Fresher meat. Doesn't know it is dead.
It pumps out the blood
Love your videos ❤
What do you do with the blood and feathers and scrap guts after? Can you compost it ?
Great halaal slaughter i want this set up
Great Joel, can you write the dimensions of the equipment, funnels, drum and such. Thank you.
Joel is the best!
Agreed!
Very nice. 👍🏼 But, what do you do with the blood, feathers, and parts that do not get eaten??
Compost
what type of holding creates are those?
Does Joel still think the market around Swoope isn't saturated with pastured poultry? Between Polyface and Sunrise farms, it seems the little man might have trouble.
How long do ya chill ?
Where do you find these tables or what is the table style called?
Any additive in the chill tanks? Or just water?
Just Water in the primary chill and ice is added to the secondary chill tank
@@SuperiorPoultryProducts Thanks
What is the perfect texture for the scalder ?
Where do you source the Cornish X chicks? I've been unhappy with the quality of our last three batches.
Is there any way to easily remove the feathers without scalding?
No.
Skinning or Scalding
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
He has a lot tobring to the USDA table!
Thank you for your sacrifice chickens. Life isn't fair. However you are yummy.
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 😂
Two is one, one is none. We wont be caught with our pants down! :)
Seeing that 1st part, I felt nauseous, probably bc I didn't grow up on farm. I'd rather use an axe & then just look away for a while😂
That makes a real big mess. Speaking from experience.
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.
Sounds like Halal meat!
This guy manhandles every thing without washing his hands…if the owner isn’t hygienic imagine the workers…