This past weekend Dan and Brian processed 29 broilers. I stood by for moral support, fetched supplies and packaged the birds after they cooled and rested a bit. This batch of broilers were Red Broilers, which aren't as genetically modified as the Cornish X's we raised last time. Although this makes us feel better, they sure were small birds. We discussed trying Cornish X's again from a different supplier and butchering them a little earlier then we did last time, so they don't get to the point of having leg/joint issues. We'll see. We're still trying to decide if this will be the last batch of the year or if we want to squeeze one more in for a late fall processing. It will probably all depend on whether we can get the brooder and chicken tractor moved to the new farm in time.
Stay tuned....
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