We are set to process our current batch of meat chickens this Friday, so I suppose it makes sense that I have broilers on the brain. When we decided to try raising meat chickens last summer, I had no idea the how much I would enjoy (almost) the whole process! It has truly been a humbling …
The day finally came this weekend for our formerly cute little broiler chickens to head off to freezer camp. The day was not without it’s problems, but in the end, we got all 25 birds processed and packaged up to fill our freezer (and my mom’s freezer, thanks mom!) We are hoping that this will …
So, I just realized today that I have been grossly negligent in telling everyone about the experiment we are doing around here this summer! After purchasing some pasture-raised chickens from a precious local homeschooling family recently, we decided we would like to try our hand at raising some of our own birds for meat. The …
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