by Daniel | Apr 19, 2015 | chickens, processing
I thoroughly enjoy teaching folks about what we do and how they themselves can do the same thing. This Saturday we gave a chicken processing class to a group that varied from backyard chicken owners, burgeoning farmers, to students of survival. I’m not going to...
by Daniel | Jul 25, 2013 | chickens, East West Farm, free range chicken, Pastured poultry, processing
Humane, Home-Scale Chicken Processing | The Homestead Atlanta. Chickens are a great resource for the homesteader and farmer. Not only are eggs a wonderful and delicious source of nutrition, but hens are also an invaluable addition to any garden through fertilization...
by Daniel | May 6, 2013 | chickens, Chicks, cows, Daniel, East West Farm, Farm, free range chicken, on farm processing, processing
Will stop the farming. This Saturday was our first scheduled processing day for our broiler chickens and thank goodness for the ability to forecast the weather. We’ve been receiving gargantuan volumes of precipitation this year and with the knowledge that a...
by Daniel | May 16, 2012 | chickens, Chicks, factory farming, on farm processing, Pastured poultry, processing
Or get someone else like me to do it. We processed the broiler chickens we raised from day old chicks that we got from S & G Poultry this past Saturday. We raise our chickens on the pasture where they can live out their lives in a much more natural, healthy and...
by Daniel | Sep 14, 2011 | Daniel, factory farming, Pastured poultry, processing
This past Saturday, I had the opportunity to learn about processing chickens with some good friends of mine, the Hammonds. They operate My Dad & Me Family Farm a few miles away where they raise; Jersey Cows, free range laying hens, pastured poultry, and all types...