How we put up 1400 pounds of pastured chicken in 1 day!!

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How we put up 1400 pounds of pastured chicken in 1 day!!

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4 жыл бұрын

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~~~~~~~~~~~That's right! This year we raised over 200 pastured chickens and put up 1400 pounds of pastured chicken in 1 day.
How?
Hint: Some great people, good equipment and quite a few laughs got us through the day!
In this video Josh takes you through a day of putting up 1400 pounds of pastured chicken with Josh and Carolyn sitting down at the end for a pantry style chat covering the details of the day!
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@R0gue6729 4 жыл бұрын

Oh man! I've never seen how this is done. When I saw the title I had such an aversion to watching this... But then I thought damn, I'm willing to buy, cook and eat chicken from the store but I'm not willing to see how it's done?? So glad I watched. This is good to understand and to see. Thanks for sharing.

@Wreinie 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly me as well! Really glad I got to see this. Well put together!

@Grognarthebarb 2 жыл бұрын

This is how ots done on a small scale. You should see the places doing 1400 lbs of chicken every 15 minutes

@terrim.602 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you did. The chicken bought at the store is not processed humanly like this.

@MyTopdogs 2 жыл бұрын

@@terrim.602 So true . Those chickens in the video are just livin their best life right to the last minute .

@shauncarver9016 4 жыл бұрын

I'm impressed at your kids' work ethic

@kennethvogt9379 3 жыл бұрын

Country kids learn how to work.

@msstort 4 жыл бұрын

I'm one who cries at "Bambi" and didn't know how I'd handle this - I watched my papaw wring the neck of a chicken, and it's body flapped and squawked running down the hill, and it really affected me back then. But you guys made it look easy and humane. Thank you for doing this - those of us who are considering this lifestyle are learning so much from you.

@TheCatholicVegan 2 жыл бұрын

Taking the lives of these chickens is NOT humane and shouldn’t be easy…taking a life should never be easy…

@mr_regenerative Жыл бұрын

@@TheCatholicVegan Are you a non meat eater?

@amberbrown74 3 жыл бұрын

I have SO much respect and appreciation for your lifestyle and that you are teaching your children to be self-sufficient. I was not raised this way and, though I would like to learn, I am not sure I can manage it! It is both shocking and fascinating!!! Thank you for sharing this and thank you to the beautiful chickens.

@HomesteadingFamily 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@annie250551 2 жыл бұрын

To save aching backs, you can use 30cm lengths of poly pipe as extenders on the legs of the tables for a much better working height.

@AS-ex8zr 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely great idea!

@mudoh2131 2 жыл бұрын

Your children were so helpful, they deserve a huge round of applause. Fascinating to watch even though I am never going to do it.

@ronaldbequeath2307 4 жыл бұрын

Isn't it amazing what a group of people can accomplish when they work together. When i was sixteen I raised 525 chickens from Murray Mcmurry Hatchery afterwe had fed them 1 1/2 ton of feed we butchered, starting at 530 in the morning and finished around 11 at night. What a day two chopping, one scalding and keeping the water hot, 3 plucking and 5 dressing in the cooking area in the cool basement. Needless to say we all slept well that night. In August the group would get together to freeze corn, make apple butter or sauce, or butcher a steer or hogs. Many hands made light work. It's great to see that happening again.

@erlycuyler 4 жыл бұрын

Man! I love apple butter!

@LilCraftyNook 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!! Truth!

@denisescull4227 4 жыл бұрын

I haven't seen a "normal" looking chicken since I was a kiddo and helped with our chicken harvesting, so this was a reminder of what a healthy bird should look like. 25 was the most we ever did in a day, no machinery, just lots of hands. Thanks for sharing, especially on such a busy day!

@buhlemabutyana8494 4 жыл бұрын

This took my back to my grandmothers house in a village in South Africa. Every christmas when we came home from boarding school, I miss the village life. thank you for sharing

@angelcross8887 2 жыл бұрын

My husband and I processed 6, SIX!, chickens and it took us around 8 hours. It was our first time. And honestly, probably our last time 😅 we did hand pluck them. But we decided that buying our fryers from the butcher is A-OK 👌🏻

@amandaforeman2626 2 жыл бұрын

I processed my first turkeys for thanksgiving ! It took roughly 1 hour each turkey! I had 1 helper , thank godess for my plucker !

@saucywench9122 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for showing the entire process. More of our children need to see how this is done.

@keithhughes2104 3 жыл бұрын

Really useful video, thanks from an Englishman living in France.

@HomesteadingFamily 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@astronautdolphindetective6908 2 жыл бұрын

what a amazing family i just found this channel and i have been watching it for the last few hours

@yvetteg1098 Жыл бұрын

This is realistic Farm life. This is the first time I’ve seen this. Thank you for being real and showing this.

@marilynandersonrobertson3632 4 жыл бұрын

I love watching homesteading, but I am 56 this year, disabled, but I love watching there are many I watch. I am an intel youtube junkie. The most info in my brain the better. I have had two seizures in the last year so my mind is fried, so this is helping my processing rerouting away from the injury of my brain. Thank you for sharing I will be watching and catching up. TY Marilyn

@alisoncoyne6584 2 жыл бұрын

God bless x

@LilCraftyNook 2 жыл бұрын

That is amazing!! That scalder and plucker really was a humongous help! I had to laugh when I saw Josh sticking his hand in-I expected a packet of gizzards to come out!! 🤣🤣🤣

@sharonnangle6557 Жыл бұрын

And the neck!!!!

@carolynellis387 3 жыл бұрын

I've never seen chickens being prepared. What an effective and efficient team you are

@jacoblong5632 4 жыл бұрын

This channel is absolutely phenomenal! You are doing a real service sharing this information. Thanks!

@13c11a 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! What an operation. You are lucky to have such faithful friends. I'm sure you help them as much as they help you. You are an inspiration!

@rin11bairborne 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you to these farmers and the chickens for giving their time and life energy to help us live a healthy long life. California Carnivores hug trees too ☮️

@amyhowell4000 4 жыл бұрын

This was amazing. I showed my 9 year old son the video. I think is good to know where the meat we eat comes from and how it gets to our plate. There needs to be more of this. I would love to be homesteading. But for the moment we will live the dream through you all xxx

@homesteadgamer1257 2 жыл бұрын

Kudos to you both for having your kids help with this. Such an important skill to know!

@karenlyle322 4 жыл бұрын

Y’all are the hardest working people I know!!! Thank you for sharing 😀

@willow3310 4 жыл бұрын

I had never seen how chickens are processed before. Thank you for filming the entire process! I don't homestead yet, but I think I could do this.

@missybarcus3953 4 жыл бұрын

What a group of people❤👏🏻👏🏻, and the children are so awesome!, great job with your life😍

@monicag.1527 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this video and not shying away from showing everything. I think it is so important to see things like this. Even to those of us who don't have land or our own chickens. I must say, the way you all went about processing them seemed very peaceful, efficient, and humane. Also, that is an exciting amount of necks and feet! I can just imagine how delicious and nourshing that broth will be

@sishrac 3 жыл бұрын

Much reverence and gratitude is needed from all those who benefited from such sacrifice on the hens' part.

@bowenfamilyfarm9776 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness.... we butchered 66 and I thought that was a lot. Good job! Thanks for sharing.

@carmiejones8289 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to video throughout such a busy day! And I don't know how you all stayed on your feet bent over working for that long!! We pull up chairs and sit at the tables when processing chickens for hours. So happy you will get to enjoy many meals of meat that you raised yourselves, knowing how they were raised and what they were fed. That's a real blessing these days.

@tinagale7840 2 жыл бұрын

My dad was a preacher and when we lived in northern Minnesota, one of the parishioners paid his tithe in live chickens. I remember standing next to the butcher block helping my dad butcher chickens at the age of 4. Also, there was a professional fisherman that paid his tithe in fish and I helped my dad clean fish. Fond memories of spending time with my dad.

@natashawatkins5651 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome set up fast processing and little stress for the chickens makes for beautiful tender meat.

@eshetchayil6246 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking us along; that was extra work on top of the butchering.

@naeemah2027 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, the kids are super workers!! First time I saw the whole process. Loved it

@rmartinie 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely IMPRESSIVE!!! 😲 Josh & Carolyn you two and your family and friends are just AMAZING 😳 God bless you all richly and thank you SO MUCH 👍🏻 for teaching us so well!! 📝

@JeanJean-lz5qp 4 жыл бұрын

I am so missing my parents. Mama raised every name chicken-bird you can name. Yard birds taste so delicious. DO YOU ALL SELL YOUR BIRDS THROUGH THE MAIL?. Eating a naturally raised chicken taste is different from ones in stores. WISH I COULD BUY AT LEAST 5-DRESSED CHICKENS. Watching your channel brings back great memories.... GREAT FAMILY!!!

@debbieschaffner2581 4 жыл бұрын

Great Video! We grew and processed 200 chickens for several years while our kids were still in the house. Sweet memories! After the first time I put blocks under the table legs for an easier working height for long hours. So much easier on the back! I love watching your channel! Thanks for sharing!

@joyceschaffer2013 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video - we just processed our chickens last weekend for the family. It's always fun family memories...one thing I noticed that might help is we put the tables on blocks to our height so we are not bending over all day cutting/eviscerating/bagging the chickens. It was so much better on our backs at the end of the day :)

@stephanienuce7711 4 жыл бұрын

Joyce Schaffer I’m doing this next time too- it definitely saves your back! You’d think I’d have that figured out by now! Thanks for the reminder!!

@ollourdeshuf 4 жыл бұрын

Dutchsinse

@j.e.7028 4 жыл бұрын

It's always fun family memories....nutcase

@Monkchip 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! That was an amazing day spent with your family. Unbelievable, the amount of chicks you processed.

@rachelc.7152 4 жыл бұрын

What a great set-up! The right equipment makes all the difference. Looks like you had a great crew too, that always makes the day go by faster.

@0824rl0824rl 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial. We are looking into a plucked also. That scaulder was pretty cool also. Guests make the work more fun. Good for you all.

@aslansdaughter4648 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Well done! Thank you for showing the whole process!

@pennymorgan1 4 жыл бұрын

working together - family and community, how much can be achieved - great video.

@back2basics597 4 жыл бұрын

Mind boggling, awe inspiring and just plain NUTS in the best way possible. I truly admire you folks.

@wendyplear82 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video full of details! Great seeing your family and friends working together! 🤜🤛💪

@melissasprinkel1670 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Love how all of you work together 🥰

@cookfamilyhomestead 4 жыл бұрын

great job!!!! I have never done anything close to that number of birds and I was very impressed with how you did it all!!

@pellis8985 2 жыл бұрын

So much good info here! Loved seeing your family and community working together. Thanks for sharing💗

@sherreetofaeono1561 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the help! We did our first butcher of 73 chickens yeaterday, approximately 350 lbs of meat. This video was our GREAT reference point for the how to do. Your family is an inspiration and information source for healthy organic homemade and grown options that we appreciate soooo much. God Bless you and yours. Keep up the good work.

@August84118 4 жыл бұрын

Wow!!! You guys have this down! Excellent organization and teamwork! Thank you for making this video.

@karenhibberd9426 3 жыл бұрын

I am so thankful you put this video out. I haven't butchered chickens since the 90's/early 2000. It was done a whole different way and obviously not the rite way. Saving this video because I've ordered our meat birds and will be butchering this way. Thank you

@InspirationLed Жыл бұрын

I gotta say, I don’t know how many years it will take me to get to the point of harvesting my own chickens, but I’d say you must be breaking even, if not having a surplus, since you compared the price of chickens per lb to the grocery store, BUT, most stores don’t provide feet or necks or other fats, AND you’re even getting compost out of the deal to further other growth on your land. I absolutely love nature and the permaculture theory of nothing going to waste and how a bit of hard work can create SO MUCH wealth. Thanks so much for sharing your lives and your knowledge with us! 🥰

@maryclairekalamafoni9524 4 жыл бұрын

Rendered chicken fat is called schmaltz in Yiddish and is used in many traditional Jewish dishes. My favorite is latkes, shredded potatoes, grated onion, eggs, matzo meal and a little salt and pepper. Fry in schmaltz, not too high a temp, until golden brown. Drain on paper towels and serve with sour cream. Delicious!!💓

@anthonymoses3697 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic info and video. Thank you both for sharing!

@lonaanastasopoulos5351 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video, well done! Thank you for sharing in such detail. Your kids are amazing for helping as well. ❤

@Mariarosey 4 жыл бұрын

Some thoughts: If you put wood chips on the ground in the work area, no one will be standing in the mud all day. What about putting ice in the giblet buckets, to keep them cool. What about rigor mortis? I thought that all meats should be chilled (not frozen) for 24+/- hours to let the rigor relax, and then frozen. Freezing so soon after slaughter makes for tough chewy meat. If you remove the feet (and heads) before the birds go into the plucker, they won't tangle up like you said your birds do, and the nails and beaks won't damage other skins. It's great that you have such good friends who will come and help you process your birds. I look forward to watching more of your Homestead videos.

@lindakrause8793 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! You seem to know so much! How many chickens have you butchered?

@vickismallwood2082 3 жыл бұрын

It was just like the old days but you’re equipment was so nice didn’t have that luxury. Fantastic job

@thomasmaphis7203 10 ай бұрын

yOU GUYS ARE ONE WONDERFUL FAMILY. iI REALL ENJOY ALL YOUR VIDEOS... THANK YOU SO MUCH!

@royaleclay6456 4 жыл бұрын

Such an awesome video. I love how friends and family come together to get the job done. More hands make the work load light. We love getting together for large amounts of canning and of course splitting the goods amongst families. So much fun. Y'all are awesome. Keep smiling and preserving. Thanks again.

@Dr.Mrs.TheMonarch 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. Wonderful to see the kids helping out in the process.

@trryhin 4 жыл бұрын

That was great, it was good to see the entire process and how the equipment worked.

@jlshirey 4 жыл бұрын

This is honestly just amazing!! Thank you so much for sharing. I'm totally crushing on the awesome equipment & set-up you guys have. 😉 It looks like a CRAZY, whirlwind day, THANK YOU for taking the time to share it with us! :)

@leopardwoman38 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting. I always wondered how to process a chicken. Thank you for showing us how it is done. 👍👍👍😀👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@stephaniejohnson3739 4 жыл бұрын

Wow what an amazing video. 211 birds...so impressive! Thank you for sharing. Great info!

@fionafairechild6272 4 жыл бұрын

Great! Love the work paying off and having good times in the process

@megmcginnis239 4 жыл бұрын

Great day for you all!! Loved the video and how you processed and use everything! Blessings

@teresaroman3348 3 жыл бұрын

This is a great video! That looks like a ton of really hard work. Thank you.

@Ariel-xz8lg 2 жыл бұрын

This video is by far the best I have ever seen. You showed everything. I always seemed to have questions after watching other videos and could not find answers until I found this video. Thank you so much for showing and telling everything right down to the composting part. Now I'm not hesitant in moving forward with my harvesting. I just cannot thank you enough. Thank you for your channel. Blessings!

@janecantrell7155 4 жыл бұрын

Your family is amazing!!!!!!!!!!! I learned a lot from this video. JOB WELL DONE!!!

@sharmeebradbury3263 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, what an awesome video.. Your family is absolutely amazing!! 🤗🙏🏻❤️

@eileenpalumbo6578 4 жыл бұрын

Great team work folks! Very informative video. Thanks for sharing.

@jddirtfarmer3128 4 жыл бұрын

That was an excellent video. At some point I will be able to do this. I will watch this video again. I have some experience and you answered the questions I had. Thank you for sharing 👍👍

@jessemalan748 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this. Thank you guys!

@whitneybingham3111 4 жыл бұрын

This year add some PVC pipe risers to the tables to raise them up a bit. It will help save your backs! Tip from experience. Love seeing your process and everyone working together. #homesteadgoals

@bizzybeehomestead73 4 жыл бұрын

Wow that was impressive. Thanks for sharing your process. I was raised with chickens and ducks but was never around the processing. Learned so much. Thank you again and god bless.

@urbangalfarmroots 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! Always get some good ideas/tips from you.

@terri1790 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Enjoyed seeing your process.

@eajomoz 2 жыл бұрын

You guys make me Miss being a kid I used to have so much fun On the farm Working with everybody In my family.

@preppingmama 4 жыл бұрын

This was a wonderfully helpful and informative video. Especially for us as we prepare to do this next year. We have a family of 9, total. THANK YOU!!!

@deborahcatania74 4 жыл бұрын

WOW!!! That was awesome and the reward of home grown meat is priceless! Great video and the kids did a wonderful job too!!!

@jennybroussard1383 4 жыл бұрын

Loved this video! Thanks for all information...i feel more confident that I could try this on a smaller scale.

@idahohoosier8989 2 жыл бұрын

WOW WOW WOW! Is all I can say. Y'all are amazing. Blessings, julie

@AbundanceHomestead 4 жыл бұрын

This is so valuable. Thank you for sharing with us.

@EricaD61 4 жыл бұрын

That was amazing guys! Thanks so much for showing the entire process. Was great getting that knowledge and ill be refering back to that so i can watch it for future reference. 😍😍🐔🐔

@KambriaS 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! That was amazing to watch! Thanks for sharing. I'm so impressed with what you do. Those tools seem wonderful! Dreaming of my future homestead- hopefully not too distant- and implementing now what skills I am able.

@luciepaul1 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this info. I have never butchered an animal but I use to go moose hunting with my step father when I was younger. I think everyone should see where their food comes from. Great info

@jenniferrescott1149 4 жыл бұрын

Impressive everyone has there job, it went so smoothely

@JenniferG728 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! What a job that was, but how great to have so much neat in the freezer now!

@marjolewis9405 2 жыл бұрын

I can still smell the hot, scalded wet chicken feathers when my aunt and uncle harvested chickens. No thank you! Y'all did great !

@EarthsNourishingBounty 11 ай бұрын

This was great information, very helpful! I have so much respect for all of you!

@HomesteadingFamily 11 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@phyrewillow6463 2 жыл бұрын

Love the set-up! Thanks for sharing

@NS-pf2zc 4 жыл бұрын

What a perfect assembly line! You guys are just inspiring! Chickens are my least favorite livestock to butcher, but you guys made it look so easy!

@deborahstewart2322 4 жыл бұрын

How awesome, I sit here thinking how I have wasted most of my life, I should have taken my 4 children and live even Half of the way ya'll are living, I am 66 now, and raise a garden, I want to cry with joy at the way your family are preserving and raising everything you eat,

@grannyprepper7788 4 жыл бұрын

In the 60's when I was a kid, our family of 5 would do 75 in a day. That was alot for us. No fancy pluckn machine neither...lol.

@lifeinspice 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome job! Can you do a video of rendering the fat?

@JesusisLord-7A 4 жыл бұрын

The feathers and stuff you're putting in the five gallon bucket, the chicken plants send to get processed into dog food. The feathers apparently have a lot of protein. I picked up a job at a chicken processing plant in order to learn the ins and outs of this process. Next time, I would suggest cutting part, if not half, of your chickens into parts. Good food grade scissors make cutting whole chickens into parts a snap.

@pamnottingham3747 4 жыл бұрын

that is a lot of chickens. we only did 12 birds and it is an awesome task but so worth it.

@marciahohn4521 4 жыл бұрын

It was GREAT to see how that is done!

@morganhigginbotham8371 4 жыл бұрын

Grew up on a farm. We mainly used our chickens for eggs, but we did occasionally butcher them. I'm desensitized, but I'm sure my kids would be squeamish at the site! Haha. Honestly, it's a great skill to have even if you don't own a farm or a homestead. It could save someone in hard times.