We have 23 Freedom Ranger broilers getting fat on pasture. They’re scheduled for slaughter September 25. Meanwhile, on Friday the post office called to let us know that another 25 chicks had arrived. They’re now in the basement brooder. Looks like we’ll be dressing more chickens right around Thanksgiving. These little guys look just like […]
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We’ve scheduled September 25 to slaughter and dress our 23 Freedom Ranger broilers. That involves killing the chickens, scalding them, removing the feathers, then gutting them out. We ordered a 14-gallon fiberglass scalder for the job. It has a 240-volt heating element in it, which is top of the line. But it also means installing […]
Well, that didn’t go so well. I was feeling so good about myself and the spiffy new chicken “tractor” I’d built to house our broilers. Then I took the “tractor” for its first spin in the yard and managed to run over and kill seven of the 30 chicks inside. The tractor is a heavy […]
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