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Believe it or not, these chicks will be ready to be eaten in just 8-10 weeks! When we put them in the freezer, they will weigh as much as 6-8lbs each. Suffice it to say, they will only be cute for a short, short time. They are bred to be eating machines. I am so grateful for the opportunity to raise such healthy, delicious meat each year for our family.
Enjoying the rhythms of the seasons here...
Psa 104:27 They all wait for You To give them their food in due season.
Ecc 3:1 There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven--
Blessings and all grace to you....
Susan
I so enjoyed all you've shared this week! Your chicks and seedlings, the hymns, and your thoughts about desiring the milk of the Word- all refreshing and encouraging.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful rest-of-the-week!
Do you all butcher them yourselves? We have raised chicken for the freezer before but had someone butcher them.
ReplyDeleteMichelle,
ReplyDeleteHi There! Yes, we do butcher our own chickens! I'm a city girl, so it was a little difficult for me at first, but now that we have raised them for almost 10 years it doesn't bother me at all. (Mean, calloused person that I am!) Mind you, I haven't actually been called upon to actually cut their heads off (sorry if that's too graphic for anyone...), as the boys really like to do that, but I'm a pretty fast "gutter," if I do say so myself!
The first few years we plucked them "by hand," but for the last several years we have been able to use a chicken plucker which *really* speeds up the process!
I am so grateful to be able to have such good organic meat and to know how it was handled in processing, etc.
We're going to be raising another 50 in a few weeks to tide us over the winter.