Wow! What a crazy past couple of months we have had! We have definitely been slacking on blogging, and for that we sincerely appologize. The only thing we can say is that being extremely busy, working 12-15 hour days and not having internet where we live are not a very good combination when you want to blog on a regular basis. We have been in full swing this summer with chicken processing, animal movements, farmer's markets, events and just keeping animals alive and healthy every day. So far we have had around 11 butcher days, and have processed between 150-350 birds each day. That's a lot of chickens! And we still have another 1200 or so chickens to process and several hundred turkeys. We both actually enjoy processing days because we get to be with everyone and even though we're having to kill chickens all day, there is
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| Rachel cutting off feet, heads and tails |
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| The finished product! |
something satisfying about looking back at the end of the day at all the hard work you've done to not only process these birds but to fully raise them from start to finish and have a healthy, delicious product that your family can enjoy. Both us of have been able to experience each part of the processing.
