If you are interested in buying chickens, this is information will be of interest to you. If not, go to bed...it's 9:40....you need your beauty sleep.
So do I. Look at my picture...not even as cute as that chicken!!!!
Instructions:
If I buy chocolate for one & Starbucks for the other...I'll have total cooperation.
Once chickens are butchered, rigor mortis sets in. If you cook or freeze the bird before that stiffness resolves, the meat will be very tough. I check the chickens daily and once they have very movable parts, I will throw them in the freezer. I suspect it will be around Friday or Saturday.
If you would like to buy chickens before Saturday morning, I suggest you keep it/them in the refrigerator until the legs move very easily. The chickens will be bagged whole.
FYI..our last batch was large in number to get our family through the winter. Mary Kate and I spent a morning cutting apart several (like...50) into pieces & parts. We used those food saver type bags that suck the air out of the bag, and froze them with all legs, all thighs and all breasts. It was a pain that morning, but WOW..what a treat in the winter!! I get tired of always being faced with a whole, frozen chicken. I highly recommend you do the same if you have freezer room.
We sent our knives to be sharpened today. Abbey and Mary Kate look happy, but only because I haven't told them what those knives will be used for.
Here's the scoop on cost compared to last year:
1. Newborn chicks went up by $.25
2. Feed cost stayed the same.
3. Butchering cost went up by $.75.
4. Weight is down a little (chickens'.... not mine)
5. Cost per chicken remains the same at $11.50/chicken. Shop around. I dare you.
Time to place your order. I've got 50 up for grabs.
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