Chicken Process

Two weekends ago we went to our friend's farm to process our chickens. It was a long day of hard work but the end result (delicious chickens) was well worth it. Here are a few shots of the fun:

The before:

These chickens were BIG. They have clearly enjoyed their free range lifestyle and it paid off in some beautiful body weight. This photo was even taken a few weeks before we processed so you can imagine how big they got. Check out the chicken in the middle right!

We raised the chicks with our neighbor who came up with the perfect transport carrier. He and Nick loaded them into the bed of his little pick up, added some fencing and voila - they were ready for the ride to Corbett:

Of course upon arrival they probably should have weighed the pros and cons of that adventure. Step one everyone into the killing cone:

It was a family affair in every sense of the word. Here is Ray and his son Jake working on the cleaning:

Of course Gunnar joined in:


Gunnar and I took a break to walk around the property a bit. Laura has 40 beautiful acres filled with beautiful creatures.

Here are her Icelandic sheep enjoying the shade. As a labor trade Nick is back on her farm today to help get these guys sheared:

Her bull glaring at the cows below. "Just a few more weeks ladies" was clearly what he was trying to say with all his snorting:
All in all it was a long, hot, messy but productive day. Kudos to G for putting in a long napless day! We now have 20 gorgeous chickens in the deep freeze to get us through to next year. Nick grilled a "beer butt" chicken and the consensus was that it was DELICIOUS!