Chicken Farm

Today is my 5th day here. So exhausted today. Up at 5.30 feeding hens and letting them out. Layla up at 6 fed her than at 8 Cleaned the dishes in the bakery than go over to the Chicken farm and watch the birds get killed than start plucking than start taking the guts out and than go for a coffee break back out again pluck more birds than layla gets bored. She lasted a long time and didnt mind any of the gorey blood and guts. So bring her for something to eat and let her watch a movie go check on the chickens and hens. I lay down for 20 minute nap. Was so tired. So went back to the chicken farm. So we finish killing , plucking, gutting and packaging the chickens.
Went to look to see was layla ok. Check on the chickens and hens again. Than went to chicken farm and put laybels on and than was finish there. I went to the green house garden trimed all the chives down. Layla and myself went to collect the eggs. Than we went to start cooking dinner well lori did most of it. We were more in her way than anything. So now I am writing my blog before i put the chickens and hens to bed.


This is savideer he is are meat inspector. He has such a gentle soul.

These our the cute chickens. I love taking care of these guys.

 

Layla and mysef collecting the chickens to be butcher.

KILLING

We collect the chickens from the barn than put them in creates alive. We bring them to the butcher farm. The first thing that happens is you get the chicken by his legs and rest the breast of the chicken down so the wings wont be flapping everywhere. Than when you are lifting the chicken into the tunnel have one of your hands on the feet and the other hand on the wing than put the chicken head in first and still hold onto his feet until you grab his head. Get a good grip or the chicken will jump out.
So when you have his head let go of his feet, and get your knife and under the jaw just one cut and dont saw like i did a few times before i got it right.
When you have that part done the chicken is still moving and the blood is still dripping. So wait till chicken stops moving and dripping blood and than put them into a machine. This machine is full of really hot water and one layler of the skin comes off and when that is done put them into the plucking machine.

PLUCKING

Plucking starts off with the machine where most of the feathers is taking off. So the chickens are passed onto to us. So we check the chickens for any feathers that were missed by the machine and than we passed them on to the next stage.

GUTTING

The first stage of the gutting is the neck. You scrape all of the fat and the feeding tube behind the neck  and when finish that you start on the bum part and start taking all the guts out. Just be careful with the heart and liver. Keep it intacted. Pass the liver, heart and neck over to the meat inspector and has a look to see is the chicken ok. The last thing to do is make sure you scrape out everything and than the chicken goes in the bucket of water.

PACKAGING

This is the last stage. You get your chicken out of the bucket of water and put the neck, liver and heart into each empty chicken and than you bag weigh and tag them all and sell it to your customers.

 

I must say it was amazing experience for myself and Layla to be butchering ladies. Layla enjoy it just as much as I did. Every one was so impressed. They said this was the first time a child has work in here and didnt get scared or cry about anything. she was so interested in everything asked loads of questions. Worked with all the guys. She was brilliant. So proud of her.

So when we go out to check on the chickens or the baby chickens Layla goes and looks for dead ones and she wants to pick them up and throw them in the compass area.


Lori is the owner of all the chickens. She has been a great teacher. She has taught us so much she has so much colour in her personality.