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+1 Olive Hill We killed in cones. It was silent, not very messy, and helped restrained the flopping that occurs after death. I had not witnessed an animal death before, (besides putting down the family dog), and I was freaked out at first, but once they were gone, it was amazing how fast they...

Quote: So there's also a theory of 'Real Cost'. Yeah, $25 is a lot of money (http://www.thunderinghooves.net/, btw. Amazing, wonderful people. I order their beef and sausage) but it may well represent the true cost of the meat. A $4 chicken, or a $10 chicken is subsidized. - corn and...

Quote: Free Range = a confinement raised bird that is offered the option to walk out to a 2'x3' yard. They are afraid of the outside so they never go out. Organic = a government controlled word that mega-growers have lobbied/wrangled to allow certain synthetic chemicals and doesn't take into...

Yeah, we figure it is about $8 to make a chicken We rent processing equipment, cone stand, scalder, plucker. It is $25/day from the NW Ag center. I buy pine chips to get them started on. We bought an auto-waterer. There are some hidden un-costs: - The pest load on your pasture will be...

Hi, I just did some freedom rangers. We slaughtered at 10 weeks and got dressed weight of right between 3-4 with a couple under/over. We're going for much longer this time hoping to get bigger sized. They are meaty, and the meat is very rich and brown. It is more satisfying to eat less...