I think we have mentioned before that "Chicken Day" for us is not a grueling or unpleasant experience so stop biting your nails, turn up the music, and imagine a day of laughter, pleasant hardwork and productive discussions on topics as broad as Turkey and government education!
And there is always joy in preparing a product that you know will delight your customers and constitute dozens of savory dinners for families all over the area!
Todays processing took just over 2 hours and then clean-up takes about another hour. We wake up at about 5:30 and Charlie and I start up the scalder while Emily makes "oodles" of muffins!
We don’t normally post pictures like the one below, but this one has a story. At the moment the picture was taken, we were listening to our customary motivational music. I can’t remember if it was the Red River Jig or Cowboy Jubilee. The boys pull the birds out of the cooling tank and set them to drain a few moments before bagging them. Mom and Em turned around and saw these four draining and everyone started laughing. The chickens looked for all the world like they were dancing to the lively music!
Chicken Processing Day!!! ...and the Red River Jig from Craig Lenz on Vimeo.
