On Wednesday, May 20th we had our first chicken slaughter of the season. This year we have a paid crew and a fancy mobile processing unit. We can now scald and pluck 4 chickens at once, making things move much more quickly. It took a while to get used to the new equipment, but we pretty much figured it out. The bottleneck occurs at the evisceration station which is still done by hand and requires a bit of time and attention to detail.
In the end we got all 119 birds processed. We then bagged them in our new heat shrink bags and labeled them with our fabulous new stickers. Folks across the Hudson Valley are beginning to enjoy the juicy, delicious taste of these pastured birds.
We have some chickens left and they are being frozen. If anyone wants one, please let us know and we will get it to you.

Special thanks to our awesome slaughter crew: Craig, Dana, Tracy and Anne!