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Processing Day

Posted by: Maddy
Yesterday we were busy processing 75 chickens! It was an all day event considering how long it took to set up the equipment, figuring out the different stations, and it was a pretty cool day. We have had lots of practice with other people's chickens but we never had to set things up before, so it took awhile this time. The hard work paid off and now we have 3 refrigerators full of chicken! It was a long family project.

 Isn't Mom pretty?












 Our setup in the poll barn


We also got some cows this week as well...


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