We had a test run of our chicken processing process yesterday. We had a goal of determining how many chickens we think we can process in X amount of time and also to practice our processing skills. We needed to determine the amount of time it takes to process our chickens so that we can set a schedule for on-farm customer pick-ups of their fresh chickens. We found that while our skill at turning a whole chicken into a cut-up chicken became fairly efficient, the longest part of our processing was the process of what I'll call "cleaning" the bird. I use the word cleaning so as not to give a less than appealing image to a wonderfully healthy and nutritious, naturally pasture raised chicken. With our family working together we should be able to process at least 50 chickens in a day with Sharon, me and the kids working each step of the process. Our process, while not as efficient as others we have seen, will ensure a superior product in meat quality as well as appearance. Our worry is that hay will be ready to be baled at about the same time that we need to processes the chickens. We're excited about getting these wonderful birds to our customers. We think that they will be very pleased with them.
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