KCA Ranch. A Work in Progress.

[ThisLadyHunts]

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[Chew]

Processing and packaging 29 white Freedom Ranger meat chickens today. Got a couple leg quarters on the grill!

[tps7742]

Looking good Chew on processing and enjoying the fruits of your labor! Even though it is allot of work I am sure. With that many yard birds are you still using that feather plucking contraption?

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Looking good Chew on processing and enjoying the fruits of your labor! Even though it is allot of work I am sure. With that many yard birds are you still using that feather plucking contraption?

Yes sir we throw two at a time in there. Got our system down.

[Texas Grown]

You got those cuts looking nice ! How long did it take the Freedom Ranger chicks to get big enough?

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You got those cuts looking nice ! How long did it take the Freedom Ranger chicks to get big enough?

I believe these were hatched on April 28th....which makes them 9 weeks old. A recommended butcher ages more like 10 to 12 weeks with these birds. But we had to butcher this weekend due to some other commitments. Kind of glad we did as they were already pushing 5 lb which is a good weight for tender meat. And they were eating us out of house and home 😂

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So I kind of wrote down all the things that we vacuum sealed just so we would have an idea of what 29 birds equated into.

22 packs of breasts... A few had four to a pack but most only had two.

9 packs of leg quarters with two each. One pack had four quarters.

9 packs of thighs with either four inside. A few had 6. We did some boneless and some bone in.

9 packs of wings with 4
6 each. One had extra.

9 Packs of drumsticks with 4 each. A few had extra.

5 bags of stir fry from tenders and miscellaneous meat.

Three large bags of chunked chicken breast/tenders with a thousand grams each. We made these specially for our Indian food recipes that call for 1,000 g of chicken. Makes my mouth water just thinking about it.

Five large vacuum sealed packs of backs necks and wing tips. Mary will make a huge batch of chicken stock in a large roasting pan. She had seasonings and onions and garlic and celery. It's great for a lot of recipes.

It was A hard day's work, and now I've got to clean up a bunch of crap today but it's a good feeling to see the freezer full.

[tps7742]

Makes my hands feel soar from thinking of all the butchering y’all performed while putting up the chicken.

[Chew]

Been four months since an update!

Bridge is still trashed from the flood.
Low water crossing with 4 loads of rock has worked so far. Just a longer drive to get to the back of the property.
Bulldozer guy cleared our fencelines and made me three shooting lanes in the back. Been running a tailgate feeder on my mule.
Acorns started dropping early here. Deer are hit or miss. Made three sits with the bow. Saw one yearling.
Killed two hogs last week with the 7mm08. Ate one of them.
House is good. Shop is good and serving its purpose well.
We got out of rabbits and quail until after the first of the year. Our laying hens (20 of them) are doing great.

[ThisLadyHunts]

In other words, just another day in Paradise…

[Chew]

In other words, just another day in Paradise…

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[Fritz]

Great, been watching your You tube videos.

[rut-ro]

chew da man. living the life

[Quackerbox]

Been four months since an update!

Bridge is still trashed from the flood.
Low water crossing with 4 loads of rock has worked so far. Just a longer drive to get to the back of the property.
Bulldozer guy cleared our fencelines and made me three shooting lanes in the back. Been running a tailgate feeder on my mule.
Acorns started dropping early here. Deer are hit or miss. Made three sits with the bow. Saw one yearling.
Killed two hogs last week with the 7mm08. Ate one of them.
House is good. Shop is good and serving its purpose well.
We got out of rabbits and quail until after the first of the year. Our laying hens (20 of them) are doing great.

stuck tractor didnt make the list?

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stuck tractor didnt make the list?

No...but rebuilding leaky hydraulics on FEL made the list!