After getting the chickens processed they were given back to us packed in ice chest with ice water on them. Ice water gets into the cavity of the bird and cools them down faster than just covering them with ice would. It took us about 3 hours to get them all in the freezer. We ordered poultry shrink bags from
Nayda's Poultry. I ordered them on a Friday night and received them on the next Monday. That was very fast! We looked at the tutorial on this site:
http://poultryshrinkbags.blogspot.com/ to get an idea of how to use the bags. The bags came with a straw that you put into the cavity of the bird and then twisted the bag around the straw. That worked better for us than cutting a slit in the bag.
It was very easy to do and the finished product looks really good. I haven't printed my labels yet. I ordered blank labels from
Growers Discount Labels and they arrived within three days of ordering them.
Here are pictures of our packaging process:
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| Washing and cutting off the necks |
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| Drying the birds before putting in bags |
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| Bird in a Bag |
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| Dipping in 180-200° water |
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The necks were left really long on the chickens so we cut them off down below the breast. I will use them to make broth. They had a lot of meat on them for necks. It is our goal to not waste any of the chicken. We haven't eaten one yet but will be cooking one this weekend.
Have a great day!
Mae
Linking with the Homestead Barn Hop
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