Dressed six today and the canned them, 14 quart jars and 4 quarts of stock. Wore up both slap out and we have six more to go.

well i reckon i will get one, the wife woke up with a bug that i had last week.

how you feeling old buddy??

I've read about it, never done it. Wish you had one of them washing machine rubber door stopper pluckers or did you skin them? Did you pressure cook or just water bath? So many people poo poo on the just the water bath just depends which method you are following I guess. That crazy farmer guy has quite the cleaning operation. Maybe you haven't seen it. I will try to find a link.

This seemed like the setup.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euv_XyqxCVE

yup I built a barrel type , my scalder was manual , you put your most skilled person on that scalder , if the scald is right everything else is right.

Wife wants em skinned for canning.
We do have a plucker tho, and like gcp said water temperature must be right

That sounds just great, cotton. I only raised and butchered meats one time, but we never canned them.

I'm pretty stoked to get an 8 pc for 5.99 round here .......piping hot

When we were kids on the farm,my dad would buy 500 peeps. we would raise them 6-8 weeks and then
head chopping time. My mother worked in a factory and would bring home orders for cut up chickens.
Some people would order 10-15 some more some less.
If i never have to pluck another chicken,i'd be alright with it!!

Way to go cotton! Angie and I raised meat chickens once, we froze them whole for the smoker.

We butchered the Cornish rock also had to put something in there water to help there legs to be strong enough to hold them up they grew pretty fast that was back in the 80's.used to sell alot to a local grocery store the older people liked them around Thanksgiving and Christmas for roasters they would be pretty big by that time of year.wouldnt get away with doing that nowadays with all the red tape.

put the water about 6 feet away from the feed , and increase it a little as they get older to around 10 so that they walk back and forth

make sure the litter if you use shavings is the larger shavings and not dust or fine shavings , 2 reasons , larger shavings interlock and don't slip like saw dust does.
second , fine dust causes respiratory issues. they will likely live ok past the 8 weeks but if they are fighting a respiratory issue they won't put on the weight like you want.

also raise the food and water up a little and make them reach for it , it makes them stand and not lay in front of the feeder.

enough exercise to strengthen the legs , not enough to burn many calories.