One of the classes we have been teaching at RFIS this year is an agriculture class. Part of the class was for the students to run a small business enterprise. They tried growing some crops with limited success but their chicken operation was much more successful – especially their second round of raising the chicks. After raising them, the grown chickens were sold to the community either as live birds or as butchered meat. I opted for having them butchered, cleaned and plucked.
You will see below the process – please note these pictures do show how the chickens get from walking about their pen to being ready to go into my oven.
The unsuspecting chickens
The selected victim.
Getting ready to pluck
The production line
A quick bath
Final product
The resulting chickens have been delicious!
