We just spent form 8:30-12:30 getting 29 chickens in the freezer. We did a laying hen as well and there was one meat bird that got harvested early. These are 8 weeks, 3 days old so slightly younger than last year, but overall they were just smaller for some reason. We ordered all males, but had at least 4 females in the group and they were small. Two adults, a 16 year old hatchet man, a 14 year old, 11 year old and 7 year old who all assisted him, and 9 and 10 year old girls who helped with legs, oil glands and even did a bunch of eviscerating! Everything totally done in about 5 hours, including all clean up and lunch :)
Total meat for all 30 birds was 158 pounds exactly. The early harvest was only 2 lbs, 1 oz, so brings average down, but overall we averaged just over 5 pounds each. We also harvested all the feet, 3 lb, 5 oz of liver, 1 lb, 3 oz of hearts and 3 lb, 8 oz of gizzards for a total of 8 pounds of offal.
Total feed costs (1 bag starter, 3 of grower, 4 of finisher plus most of a bag left from last year): $226.15
Total chick costs $54.00
Total expense: $280.15
Total meat: 158 pounds
$/pound: $1.77
$/pound (including offal):$1.68
(does not include feet)
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