Life on Earth

Chicken Slaughtering for the Whole Family

I participated in ISLAND’s 2nd annual Skill swap at the Wagbo Peace Center in East Jordan earlier in the spring. I went to learn about garden irrigation, seed transplanting, fire starting with friction and, gulp, chicken processing. The Radio Anyway piece I produced is at the link above (archive May 24th show). ISLAND also has a ncie online resource for skill swapping. Images below Seed Transplanting and Chicken processing.

Check out this resource: TheCityChicken.com. It’s a web site to encourage city folks to take the plunge into poultry! Missed the swap, check out How to Butcher a Chicken.

If you’re really interested in the state of chicken processing, there have been several recent articles written in the national press.

• There Will Be Chicken Blood: THE GRITTY TRUTH ABOUT URBAN FARMING. By L.E. Leone
• A Chicken on Every Plot, a Coop in Every Backyard by CATHERINE PRICE
• The Poultry Boom IT’S NEVER A GOOD TIME TO BE A CHICKEN, BUT…. By Daniel Gross
• McGlobalization HOW THE CHICKEN SANDWICH CAME TO KYRGYZSTAN. By Kim Iskyan