When you raise your kids to “humanely” raise and process their own food, they have a much more appreciation for what they eat. Great jobs kids!
@aquiltingmama6 ай бұрын
Wonderful family teamwork! You gave your children something precious by building self-reliance in them. Learning to count on themselves! A great gift.
@adoracle16 ай бұрын
Helpful synonyms Kill =process Gut=clean. Will soften the presentation of the event for more sensitive viewers 😊
@SimpleLifeReclaimed6 ай бұрын
I hear ya on the first one - but when I hear clean I don't think "gut".. I think clean/wash. Sometimes I say "remove the innards" instead of gut. I don't wanna be so PC that it doesn't make sense lol 🤗💚
@Kbuzmin996 ай бұрын
I was just looking at your title for your channel and thinking about the chickens we raised. I grew up working with chickens and I can tell you there's nothing simple about raising them, saving them from floods and predators, or processing them. We never tried to kill that many at one time either. We only did 5-6. We used the others as egg layers, a long with other breeds. We raised rabbits too, but paid someone else to process them and sell the pelts for us. They didn't have as much meat on them, but the pelts brought in a little bit of money for us. My grandma sold the eggs the chickens laid so that was a bit of money also. I loved how you had some gadgets to help with the process. We just did it by hand. The smell whenever one would be dipped in the hot water always gagged me. 🤢 Watching your channel just brought back memories. Great job processing all of them. ❤
@PaulineLyons6 ай бұрын
Good job showing the children how to maintain the sustainable life. Raise them to prepare for a solid life.
@waynedavenport39196 ай бұрын
Cleaning the pen guys. Start a compost bin. For the garden
@davidT43-866 ай бұрын
you guys are doing a great job teaching the kids to survive on their own. the oldest learning to shoot & now to harvest the pray she hunts for. one day you could make a video of the little guy cleaning & flaying his own fish.
@lyndamcclain87956 ай бұрын
That's so cool that the kids helped. Now they understand the whole process. They are "homestead kids " now. 😊
@libbygranigan71596 ай бұрын
That’s awesome that the kids helped! Good lessons to learn.
@brucealfman11086 ай бұрын
Thanks Mel and Gary for wearing your mics. I wish others would do the same as you. Great video. ❤
@barbscarrow73006 ай бұрын
Nice Job getting the kids involved in the process of harvesting your own food makes you feel good when you can do it yourself❤️🇨🇦
@jameskotsch82716 ай бұрын
It is good to see you guys grow as a family and get one step closer to self-sufficiency.
@karrynmalpass-mcnicol92236 ай бұрын
love watching your vidios, its great the kids get involved, keep up the good work, look forward to many more
@CindyWebster-s6p6 ай бұрын
Thank you for sparing us the details. Those of us who don't eat meat are grateful for your thoughtfulness!
@floater10636 ай бұрын
They really don't need to make a video like this at all. They do it to torment those who don't want to see it. They need to move where violence is at a high so they can see why some of us don't want to see or hear about it. You can walk the streets in most cities now and see blood and gore.
@pamlucas13266 ай бұрын
@@floater1063you know where the off switch is. This is their lives. Don’t comment on their choices if you don’t like it.
@floater10636 ай бұрын
@pamlucas1326 take it yourself cause from the look of everyone ar their meet-ups, there's way too much eating going on. I'm sure you take handicapped parking and knock kids over in grocery stores. Bye
@larryfeeks66206 ай бұрын
It's great that the kids participated!
@chandrasutton46696 ай бұрын
Good job, Julia, Scarlett, and Abe!!😅🎉❤
@likebutton54456 ай бұрын
Awesome job guys. Such a valuable skill to have as well as the reassurance that your chickens lived a happy life 😃
@paulvanhouts33656 ай бұрын
Hi guys, that was an awesome family effort, wow and good on you all. Not a pleasant task but it needed to be done. Stay safe and healthy all of you.
@ouachitafarmacy6 ай бұрын
It’s such a feeling of accomplishment after each processing day. We love seeing others being successful in this lifestyle. We raise ours in mobile chicken tractors to keep the birds cleaner (but everyone property is different not saying it’s better). But you might consider using a deep litter method of wood chips and at the end you have also great compost material. Congratulations on reclaiming the simple life with your children.
@elainecurtis36496 ай бұрын
I feel ya , all that work, knowing you are feeding your loved ones!! I feel like that when I do canning
@AngelBluff6 ай бұрын
We have done 40-60 birds every yr for the past few yrs. # yrs ago was our first time. It is such an amazing feeling to get them in the freezer and every meal you feed your family. That is the perfect amount of chicken for the yr for our family. Job well done guys! Very impressed with the kids hard work.
@simoneconsciousobserver31056 ай бұрын
Those birds look pretty darn good! 4lbs avg. Wow! I was surprised you jumped right in with so many meat birds to start, Impressive that you processed them all and that the kids were hands on as well. Now you have a sh%t load of compost for your garden too! Great job!
@Razorpig3786 ай бұрын
I hope you and your family's are staying vigilant on checking for ticks this year. I've got a huge harvest this season. By the way, I've still got a lot of bales of hay that i can't get rid of. Just let me know.
@greybeard2776 ай бұрын
Good job guys! Also proud you are teaching your children what good food is.
@skeetermalcolm16556 ай бұрын
Wow guys that's a lot of work but they sure will taste good, my hat off to the kiddos
@kathyanderson15096 ай бұрын
Awesome job all 😊
@MelissaMalzahn6 ай бұрын
Processing your own food takes team work. The kids learn a valuable valuable skill. Great job to you all. ❤
@theREmissionary6 ай бұрын
Chicken Run! Can't watch this without thinking of that movie and of the hens going on "holiday". LOL My best friend's daughter and hubby raise chickens for meat, and this all looked very familiar.
@canuckyank826 ай бұрын
Reminds me of being a teen on our farm. 5 kids we all pitched in. Plucking by hand. But that meat was fantastic. We raised 100 at a time. Thanks for a great video and bringing back those memories.😊
@dorothyallen36146 ай бұрын
Great job family!
@bpatton36716 ай бұрын
Hello SLR! HAPPY 4th of JULY! I know you are having a gathering at the 41.36 of various Framily members, and I just wanted to wish you Happy Independence Day! Enjoy! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@sandys48216 ай бұрын
Love that all of the family help process the birds! Awesome job mom and dad!!!
@robertking72326 ай бұрын
ALL I can say is congratulations ,its your good parenting that has brought such beautiful respectful kids up , love the videos and live shows , ,hey guys DO SOME THING TODAY TO MAKE SOME ONE SMILE BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW IT MIGHT JUST CHANGE THE WORLD , ,this originated with camera man Ron
@rongray48476 ай бұрын
Hello Mel and Gary!! 👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇦
@rickklemenz64196 ай бұрын
Hey Gary, I know this is the wrong website but I heard you guys talking on real talk and talking about the ladders for the edges of the roof. Don’t forget using your straps to help hold that up so you don’t have to strain and really you know fight so hard you can actually strap them together, think about it
@sheilatubbs12416 ай бұрын
Great job kiddos.👏👏
@irenekangaspoling58666 ай бұрын
Mal Gary and kids you did amazing job on harvesting the Chickens 🐓 that you raised and they became food for you all that’s what you have to do you know where they come from and you feed them and that’s part of life love 💕 from Ohio Irene and god bless
@sylviaking3146 ай бұрын
Half done!! Rock it you got this!!!
@mollymorris6236 ай бұрын
Good for you!
@timwolters19696 ай бұрын
That awesome and many happy meals :)
@grammysue73556 ай бұрын
I’ve been off most social media by choice for many months. Now I’ve gotta play catch-up!
@stephenkennedy79316 ай бұрын
40 birds God Bless from your Canadian Friend.
@hollja6 ай бұрын
What an awesome feeling to be able to provide your family with food. And so great that you are teaching your children important life skills. Kudos! I was curious what your cost/lb you ended with; considering cost of initial purchase, feed, etc. Also..how did you dispose of the waste? You folks are making great progress on your homestead!
@kerrylynnparsons78796 ай бұрын
My grandpa used to harvest chickens. 🐓 🥰❤️🙏❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
@johnkanaly12426 ай бұрын
🤔Good harvest. Now to figure out how much it costs to purchase and raise. Then you can compare at the price you would have payed to purchase at the local store. It's great that you know what they ate and how they were raised with no added chemicals. But did you save money Or not? Or do you just know that if the store is closed can you feed the family 😊 Also how long do you expect that to last before you have to do it again? Will you need to start with more birds or less? Same breed or different. Never-ending decisions on a homestead. But you seem to be making the right ones🤪 Congratulations Sidenote : The POCI yearly car show is going to be in Springdale, AK on the 19th and 20th of this month is free . I think that is close to you 🤪 If you do come Please stop at the PONTIAC PACE CAR and say HI. Hopefully, the car will be able to give you a bow. LOL
@barbarakarman84276 ай бұрын
Great job done
@LisHoe-er6bk6 ай бұрын
It is a good way for the children learn how to do it, was often talked about moving out in our young days, meaning when our children were small. We did live in on a farm for a little while, but only rented it.
@stevenhartley13506 ай бұрын
After what’s happened recently with your power supply issues, will you guys be getting solar to help reduce your reliance on the grid?
@gardnerwilson576 ай бұрын
Excellent!!!
@GreyfyreShelties6 ай бұрын
That's a much nicer way to do it...compared to the barbaric way my dad did it when I was a kid on the farm...log and axe and long hill that I had to run down and bring the feathered thing back up
@dandevlin1856 ай бұрын
I don't comment all the time on your videos, but I myself wants to thank you both for teaching an old timer ( me ) how to process a chicken 🐔, because I've never done or been around someone that has done it. You folks have a very blessed 4th of July and stay safe, please be careful with the fireworks 🎆🎇, See you on the next video ✌️
@karenbrest1876 ай бұрын
Nice your kids helped with the chicken processing - will help them appreciate where their food comes from 😉
@mg95106 ай бұрын
Hi 👋. Great Job 😊 Go Team Go 😊 Did you save any guts for Catfish bait ??? Bacon wrapped chicken livers with a slice of jalapeno....On the Grill... I don't know how easy it is to find the liver.. 😮 Great Job .. Great Job...
@PegAMurphy6 ай бұрын
lol that's for the bait only oh and the dogs will be chowing down for sure 👍
@bigbake33066 ай бұрын
Thats good livin right there!
@christinecastrikum76906 ай бұрын
I'm 75 soon. I have had quite a lot of health issues, and I had gained 30 kilo while caring for my husband with ALS. That was 9 years ago. So after 2 total knee replacements. Hypothyroidism, edima, sleep apnea, and inflammation everywhere. So in Jan 2023 I did a 7 day water fast and then straight onto full carnivore. I have lost the 30 ks, rarely have any infamation show up in blood tests and I look fab. I had no issue going carnavor, so all cravings have gone. It was wonderful for me, so wishing you the same. I am basically still carnivore, although I do eat and apple with cheese for lunch or dinner a few times a week. Apples are low in oxylates, which I wish I'd known about 50 years ago. Oh well, better late than never, as they say. So best of luck and good health.
@sooperadam6 ай бұрын
I am curious to know how much you paid for the original 100 chicks and all the feed, so you can calculate a final "price per pound" and compare it to the supermarket.
@NovaBill62646 ай бұрын
You should get another 65 chickens and do that again, Awesome video God Bless you and your family Amen
@jamesazure55776 ай бұрын
All i used to clean ducks and geese for a living i had a small business we used to do over a 100 or better a day, we had a older chicken plucker that you had to hold the bird over the fingers, i wish i would have had your plucker. You guys take care. My place was called "The Duck Hut"
@ireneturner29446 ай бұрын
You ashes out of your fire pit is good for the dust mites. In your chickens pen. Just a thought ❤ Love you kids.!! Proud of those young ones. Happy 4th yall 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@carlmcdaniel53806 ай бұрын
Depends on how long you stand around an talk!!😂😂
@darylmiller74566 ай бұрын
Very nice that you did the amount of birds in the time it took you guys the only thing i disagree on is the growing time and don't take me wrong as i am in a different growing zone than you guys we always received our birds around June 9th and butchered the end of September we use to get equal male and female we raised the roosters to butchered weight of 15-18 lbs and the hens 9-12 lbs we had very little health problems with them we only for our use kept the breast thighs and drumies and the livers we gave friends that wanted them the gizzards and wings the hearts and kidneys were treats for the dogs and then the carcasses we boiled for broth and every 12 birds we would get about 4-5 gal and when we did the hens they would have fat put on them and we did the same cuts as the roosters but the broth would double and be a lot more richer anddidany where from 50 -100 birds a year
@richardchiriboga44246 ай бұрын
You are doing an amazing job. I salute you!!!
@DonnaKay62Illinios6 ай бұрын
WOW😮
@robertjohnson90396 ай бұрын
Great job guys the whole family
@RidgeLife6 ай бұрын
Get 'er done!
@hilallazrak6 ай бұрын
Amazing, I guess 25 for the 1st day before you revealed it was 24, almost got it.
@ronaldcichon49476 ай бұрын
good job
@earlinemcgahen39316 ай бұрын
dry leaves will work as mulch
@kentneeley47836 ай бұрын
Good afternoon coffee… have a great day ahead and be safe…I need to get me a cool sun hat like Gary’s… I like that
@AdamofCA.6 ай бұрын
yes. Gary is so kool. and he's smart. but, i like him 'cause he's fun to listen to.
@trucster5796 ай бұрын
You know if you saved the skin you can cook it with some salt onions and garlic in a water boil it strain it for chicken broth you can cook with and or make soup 😋
@SilverBack.6 ай бұрын
If you are going to be a off grid Homesteader you have to learn by doing so good on you for giving the Kido's Home Schooling
@vanlifenomadfirekeeper6 ай бұрын
That's a lot of food fore your family (-:
@charlenegrady87816 ай бұрын
Good luck✌️🇺🇸❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@outdoorstudios20226 ай бұрын
Howdy Howdy, you got to try this, Grilled cheese hotdogs are insane by chiles and smoke
@joejacobson89676 ай бұрын
I'd try for as many as possible, at least half.
@salyerandrew51226 ай бұрын
That's a lot of chicken for recipes!! Great job yall!
@earlinemcgahen39316 ай бұрын
us kids were 100% involved in harvesting the pigs,goats,chickens,turkeys,cows, squirles,deer,fish....lol 1 in 4 poops on you when cleaning chickens. we counted.
@jennifermoffett29396 ай бұрын
Keep it up.
@janicealbrecht66616 ай бұрын
Did you have to buy a special type of freezer to work outside in the humidity?
@thomaswhite58716 ай бұрын
All easy peasy
@glendaprewitt97086 ай бұрын
Congratulations
@TheMaverickAcres6 ай бұрын
good times
@lilystilo7106 ай бұрын
I believe you are going to get at least 3/4 done.
@tonyahenry51586 ай бұрын
Thats great you put up so much chicken.
@HiawasseeCherokee-t6q6 ай бұрын
very good
@sandys48216 ай бұрын
1/2 or more done. You work fast and efficiently
@comicalhomestead6 ай бұрын
Sent some quail there myself today.❤🎉
@waynedavenport39196 ай бұрын
Now can’t wait to see the new goats. Comeing soon
@rickklemenz64196 ай бұрын
All done
@michellesprinkle64176 ай бұрын
ITHINK YOU WILL GET IT ALL DONE
@darylmiller74566 ай бұрын
forgot to mention in my last comment you might want to check out the American Bresse chickens for future meat birds they are a triple purpose chicken eggs hatching and meat google them i think would also pleased with them they don't have the issues that the x rocks have just an idea for you guys
@debbieshort96606 ай бұрын
All done.
@Cecilia-f1m6 ай бұрын
Next time, remove their feed, but leave the water the night before processing. This will ensure that their crops and gizzards will be empty and make the processing a little less messy.
@smwon16 ай бұрын
You guys do know one goat by itself won't be very happy. I'm only saying that because you didn't say "goats" You guys did awesome with birds!
@gingw73336 ай бұрын
They've stated they plan to get another one.
@vickiemounts29626 ай бұрын
40…we raise our own chickens for meat too. But I never do more than 24 at a time!
@donri90376 ай бұрын
Half of the chickens done
@heidipustelniak6526 ай бұрын
Just thinking here…. It appears the Cornish Cross is the ultimate in “in breeding” I wonder… just how that affects our health when we eat a creature that is not able to live past a few weeks old? Just wondering…. I know I am eating them but really curious.
@paulotts6 ай бұрын
Melanie, you look cute in braids! (I'm too old for a come-on but I'm not blind.)🤒
@HalfAssHomestead6 ай бұрын
24, but wow, you ordered 100 and lost over a 1/3 on delivery. You're only supposed to overthink it as a 5% loss.