Homemade Chicken processing killing cones - DIY

Homemade Chicken processing killing cones
Make your own killing cones for processing chickens on your homestead. Our buckets were $2.99/each at Tractor Supply and they worked great.
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[@ravenwillowfarmstead]

So that gave me the idea to use a few safety cones I have kicking around! Thanks!

[@qkranarchist3015]

These are perfect. Excellent. Thank you.

[@reloadNshoot]

At 6:35 you say you use an angle iron to cut the bucket. 😂 That made my day!

[@Ledbellyjr]

I immediately subscribed as soon as he broke that first bucket and kept it in the video (keeping it real) haha I love it! Thanks for this awesome video! Don’t stop keeping it real!

[@janedoe3095]

Haha that looked a bit old and brittle but glad you included that in the clip because if you had said not to use an old bucket there would always be someone who wouldn’t listen. To see it happen is always a good teaching tool. You could always use the wife’s blow dryer to warm up the plastic a little making it more pliable

[@johannlangner289]

Lol, if the wife allows that. True that, about seeing the old bucket breaking.

[@Morganistas]

So easy, my 12-year-old made two in one afternoon. But due to inflation, the buckets are over $5 now =P THANK YOU for this easy and honest tutorial. Going to butcher our first round of meat birds this weekend!

[@ashleylaurenbelvin3393]

hell yeah ! love this lesson

[@MaxFuryan]

When the bucket broke I lost it lol. That's about my luck 🤣

[@davidjett]

Excellent video. I was ready to press the order button on some cones and my wife sent me this. Easy to follow and saving me quite a bit of change! Appreciate you taking the time to share. Also appreciate you keeping the blooper in. Every other video is always so polished and most people don't like to include the struggles so it makes you, the consumer of the video, feel as though you can't get 'it' together so thanks!!

[@seandrake7534]

I was looking at the reviews for them on Amazon and somebody suggested checking out this video😂

[@DrewJacobson61]

Good job bro! I like that you left the fail in ❤

[@janepstk]

You are so genuine, really enjoyed and learned from your video💕

[@yvesdesjardins7373]

Very, interesting . Keap your happiness.

[@fishduckdog]

Thanks for sharing! Will be making a couple tonight for butchering on Saturday.

[@mightymightymightyman199]

I am impressed with the antlers in your barn. As a fellow hunter, I know the work that went into those. Even a chip shot in your back yard, still has plenty work involved.

[@OurHodgePodgeHomestead]

yea i love to hunt but i love venison more does does does

[@mightymightymightyman199]

@@OurHodgePodgeHomestead I've taken many more does than I have buck. They without a doubt taste the best. Tender.

[@DoubleQz]

Thank you for sharing

[@southswellsd]

Well, that saved me some money. Thanks for the idea/tip, Amigo ! -Cheers from San Diego.

[@Hydeoutranch]

Lol love this video! Gave me some good laughs! Thank you for this video! I’m making one today!

[@ywoolf1587]

I took the real cheap route. Road marker cone, mounted to a fence rail, enlarged the hole, oval shape, pointy end of the cone,with a box cutter/ stanley knife, 30 second job. Can do chickens, larger road marker cone for geese & turkey.

[@iamburl2667]

The state is still looking for you and that cone

[@kayleighdrouin6378]

Thank you for this. I was just pricing out kill cones 😱💵 to make life a little easier on the farm. Every time I process I try another diy 😂

[@OurHodgePodgeHomestead]

I do the same thing

[@harriestielstra9427]

Thank you sir, I already came up with a similar idea but this video helped 👍🏻

[@consorciasantiago4009]

Beautiful.Great job.!

[@OurHodgePodgeHomestead]

Thank you! 😊

[@HegenerHomestead]

Great project. Our roosters are starting to get fiesty with each other. First time butchering but i like the cost of this much more.

[@georgezapata4277]

Thanks ... .finially a commonsense solution for saving $ .....

[@89njguy]

Lol! Keepin it real! That was great.

[@OurHodgePodgeHomestead]

yes thats how things go for me lol

[@SovereignFool]

My wife just asked why I bought new buckets.. Then 5:00 happened.. So I subscribed

[@lark3po]

Excellent! Thank you!

[@pamelaoziah-goss916]

Enjoyed this! We only have my social security for income so any way we can save is gratifying!

[@SpinDizzy-fr8bc]

That first bucket got a little too much sunshine! UV breakdown is a bummer. Great cone though, thanks for the easy to follow instructions.

[@elizabethsmith6786]

First year processing chickens and we used this video to make our cones. Thank you!!!

[@GunClingingPalin]

Old sun baked buckets like to shatter like that.. they get brittle in the sun... My friend used to stand on those when he did framing.. until one day one shattered while standing on it and the bucket cut him from his calf to his knee... got a sheet ton of stitches on that one.

[@tommarsh2339]

Well I bought one from TSC and it was about $50ish and was for 8-10 lb birds but I did get the red bucket lol same idea there , so it’s off to TSC tomorrow because most of my birds are half that size and want to slide threw my metal cone, I will make a few in different neck sizes , thanks so much for sharing :-)

[@ClydeHays]

That was awesome

[@dewood007]

Great video!

[@SWPG]

Great Video, We have urban chickens and will give it a try. I got to eat them eventually !..lol Love and Light to you ALL HOOAH

[@OurHodgePodgeHomestead]

Thank you!!

[@drehogan115]

Excellent work

[@alltiallo]

A very good video! I will process some rooster chickens next weekend and I will for sure make these cones until then. Subscribed! =)

[@bryanjones14]

That's about how it goes in my shop lol

[@stevenrichardson6793]

Great video, thank you

[@glennanderson8783]

Yea! I like this idea and it sure beats the $30-40 each price on the stainless ones.

[@OurHodgePodgeHomestead]

Yes it does!

[@heavymechanic2]

A Large size at Mann-Lake (Stromburg) is like 54 bucks, people say the medium is kinda small for broilers. I think the plastic cones cost more than metal. Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy

[@sarahjackson4536]

Thank you!

[@avlawns3037]

Old highway cones for the win.

[@Chickenmom777]

Great video! Thanks for not editing out the snap😁

[@assar679]

Great eadia. Thanks

[@upstatecre8]

We’ll done man! I am gonna make a few of those today. I may try using rivets. I wonder if using a heat gun to fold could help in making the plastic more malleable? Way to go!

[@notsoshortbus1651]

new sub going to make 4 today thank you.

[@nomusamncwabe3210]

I like that❤

[@eliselittleton9308]

Thank you

[@Rebel_991]

Thank you for this video. New subscriber. One recommendation. Please wear safety glasses.

[@crazydave1145]

"The things that happen"🤣🤣🤣 Story of my life

[@jdrollins6485]

Nice video!! I have subscribed, liked, and hit the Alarm - All option. Thanks.

[@michaelward9880]

The price of 5 gal. buckets have gone way up since this video was made but, it's still way less expensive than buying galvanized cones.

[@jarodmorris611]

The retail ones are stupid expensive. Great project

[@seandrake7534]

I’m going to try this but think I will use 10/32 screws instead of zip ties of course I will use a counter sink bolt

[@ladyryan902]

Info.i really needed. Confused though. Is this a separate channel ? Sage ?

[@lorilynteasdale9255]

Do you know whether your 4" opening is large enough for muscovy ducks?

[@maria09mc051]

Did they work well during processing?

[@richardesckelson1688]

Thats a lot of work; I used a one gal square water jug.

[@assar679]

جميل جدا . Very nice. Good job . Remember music is forbeden in islam

[@cheyennewright6481]

CONE OF DEATH ( insert evil laugh here)

[@OurHodgePodgeHomestead]

LOL that's a great name for it!!

[@iamhis5580]

Do you have a suggestion on a reasonable priced butchering knife?

[@dixie03dixie]

just purchase a filet knife from walmart for fish

[@iamhis5580]

@@dixie03dixie ok thank you

[@cooknwoman]

Would this work for turkeys??

[@pete7894]

Buckets are $5.99 today!

[@christopherjayj]

Angle grinder.

[@kylem2131]

think it can handle a turkey?

[@Jw0808]

Why not get old street cones?

[@sgt_retiredcharlie4102]

This is a great video. My wife and I think that we've found my doppelganger! You look JUST like me! (Or do I look like you? I don't know which) LOL But anyway, this is a great video and you saved me some money. I'll be dispatching my first 8 meat birds next week, so I figure one or two cones will be enough for me. Thanks again for taking the time to show us.

[@dannybigdog4384]

Ok...ok..ok...let's see these comments! Lmao!!

[@Wakeywhodat]

Thanks! 2 stainless cones are $60!

[@prussiancountryhuman]

Looks like Santa

[@iamburl2667]

Where are your gloves and eye protection sir?? Ppe, please don't take chances with eyes and hands

[@jimmyyounger618]

Perfect example of inflation... The Tractor Supply bucket was $2.99 at the end of 2020. By the end of 2022 they're up to $4.99. Let's Go Brandon!

[@mjj8170]

bad camera angles

[@Seven-gf7uo]

Scattered thoughts, unprepared tools and poor material. Appreciate the effort but painful watch.