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    1. The first time always seems to feel like that. We can research endlessly, but nothing is quite the same as doing it! You will do great! Congrats at stepping out and trying something new!

  1. Anytime I have butchered chickens we never had a plucker and always had to pluck them all by hand. That’s my least favorite part of butchering! I hope that one day when we have a homestead to have our own plucker.

    1. A plucker is the first upgrade I will prioritize, too! Luckily, we’ve been able to borrow them, but I can see that plucking by hand would get tiresome. The plucker gets it done in 30 seconds!

  2. This is such an interesting read. I’m a city girl, we bought our first 1/2 cow last year and love so many things about buying direct. Chicken we have not done but seeing the costs associated with raising them to butchering them is so interesting to see.

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