Polyface Processing Overview

[dariopaquit]

this is awesome video, its big help for the newer in the poultry chicken chopper!

at least you give the idea how to quickest way to do it!

[sparkman555]

A well done video. I got a lot out of it. I watched the farming video first. It is nice to see farming done that way. You know your getting quality meat from these farming methods.

[iwantosavemoney]

ths is a very nice set up making me hungry. i plan on rasin enoff chicken for me and my family to eat all year round with one flock i hope

[evharten]

I have heard about Polyface farms via the books from Michael Pollan. I believe this is the way to do it. Nice work keep it up. Hope to find something likewise in the Netherlands!

[BigNate84]

Very nicely done! I am considering making a How To Video on the topic of processing chickens on a friends New England farm. This will be hard to match!

[TheZoowarden]

Amazing. I live in Omaha, NE and am so grateful to have a small flock of hens. This morning one of the "hens" crowed. I am not allowed to have roosters. This and other Joe Salatin videos have helped me immensely. Thank you so much for sharing them.

[Crunchy68]

I would like to work at this farm. This is farming with integrity.

[impalapez]

I'm predominately Vegetarian,and have NO problem w/ this...THIS is HOW it SHOULD be done. I met Joel recently, and he's is a brilliant passionate man...

[JSLaw1]

Well, we are going to process about 100 birds tomorrow for the first time. Thanks for the video; it's very helpful. It's going to take us more than the two hours you guys took; but the kids should have a great experience helping out. Keep up the posts.

JL

[KallyJones]

those rotary pluckers are awesome.

[PhilosopherKG]

Thats amazing how they do this...

[PDXMILO]

Thanks for this! I'm working up to an Agriculture degree and I'm hoping to raise birds just like this. This kill process is the part I need to get used to. Thanks for posting this!

[takadi]

Very humane kills. Good job guys

[jamison607]

How does the plucker actually work? the mechanics of it?

[hisblood27]

@jamison607 The rubber fingers "pull" the feathers right off the bird. The scalding before hand loosens the grip of the skin on the quill of the feather. Then the pluckers job is made easier.

[CrustyRim1]

Could probably sell the feet to asian markets and use the guts for dog food.

[dmacosta1]

Thanks

[amyro]

2nd try on this comment - 1st didnt register my questions are what happens with the feet, heads an organs? are they sold separately? used for something else? would really like to know. nice video.

[HeadTater]

I could be wrong (I often am) but I believe most of that is discarded because the government has deemed it in our best interest that we don't consume them. In many factory farms, the organs go for rendering into byproducts. I think Polyface composts what they can't sell as food.

[maxedart]

@amyro - here in America, the byproducts of industrial-processed chickens (feet, head, guts, blood) get rendered (high heat etc) into a feed that is mixed with corn and antibiotics and often fed right back to the chickens, cows, and pork which we then eat. So, no, the government has actually 'deemed' this by-product as 'safe to eat'. The beauty of this video & Salatin's refusal to 'feed' into the industrial system, is that the consumer can actually see where his food his coming from directly.

[maxedart]

@amyro - here in America, the by-products of industrial-processed chickens (feet, head, guts, blood) get rendered (high heat etc) into a feed that is mixed with corn and antibiotics and often fed right back to the chickens, cows, and pork which we then eat. So, the government has actually 'deemed' this by-product as 'safe to eat'. The beauty of this video & Salatin's refusal to 'feed' into the industrial system, is that the consumer can actually see where their food his coming from directly.

[ThePhantomLash]

@maxedart Do you eat the chicken livers? Weston Price reckons they are good for you !!!

[hernanycynthia]

excelente video, muy claro e ilustrativo.

saludos desde Mexico

[Pambie36]

I'll bet those chickens taste like chickens are meant to taste!

[69henric]

Nice to see how you treat the animales !!

[niceandblue]

This is a really great video. Very professional, education, and nicely shot. Well Done!

[elainevdw]

Thanks for this video. It's exactly as described in Omnivore's Dilemma, and the detail you captured in each step is great.

[buckley02]

Thanks for all the compliments. Stay tuned as the Featherman video team (me, David!) travels once again to Polyface in mid-October to record turkey harvest.

[griankay]

The most interesting and professional lookng movie I ever saw in Youtube. I really like these kind of good educational video! You really made a good film!

[Fanshave]

Compliments to Joel and all the Salatin from Italy !

[GrazelandFarms]

Wow! David that video was great from start to finish. It was probably the most professional looking and sounding homemade video I've seen on YouTube.