Location: Paul Pavilion on Chicken Alley in Natural Bridge
Attendance: 18 and 4 youth
New Member: Dawn Michelsen
Meeting Notes: Meeting opened with introductions by Elizabeth and brief chat about how meeting would be structured and what we get to look forward to.
-Dawn included welcome to Chicken Alley, thanks to everyone for coming, bringing equiptment etc.
-Jesse added, please sign in, and be sure to help yourself to free copies of magazines provided by backyard poultry and countryside magazine for club members.
* Onto hands on with processing poultry with great demonstrations and comparisons:
-Chad (www.ninepoundchicken.com) brought along his home processing production includeing home-made plucker, wash and process table, and scalding pot.
-Bob and Jeannine Keitzer brought along commercial grade mechanical plucker.
- With two killing cones in steady operation a total of 18 chickens were processed.
-Hand-Plucking was also demonstrated.
-After cleanup and a brief bag lunch intermission we moved into Chicken Health Talk.
-Jesse demonstrated de-spurring of a rooster and talked about what to do for frostbite, bumble-foot, mites, treating mild open wounds, injections, etc. (Thanks to Jobe for his patience and being such a great sample chicken for demonstrations)
-Dawn demonstrated how she cuts wing feathers.
-Note: Jesse is not an expert only sharing her experience and opinions.
Meeting Closed.
-JEPC
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