Come on get in the truck and ride w/ me

[OsiaBoyce]

And how can you tell them NO,after all she says "Please". We'll go check them birds in the morning see how the catchings going.

 

[OsiaBoyce]

Well it's early I guess by now the catcher are in,so let's go watch them work. These are not pretty pics.,but this is how you get your chicken.

 

[OsiaBoyce]

These are allready loaded and ready to go see the Col.. Work starts here at 4AM should be through by 11. The catching used to start at dusk,but the dressing plants needed to change up,so now it's daylight catching.

 

[OsiaBoyce]

We are a truck short,the catchers are in the van waiting as are these birds. Got to pen them to keep them from running all over. When we used to catch at dark the would settle down so they were easy to pick-up.

 

[OsiaBoyce]

More behind the wire.

 

[OsiaBoyce]

Trucks in time to get them birds. You usually tote 11-12 birds to the hand[meaning both] after several years of this your knuckles swell to about 3 times there normal size,none of these catchers had these kind of fingers to show you ,but not pleasent to look at.

 

[OsiaBoyce]

This is catching chickens

 

[OsiaBoyce]

Puting them in the coops.Time was we used to have the trucks outside the houses and would have to tote them to the truck up a set of staires made out of coops. This was really hard work. You would tote them in the rain-sleet or what ever weather you had. Didn't matter just get them birds.

 

[OsiaBoyce]

Here it is.

 

[OsiaBoyce]

Here's some that didn't make the catch,but not to worry we won't sent these out to ya. Most likely these died of heart attacks from the food we give them. We grow a 6 lb. bird in six weeks super food. If you see a chicken on his back it was a heart attack. Remember I said they weren't pretty.