Raising and Harvesting Rabbit and Poultry

Our most popular, once a year, how-to class!

Join myself and Mr Bad Baxter to discuss all things rabbit and poultry.

You will be taken step by step through the entire process of bringing a pasture raised, heritage breed, dual purpose chicken & rabbit from pasture, to freezer, to table. You will learn how to process a rabbit & chicken, (whole, quartered and spatchcock) with minimal equipment as well as discuss everything from hatching to brooding to raising.

During this class, we will:

- Discuss the basics of our humane approaches to raising rabbit & poultry, where health, flavor, quality of life and end product are more important than bulk fed "Fast Food".

- Compare heritage breeds to hybrids as well as discuss our system of utilizing spent laying hens for the freezer and how that helps with our sustainable approach to a full circle biodynamic way of farming.

-Compare carcass size of a delaware, Bresse & possibly a CX (if someone wants to bring one, we only raise heritage birds for a reason!)

-Possibly harvest a duck if time allows

-Talk Turkey, Quail, duck & more. Discuss our simple rabbitry & how we tractor our dual purpose birds. Discuss the choices between tractors, free range and stationary pens, utilizing poultry in the garden, for compost and more.

Our Rabbit Class has been featured in Oklahoma Today Magazine. Our Fodder & Food Foresting E-Book is highly encouraged for more intense talk about how we feed naturally. Get away from the fast food & feed bags here: Fodder & Food Foresting for you & your Livestock

- Go over ethical culling techniques, skinning, scalding, plucking, and evisceration for small farms and homesteads.

- Go over the uses for all parts to get the most out of your bird or bunny , no waste.

- Discuss organ meat, how to quarter your poultry or rabbit and bag for freezer. Bagging & storage options. Discuss canning, dehydrating & spatchcock for the bbq.

- Brining & cooking techniques for older birds as well as bone broth recipes will be included and discussed. Our Pressure canning meat class, is a perfect add on to this class.

-Answer questions about raising and hatching your own for healthier flocks. From incubator to brooders, feed and more. we got you covered.

There are two ticket options DEMO tickets are for viewing only or VIP Tickets for hands on experience(10 available). After the Demo section of this class, VIP Ticket holders will have the opportunity to work one on one with us to walk you through taking a heritage bird from our farm to your table. Bird is included in ticket price. Demo Ticket holders are allowed to stay to view as we teach. Feel free to jump in & ask questions. Bring a notebook and snacks/drinks for break and be ready to learn how easy it is to raise and harvest your own healthy, happy, poultry & buns!

PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO TOTAL TICKET COST. This is a deposit to hold your spot. Please be aware that the NON REFUNDABLE deposit reserves your space, the balance is due on class day. All details are in ticket link.

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