Poultry Processing 101
Sat, Sep 06
|Ten Mile Mushrooms
Curious about raising your own meat chickens? In this hands-on, half-day class, you’ll learn the basics of humane butchering, chicken anatomy, and food safety. Each participant will go home with a fresh, pasture-raised chicken—perfect for a nourishing home-cooked meal.
Time & Location
Sep 06, 2025, 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Ten Mile Mushrooms, 3824 Snydertown Rd, Danville, PA 17821, USA
About the event
Raising a few chickens can be the easiest way to grow your own meat. Chickens are easy to start and relatively cheap to raise. They have a short lifecycle and can be kept on a small plot of land. To bring this process to a happy conclusion, however, the would-be poultry grower must be ready to butcher as well.
This half-day class will teach the basics of chicken anatomy and meat sanitation and provide hands-on experience with killing, scalding, plucking, and gutting. Plus, you’ll go home with your own freshly butchered chicken, ready for the oven! (One chicken per registered participant.)
Instructions: Please bring an apron, a paring knife, and wear clothes that can get blood and chicken poop on them. Perhaps a cooler to take home chicken if you have a long drive (each registered participant will receive 1 chicken).
Date: Saturday, September 6
Time: 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM
