Chicken Processing Workshop Ticket

WORKSHOP LOCATION: 210 HAYNES LENNON HIGHWAY, CERRO GORDO, NC 28430

Chicken Processing Workshop – Choose Your Experience

Want to learn how to confidently process your own chickens — from field to freezer? Join us for a hands-on, in-person workshop at our farm and gain practical skills that will last a lifetime.

Choose from Two Workshop Options:

1-Day Workshop – Learn the Essentials

Perfect for beginners or anyone who wants to master the full "kill-to-chill" process.

You’ll Learn:

• How to humanely and effectively dispatch chickens
• Step-by-step how to scald, pluck, and eviscerate
• Our food safety tips, tools, and workflow secrets that help us process 100+ birds in under 4 hours
• How to chill, bag, and store your birds for safe consumption

Bonus: Take home whole chickens that you personally processed!

Date: Friday (06/27/2025)

Time: 8am-12pm

2-Day Workshop – Level Up Your Butchering Skills

Includes everything from the 1-Day Workshop — plus an entire second day focused on cutting, packaging, and prepping your birds like a pro.

Day 1:
All the hands-on training from the 1-Day Workshop.

Day 2:

• How to break down a whole chicken into boneless breasts, thighs, drumsticks, wings, and ground meat
• Butchering practice with speed competitions for fun and confidence-building
• How to vacuum seal and label cuts for sale or storage
• Overview of North Carolina Inspected Poultry Exemption packaging & handling laws

Bonus: Go home with your own professionally prepped cuts — done by YOU!

Date: Friday & Saturday (06/27-06/28)

Time: 8am-12pm