My last first was raising and harvesting Meat chickens. We've had chickens for some time but I wanted to become more self sustainable especially with the price of groceries nowdays. So last june we bought 14 meat chicks from the feed store.
Never in my life did I butcher chickens. But being a hunter I figured it was no different than killing a deer, mentally. When the day came to harvest them I was anxious as hell. But followed everything I read online and things went relatively smoothly.
Because of the experience I plan on buying 50 chicks next year with the hopes of not only filling my freezer but also my siblings, and selling any excess to make up for feed costs!
Well done on finding some more self reliance, something that is quite important in life now for obvious reasons. It's good to get out of one's comfort zone now and then and build skills that can make for a better future. Nice work indeed!