Arriving at 8 a.m. on a brisk Saturday morning, ten home economics students travel to PE teacher Mick Fuller’s home to process poultry, Nov. 10. Finishing up their food systems unit, Kimberly Bell, home ec teacher, decided to give students a real-world experience.

Before harvesting their own meat, Fuller lead students through each step of the process, with the first being piercing the bird’s carotid artery. While the blood drips out, he explains that exsanguination is the most humane option, opposed to swinging or dismembering the animal.

After the demonstration, students selected their own birds and completed the entire processing procedure.

Finishing up the day, students bagged up their meat and sat around the table for fresh chicken tacos.

The following slideshow highlights events from the processing procedure.

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Checkout last years chicken processing here.

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