Chicken butchering for the whole family | Pre-Conference Workshop

Description

• Please read the full course description below before purchasing your tickets. 
• ALL WORKSHOPS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE, so please make sure you can ATTEND! Workshops are RAIN OR SHINE!
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• Please note that by purchasing tickets you are waiving all liability rights. Homesteaders of America LLC and Homesteaders of America Virginia LLC are not responsible for any liabilities or injuries that may occur during these workshops, on or off-site.

Chicken butchering for the whole family

with John Moody

Do you dream of raising your own meat?

How about waking up at 7am, having a batch of chickens butchered by 8.30, and breakfast at 9, all done with you and your kids while singing along with music and otherwise having a great time? The Moody’s want you to not just raise your own meat, but have the whole family involved and enjoying doing it, even the final steps! So come to the second FAMILY butchering workshop. On our homestead, everyone down to our six-year-old helps with freezer camp, and in this hands-on workshop, we want yours to as well. Each family will get a minimum of TWO pasture raised, non-gmo chickens that you get to butcher and then eat/keep. Additional chickens to butcher are available if you want more to practice at the workshop on and put in your freezer – you must contact John by June 1 st to add additional chickens ($22 each). The chickens are YOURS – so make sure you have a way to cook them or take them home.

Max Students per class: 30

Location: Warren County Fairgrounds

Date: Thursday, October 9, 2025

Students will take home: 

• 2 pasture raised, non-GMO chickens
• Moody family chicken butchering guide and help list

Students should bring: 

• Sharp knives, 3-4 per family. It is key that you come with already sharpened knives.
• Change of clothes (if needed)
• Boots (if wanted)
• Whatever you want/need to wash up after class (we will have water on hand, so some rags, soap,
  etc.)
• Cooler to put meat into

Price – $280/person (this price covers up to a family of 4)

**Children under 10 are free to attend with parents.