Updates from the office - Feb 07, 2023
The 2023 Chicken and Turkey cut sheets have been uploaded, you'll notice new rules on them. We have listened to feedback about "different cuts" being offered in the same flock, in order to maintain efficiency we have settled on the following guideline:
For breast options (Boneless Skinless, Boneless Skin On, Split Breast) you can choose multiple options if you have more than 250 birds in your flock, with 100 minimum per option.
For drum quarter options (Quarters, Drums/Thighs, Boneless Skinless Thighs) you can choose multiple options if you have more than 250 birds in your flock, with 150 minimum per option.
We are offering these options on the hopes that it will be manageable, if we find it's not realistic we'll issue a new cut sheet at that time. The reason these limits exist is when we slow our processing down, it lowers the overall capacity we can handle, and as long as demand for USDA custom processing remains strong we feel it necessary to process for as many people as we can.
Following more customer feedback, Boneless Skinless Thighs are officially being offered, 2 Piece Cut Wings (Wingettes, Party Wings, etc) are officially being offered.
After reviewing 2021-2022 data we've decided to no longer offer quartering or splitting, and the minimum for both CutUp and Separated and Whole CutUp is now 100 birds each. Any flocks with 99 or less birds will be packaged as Whole Chickens.
Giblets and Feet will be offered, these will be generically labeled (no name) and done by the case, anything less just doesn't jive with our processing flow. As in the past, your own giblets and feet are not guaranteed.
We hope you find our offerings both fair and accommodating for all, much thought went into them, including the decision to keep most prices the same as 2022 (slaughter, cutting, most packaging - no change this year) despite the rising costs plastic, cardboard, and labor. If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to Jeremy@KingsPoultryFarm.com
Thank you for your support, we look forward to the 2023 Custom Processing season.