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Morning chaps ...heres one for you ....

 

My local butcher , a friend of my neighbours has asked me to supply him with a few pigeons as an when I get some ..... But what should I charge him ?

 

I was thinking a couple of quid each ...what do you think is that too much or not enough...

 

cheers

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There is very little to eat off a pigeon, a local dealer pays 25p, so to get 2.00 you will need to pluck and prep which is a hard way to earn pin money.

However if you can get that amount then good luck.....

 

 

TEH

ok thanks for that guys ...I think if 25 p is the going rate he can just have them ....cheers

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Butchers pay a bit more than game dealers. They do round here anyway. The downside is they won't usually take loads. I would think 75 pence to a pound would be fair, but the suggestion to swap for sausages/bacon is a good one too.

 

If you can find a pub to take them, you can often get quite a bit more. The sort of gastro pub where "pan fried breast of local woodpigeon, on a bed of organic leaves" costs £12. Those places are worth finding!

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A Restuarant I know pays £1 but wants them

Crowned.

Crowning a bird is pretty simple until there are loads to do.

Tried it once and gave up, too much effort for too little return. Much easier giving them to friends and family for nothing.

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A Restuarant I know pays £1 but wants them

Crowned.

Crowning a bird is pretty simple until there are loads to do.

Tried it once and gave up, too much effort for too little return. Much easier giving them to friends and family for nothing.

I recently crowned 100 for a bloke. I was paid 50p per bird. It didn't take too long, but I had help from the missus. I'd still want more money if I did it again.

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I recently crowned 100 for a bloke. I was paid 50p per bird. It didn't take too long, but I had help from the missus. I'd still want more money if I did it again.

 

If you pluck, crown or otherwise breast out birds for use in the food chain (in other words not for your personal use), I was told this counts as "food preparation" and requires you to have a recognised food hygiene licence. Handing them over in feather is fine though.

 

If anyone has any firm handle on this, please shout. It would be useful to know for sure.

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If you pluck, crown or otherwise breast out birds for use in the food chain (in other words not for your personal use), I was told this counts as "food preparation" and requires you to have a recognised food hygiene licence. Handing them over in feather is fine though.

 

If anyone has any firm handle on this, please shout. It would be useful to know for sure

 

 

 

 

you are quite right EU food preparation laws cover this...........i used to buy all my chickens from a cowman who had them free ranging around his house, he was retired but the farmers family supplied him with chicken pellets etc and he use to dress out 20-30 a month and i tell you know they were the best chickens i ever tasted....then the "food inspectors" paid him a visit and threatened court action and large fines......NO MORE CHICKENS

 

same happened with young lad near where i live ...he saved up and bought a plucking machine (money from his paper round) and used to buy pheasant and partridge during the season and pluck an gut them and put them on a tray with cling film....everybody used to buy the stuff from him.......yes you guessed it got threatened and closed down !!

 

several of the local butchers have given up buying pigeons as they havnt the correct food prep certificates to cover the plucking and drawing of animals....dont forget most butchers recieve meat already cut up in sides all they do is to cut it into joints etc....if you draw blood it comes under a different ruling so im told.....my local pubs wont take prepared birds from me anymore as i dont have the correct paper trail.....so most of my birds go to friends and dog food

 

its a shame really....i can understand the idea behind it ...but it stinks

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