chicken necks

[jerseypete]

hello all,
i am wondering if anyone knows where to get chicken or turkey necks to be used as crab bait.
thanks,
jerseypete

[Crab Shack]

Hi,


Where in central NJ are you? You can try local supermarkets(talk to a butcher in the meat dept.) or butcher shops.  There's a place in Voorhees, that sells chicken parts.  You can get a 40lb  flat of skinless necks for $16.   If that's too much and you don't have a freezer you can always bring a friend....

[ted527]

if you have a Meat Stop near you they carry them.

[brownbob]

Hi,


Where in central NJ are you? You can try local supermarkets(talk to a butcher in the meat dept.) or butcher shops.  There's a place in Voorhees, that sells chicken parts.  You can get a 40lb  flat of skinless necks for $16.   If that's too much and you don't have a freezer you can always bring a friend....

where is this place in vorhees? name and location if you dont mind. i am in williamstown nj . thanks bb

[Crab Shack]

For the folks in Southern NJ or anyone who wants to go:


Moyer-Mitchell Company Inc

1014 Rural Ave, Voorhees, NJ 08043-2232

Phone: (856) 429-2696



It's near the Echelon Mall......

[ILLSWIMHOME]

I get mine in Chester PA right at the end of the Comm Barry Bribge.  If anybody doesn't want to make the trip to PA I work in swedesboro and will gladly pick em up for ya, just send me a Bmail.  They come in 3lb or 20lb.  The palce is called Yanks Farms on Concor Rd in Chester if ya want to give em a call about anything else.  It'd be my pleasure to pick it up on the way in and you can grab em whenever.  The service is free but the chicken I get paid back for   Anyway, it'' save ya $3 in tools and I don't want anything out of it, just like to put names to faces when I meet new people.

[jerseypete]

hello all,

i just mapquested the distance for those necks, i think i will look around here first, if all else fails, i have a place to go. thanks. i'm planning a big trip labor day weekend, actually the 2nd, i hit the BIG 40.
thanks again,
jerseypete

[brownbob]

thanks, i will try there for backs as that is what i use. bb

[CaptMoose]

You can also try Bringhurst Meats in Berlin on RT 536.  They have a web site if you Google it.  40 lbs chicken backs for $15.  I know it's backs, not necks, but the price is right if you're close.

[brownbob]

You can also try Bringhurst Meats in Berlin on RT 536.  They have a web site if you Google it.  40 lbs chicken backs for $15.  I know it's backs, not necks, but the price is right if you're close.

thanks ,  that is where i have been going for  the last few years. before that was eatmore in rosenhayn. always looking for another place , just incase. bb

[CaptMoose]

For the folks in Southern NJ or anyone who wants to go:


Moyer-Mitchell Company Inc

1014 Rural Ave, Voorhees, NJ 08043-2232

Phone: (856) 429-2696



It's near the Echelon Mall......

Thanks Crabshack.  Went today for a flat of necks.  Much easier in my opinion.  Each neck is a single bait with no cutting like with backs.  Some of the large necks I cut in two.   Easy to bag & freeze plus I expect the baiting to be easier too.  I brought a 40 qt Igloo (my crab cooler) & dumped the flat of necks right in.  Kept them cold & didn't have to throw that stinky box in my trash since they kept it. 

By the way, the folks at Moyer Mitchell were so nice.  The gal at the counter asked if I was a crabber.  I said yes, have you been getting a lot of new business?  She said yeah, some - I guess we're on somebody's web site.  I told her all about BCA & she asked me where to go for hand lining.  Of course I told her to do a search here.  Great folks.

[Crab Shack]

Yes thanks to the BCA, there are now a lot of chickens walking around without necks.....

[Ronster]

I usually get 40 lb bags when I am out in Amish country near Lancaster.    If you call any of the poultry/meat markets before you go out, they will have a bag waiting for you upon your arrival.    They range between $13-$15 bucks a bag.

[LeathalWeapon]

I was gonna pick up some necks at moyer mitchell today there about 8 mins away from me, but 40lbs bag seems like alot, any one know how many pieces were talking?  if anyone lives local in the SJ area (blackwood,clementon,washington twsp) and maybe wanna split a bag im down.  I just dont know what the [Sam Hill] i would do with all those necks.  and having so many would just MAKE me have to go crabbing...

[125blackfire]

what iv gatherd from the forum is too use something greasy because crabs can smell or taste it then they want too come too the bait.

[flounderpounder]

i break 40 lbs down into 6-7 bags. usually 40-50 necks are in each bag. i use 1 bag per trip when i use 30 traps.sometime some leftovers and sometimes use it all. if necks are small i use 2 in a trap. plus you can get to the bottom of the box and look for the special cocks crown, or foot or head or something laying in the bottom....

[Crab Shack]

I was gonna pick up some necks at moyer mitchell today there about 8 mins away from me, but 40lbs bag seems like alot, any one know how many pieces were talking?  if anyone lives local in the SJ area (blackwood,clementon,washington twsp) and maybe wanna split a bag im down.  I just dont know what the [Sam Hill] i would do with all those necks.  and having so many would just MAKE me have to go crabbing...

If you don't need that many.....split the amount (and cost) with a friend or friends....

[125blackfire]

i break 40 lbs down into 6-7 bags. usually 40-50 necks are in each bag. i use 1 bag per trip when i use 30 traps.sometime some leftovers and sometimes use it all. if necks are small i use 2 in a trap. plus you can get to the bottom of the box and look for the special cocks crown, or foot or head or something laying in the bottom....

you make it sound like a cracker jack box??

[Crab Shack]

i break 40 lbs down into 6-7 bags. usually 40-50 necks are in each bag. i use 1 bag per trip when i use 30 traps.sometime some leftovers and sometimes use it all. if necks are small i use 2 in a trap. plus you can get to the bottom of the box and look for the special cocks crown, or foot or head or something laying in the bottom....

Kinda like the prize in a box of Cracker Jack!     

[ItalianMule]

The last box I bought had about 5 heads still attached to the necks and at least a dozen wings. I think they were Tyler brand or something like that. That's the last time I buy that kind. I got a 5 pounds of stuff I couldn't use for bait. The ones I bought at Mars were perfect and only had one or two wings in the box.

[LeathalWeapon]

Hey im thinking about going crabbing a couple more times this year, next time being Monday the 15th (if the weather is nice). is there anyone who has some unused chicken necks that there sitting on or anyone wanna split a bag a necks with me let me know...