Learned something new today that helps stock the freezer
#81
My dad was a country guy and my mom a city girl. We lived on 6 acres as a small girl and had a barn, fruit trees, a garden and raised a few animals. My dad had a regular job though. My mom canned fruits and veggies and every summer we had homemade root beer. I remember getting baby chicks for Easter, only to have to slaughter them later for food. It made me not squeemsh (sp) about bugs and things. I'm the designated animal parts picker upper that the cats bring in. I'm a suburbanite now.
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[quote=Rachelcb80
I used to feel that way until I saw first hand how food animals are raised and treated (we live near a bunch of chicken houses, 25,000 birds in one house crammed together, you can't breath because of the ammonia level). I feel like I'm doing my part to not support an industry that I'm strongly opposed to. That's also why I encourage DH to hunt and bring food to the table that way as well. Every little bit helps.[/quote]
Living "in town" I am not able to do this, but I applaud you. I know it must've been a really difficult job. But how great to be self-sufficient and, as you said, to give the chickens a humane life while they are here!
I used to feel that way until I saw first hand how food animals are raised and treated (we live near a bunch of chicken houses, 25,000 birds in one house crammed together, you can't breath because of the ammonia level). I feel like I'm doing my part to not support an industry that I'm strongly opposed to. That's also why I encourage DH to hunt and bring food to the table that way as well. Every little bit helps.[/quote]
Living "in town" I am not able to do this, but I applaud you. I know it must've been a really difficult job. But how great to be self-sufficient and, as you said, to give the chickens a humane life while they are here!
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Originally Posted by Lostn51
Rachel the Buff Rooster is gorgeous! I can see where he and I could be buddies until he copped an attitude. Then he would have a formal introduction to my SW .40! :P
Too bad you cant freeze eggs, because 54 a week is one hell of an omelet! I bet the kids are like "Not eggs again......" :lol: kinda like a guy that grows a lot of corn. Its like how many ways can we fix all of this corn. Cornbread, Corn Whiskey, Corn Chowder, Corn Whiskey, Fried Corn, Corn Whiskey, Corn on the cob...........
Okay since we are going back to the good old days I need to go plant some corn now and pull out the still.:mrgreen:
Billy
Too bad you cant freeze eggs, because 54 a week is one hell of an omelet! I bet the kids are like "Not eggs again......" :lol: kinda like a guy that grows a lot of corn. Its like how many ways can we fix all of this corn. Cornbread, Corn Whiskey, Corn Chowder, Corn Whiskey, Fried Corn, Corn Whiskey, Corn on the cob...........
Okay since we are going back to the good old days I need to go plant some corn now and pull out the still.:mrgreen:
Billy
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Originally Posted by Candace
Originally Posted by Rachelcb80
Originally Posted by Candace
I have Lucky(because my dog bit her as a chick and she lived) and Alice. Alice, I wouldn't have such a hard time culling. She's a brat. But, we pick them up to pet and play with. With meat birds on acreage, I'd be like you and not get close. Do you also collect their eggs? I'm assuming you only let a certain amount incubate or stay with the mothers? What breed of bird do you raise?
Broody and Broonella are annoying and I almost added them to the freezer batch yesterday, but something told me just to leave them. They are constanly broody and will fight you like crazy when you're trying to get the eggs. They're loud too. But they have character and don't take much feed to keep. :)
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Originally Posted by quiltnchik
Originally Posted by JS
If I raised any kind of animal I could not eventually kill it or eat it. Guess I would not make a good farmer.
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Originally Posted by greaterexp
Originally Posted by Candace
Originally Posted by Rachelcb80
Originally Posted by Candace
I have Lucky(because my dog bit her as a chick and she lived) and Alice. Alice, I wouldn't have such a hard time culling. She's a brat. But, we pick them up to pet and play with. With meat birds on acreage, I'd be like you and not get close. Do you also collect their eggs? I'm assuming you only let a certain amount incubate or stay with the mothers? What breed of bird do you raise?
Broody and Broonella are annoying and I almost added them to the freezer batch yesterday, but something told me just to leave them. They are constanly broody and will fight you like crazy when you're trying to get the eggs. They're loud too. But they have character and don't take much feed to keep. :)
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Originally Posted by greaterexp
Trish, what breeds are those? We have started raising New Zealand Whites for meat, but haven't had any babies yet. I'm anxious to try the meat.
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[quote=Candace]
We don't have to feed our 2 girls that much since ours are free range. And we have an orchard so there is plenty of dropped fruit and bugs to satisfy them. Though they seem to favor my best landscape plants too:
We don't have to feed our 2 girls that much since ours are free range. And we have an orchard so there is plenty of dropped fruit and bugs to satisfy them. Though they seem to favor my best landscape plants too:
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