Recent content by Wax Myrtle

  1. Wax Myrtle

    Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

    (Comes out of hiding...) I just wanted to say hello! I've been off BYC for around about a year, but I'm baaack. ;)
  2. Wax Myrtle

    Processing Day Support Group ~ HELP us through the Emotions PLEASE!

    My little chest could probably handle two dozen whole birds, if that were all I had in it. I was frightened to bits of a pressure canner, but I'm so glad I have it. It's easier than it seems. Plus, I can make a killer batch of "baked" beans with almost no effort, and this St Patrick's Day corned...
  3. Wax Myrtle

    Processing Day Support Group ~ HELP us through the Emotions PLEASE!

    Chicks, I only have a half sized freezer - plus the one over my fridge. The little half sized one holds a lot more than you'd expect. Do you know how to can? Canned stock and meat can be stored under a bed. Elke - you asked about treating myself, well let's just say I have a ball of egg noodle...
  4. Wax Myrtle

    Processing Day Support Group ~ HELP us through the Emotions PLEASE!

    I've decided that from where the chicken stands, parts is parts. ;) I think this may have actually been a small part of what made my husband ok with homegrown. If they're willing to eat each other, he figures he should feel no qualms. Gonna shove the free ranging CX in a tractor when I get the...
  5. Wax Myrtle

    Processing Day Support Group ~ HELP us through the Emotions PLEASE!

    Surely, cause I doubt it could go much worse. :lau
  6. Wax Myrtle

    Processing Day Support Group ~ HELP us through the Emotions PLEASE!

    HEY! Something went right - managed to upload a photo! :D
  7. Wax Myrtle

    Processing Day Support Group ~ HELP us through the Emotions PLEASE!

    All done. Just too emotional over non-chicken stuff to keep on keepin on today. I must have put my big girl panties on inside out or backwards, or both. Ever have a day where nothing goes right? Yeah, that's today for me. I doubt I've ever had a more b____s-up time of processing. Missed the mark...
  8. Wax Myrtle

    Processing Day Support Group ~ HELP us through the Emotions PLEASE!

    Bee, I think you knew I needed a shove today. I'm all set up, water's hot, but I'm shaking like a leaf - have had a truly bad couple of weeks capped by a completely rotten evening last night. But I just got some great health news about a best friend and I'm so emotional I almost dumped the water...
  9. Wax Myrtle

    Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

    :pop I'm holding back a couple CX pullets, too. Going to put my hatchery Lorp over them.
  10. Wax Myrtle

    Processing Day Support Group ~ HELP us through the Emotions PLEASE!

    Like someone said upthread, I actually get a better response from my vegetarian/vegan friends. Mostly, though, what I hear is "I just couldn't do that." To which I usually answer "not everyone can. But I know too much about the commercial poultry industry to not raise my own when I can."...
  11. Wax Myrtle

    Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

    :lau I bet you could have some amusing screen captures...
  12. Wax Myrtle

    Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

    De Yeah, just like anything animal, chickens get stiff after death (rigor mortis) so unless you can kill, clean and cook in about ten minutes, they need to rest in your fridge a few days at least to allow rigor to relax. A 6mo cockerel would wait a week in my fridge. Freezing the same day you...
  13. Wax Myrtle

    Processing Day Support Group ~ HELP us through the Emotions PLEASE!

    Looks amazing! Laughing through my drool, though. "Cone of silence..."
  14. Wax Myrtle

    Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

    Also, Sally, don't you feed FF? And soak that whole grain 12+ hours? I can't wait to get back to FF. Just too hot here atm to keep it outside, and DH said "no" on it inside. I like the smell, sniff. ;) Sorry about your pullet, too.
  15. Wax Myrtle

    Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

    Forget the plants, the humidity here in the Pee Dee sucks the life out of ME. :lau
See more
Back
Top Bottom