If anybody doesn't know by now.. we hatch a lot of chicks. When people want to only pay pennies for chicks, I'm not spending dollars on feeders.
Took 10 mins this afternoon to cut a half pvc pipe/cut and nail a wood plank/cut an old fencing balance salvage piece..
Chicks can't walk and scratch...
Necessity is the Mother of Invention.
How many of you guys out there have chicks in a brooder right now? It's spring time, so I know some of you are fighting to keep shavings out of your water dishes.
Several times a day those little monsters fill up the rim with shavings and several times a...
Homemade Bacon.
Steps:
Raise 1 or 2 Heritage Pigs for 6 months and/or 250#. This is the actual pig(s) that I am using. Old Spot crossed w/Berkshire. Fed only grains, greens and acorns
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Place a modest slab of pork belly in a cooking pan with high sides. This can be messy..
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Making a cure...
Got my nesting boxes situated finally! Reuse lumber and a bunch of shipping crates... Very easy clean out now. Pull down the crate, dump the hay and refill..
A lot easier than our last set up..
Hung them off the rafters. only a box of screws was purchased.
I sometimes melt a little butter and inject the cooked potatoes with a large seasoning syringe, while they are still rolled in the foil. Adds the butter evenly and it is like a moist buttery welcome if your not expecting it. Sour cream, green onions, sharp ched chez, bacon bits.. oh my.