BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

[Heron's Nest Farm]

This guy does it right. I love that he tells you HOW to do it on your own and the whys of his design.
http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/bsf-bio-composter-assembly-and-set-up-instructions/

 

[Our Roost]

hellbender, Got any links for process to crossbreed 2 different breeds? Rooster to hen and then what?I need a proven recipe.

 

[hellbender]

LOL - at least they recognize what you're doing and appreciate it. The cashiers frequently ask me what in the world I am doing with so much of this or that or why I have three cases of glass jars. And they notice that I don't buy a lot of premade items. When I tell them that I make a lot of things from scratch, their little faces are just so funny to see and they will say something like "my granny used to know how to do that" - as if making things from scratch and preserving food is some ancient, secret ritual. What's even worse is that these are the cashiers in a small town store in a rural county. Boy have we gotten so far away from where things come from.

If (when) the big stinking brown blobs hits the fan in this country, they will wish they knew how to do something more productive than pull an item off the shelf and fling it into a basket. All of my kids have some knowledge of preserving meat, and heck, preserving all kinds of food stuffs but Jason is like a little ol' granny woman...what he hasn't learned to do in one season, he gets onto it the next season. His skills have way out-strapped mine and I'm happy to say it.

 

[hellbender]

hellbender, Got any links for process to crossbreed 2 different breeds? Rooster to hen and then what?I need a proven recipe.

I have to go to 'work' now..does are like high-stepping and the kids are screaming. When we get things under control here, I will give you the benefit of the very limited experiences we have had here.

 

[Shellz]

OK...my bad.  I've never used them but have considered them every year!!!  I'll watch for the info. and pics you get and this might be my year too.

RON        

I've been thinking about these for a few years now too. I can't remember the set up, but it might be worthwhile for me if I can't free range my birds this year. No time lately to investigate myself...

 

[Shellz]

This guy does it right. I love that he tells you HOW to do it on your own and the whys of his design. http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/bsf-bio-composter-assembly-and-set-up-instructions/

Thanks for this! I'll have to check this out later when I have more time.

 

[Kev]

My hand grinder can only handle fish bones, it's retired from in house use I have a nice electric one now. When I get done grinding I just use a hose and spray it out. Saw a cool 1800s antique bone grinder on display at our county fair. Had a tread mill attachment for a dog or kid. I was wondering what they would feed ground bones to.

I was wondering if there are hand grinders could handle chicken bones. Seems the answer is no and I'm underestimating how hard it is to grind up chicken bones...?

I've seen similar things to what you described, they are so fascinating. Did you know there was a dog breed of sorts called turnspit dog? They were to run on a wheel constantly, iirc one main use was to keep meat revolving over a fire.

Ground bonemeal was used a lot for gardening, bulbs in particular. Nowadays ground bonemeal is not of much use for bulbs as they are sterilized too much.....

 

[DesertChic]

I was wondering if there are hand grinders could handle chicken bones. Seems the answer is no and I'm underestimating how hard it is to grind up chicken bones...?

I've seen similar things to what you described, they are so fascinating. Did you know there was a dog breed of sorts called turnspit dog? They were to run on a wheel constantly, iirc one main use was to keep meat revolving over a fire.

Ground bonemeal was used a lot for gardening, bulbs in particular. Nowadays ground bonemeal is not of much use for bulbs as they are sterilized too much.....

I still use bone meal in my straw bale garden and to a certain extent in my raised (trough) beds. For certain plants it works extremely well as a natural, organic fertilizer here in the desert SW.

 

[gevshiba]

I was wondering if there are hand grinders could handle chicken bones. Seems the answer is no and I'm underestimating how hard it is to grind up chicken bones...?

I've seen similar things to what you described, they are so fascinating. Did you know there was a dog breed of sorts called turnspit dog? They were to run on a wheel constantly, iirc one main use was to keep meat revolving over a fire.

Ground bonemeal was used a lot for gardening, bulbs in particular. Nowadays ground bonemeal is not of much use for bulbs as they are sterilized too much.....

I have a 1 HP grinder. It handles most chicken & turkey bones, but takes some backing up on the heavier bones. I can't get the turkey keel bones through. Mine isn't hard to clean, or at least I don't think so. If I had the money, I'd get a 1 3/4 HP grinder. Then maybe I wouldn't need all the backing up and might not have to do so much cutting up. If I really had the money, I'd look for something that could take a whole bird. It's a lovely dream!

 

[Beer can]

Northern Tool has a hand grinder with a big v-belt pulley you can use as a hand grinder with the attached handle or add a motor with a belt. I think the problem with hand grinders is not what they can grind, but what you can fit in them. I don't know if that one could handle big parts without busting and cutting them down first. The small hand grinder I use for fish, fish bones are small, has a little trouble sucking down whole bluegills, but they would be easy to chop smaller. Once I get them into it they grind easy.