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[Redhead Rae]

Well guys, I'm taking a tea and ice cream break between killing/plucking and eviscerating. It was DH's idea. I love that man. The Milk Drinker went down for his nap at 11:15 this morning. MUCH earlier than I wanted him to. I was able to get partially set up while he was asleep and get lunch, but he woke during lunch. So DH is on MD duty. My FIL helped with the Plucking, but I fly solo on evisceration for now. I didn't think I would be so bad off since I had my lunch before starting, but I'm prone to hypoglycemia and when I botched the cut on the first bird (I severed the wind pipe before I got the jugular) I got the adrenaline shakes. I was able to calm myself down and get on with the other two birds, but that made my blood sugar drop.

My SIL wants to learn how to eviscerate, but we need to get her a knife of her own and she is feeling sick today.

I noticed a nice hill in the back ground...perfect for the MD to roll down!

Take pics of the death row boys...when you process them!
There are not enough pics of that process here on BYC.

We live in a Hollow. So there are hills all over the place. literally all around us. I'll take some panoramic photos sometime soon.

I planning on writing a blog post about my processing... well... process at some point. I do things differently to a lot of people (breaking backs, cutting the tail off, dislocating the hips). It doesn't make for a nice looking carcass, but it is effective.

thats because our hands are yucky and we don't want to touch the camera

Exactly!

Hire a photographer!

I plan to nominate my DH or my SIL to photograph the entire process one of these days.

Well, the ice cream is gone and I have birds that need gutting. I'll let you guys know how everything goes.

 

[21hens-incharge]

The back cover for the sofa went faster. I did it differently then the base.
I did pattern match the splice in the fabric and it ended up wanting to be in the middle.




Had to do it in three photos cause its a long sofa and a narrow room.

Rae,
Keep that blood sugar fed. I cannot imagine trying to do much with it dropping.

 

[pitbullmomma]

Here's Joel at Mother earth news fair. I do use the same equipment.
I spend a bit more time rubbing their neck once in the cone as it tends to put them to sleep.

Here's Daniel breaking them down. Still can't believe he is consistently at 1 minute 11 seconds per bird. Best I can do is three minutes.

Sticking fingers in my ears (and covering my eyes)!!!!

(singing: LALALALALALALALALALA!!!!!)

Yeah, yeah, I know, you guys eat 'em...me, I put a diaper on them and let them run around the house when DH is working/clueless).

I let 5 of mine out today for some supervised free-ranging (it was 57 glorious degrees out!) and they went crazy picking at the little green things and random blades of grass that were sprouting. Scratching around in the piles of leaves, and jumping in my lap, for mealies. And nobody flew away, or got carried off by a hawk.

 

[rjohns39]

Sticking fingers in my ears (and covering my eyes)!!!!

(singing: LALALALALALALALALALA!!!!!)

Yeah, yeah, I know, you guys eat 'em...me, I put a diaper on them and let them run around the house when DH is working/clueless).

I let 5 of mine out today for some supervised free-ranging (it was 57 glorious degrees out!) and they went crazy picking at the little green things and random blades of grass that were sprouting. Scratching around in the piles of leaves, and jumping in my lap, for mealies. And nobody flew away, or got carried off by a hawk.

PBM, save this for later...

 

[21hens-incharge]

Sticking fingers in my ears (and covering my eyes)!!!!

(singing: LALALALALALALALALALA!!!!!)

Yeah, yeah, I know, you guys eat 'em...me, I put a diaper on them and let them run around the house when DH is working/clueless).

I let 5 of mine out today for some supervised free-ranging (it was 57 glorious degrees out!) and they went crazy picking at the little green things and random blades of grass that were sprouting. Scratching around in the piles of leaves, and jumping in my lap, for mealies. And nobody flew away, or got carried off by a hawk.

Awww it sounds like they had a good day putting around the yard and getting treats.












Spoiled messes.

 

[Smuvers Farm]

That looks tasty, but the roosters I need to cull are too old for fried chicken and there really isn’t such a thing as a good breading recipe for gluten free fried chicken.

We'll do a light coating of arrowroot or tapioca powder, but find we get crunchy fried chicken with just the skin.

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Gonna make a 10 egg grain free bundt cake and toss in about half a bottle of saigon cinnamon! Those rolls are scrumptious looking!!!

PB Blaster. The red can. Rust penetrate. (If he hasn't already)

Freezing drizzle for the forecast today. I think I'll stay in bed.

We bought a nut cracker....... hopefully that will work


Hi everyone.... I skipped ZERO posts to get here... neener RJ

 

[Smuvers Farm]

Getting ready to steam *boil* 36 eggs to make 3 different kinds of pickled eggs. YAY!

 

[rjohns39]

Getting ready to steam *boil* 36 eggs to make 3 different kinds of pickled eggs. YAY!

Do share your recipes

 

[Redhead Rae]

Done! I'm exhausted and I informed MIL and SIL that I am NOT making dinner! Apparently, the first nap of the day wasn't enough for the MD. He got really fussy for DH and fell asleep on his pillow in the playpen. I am nursing him to see if he'll go back down for another nap. I might join him! All-in-all, a good day's work.

The back cover for the sofa went faster. I did it differently then the base.
I did pattern match the splice in the fabric and it ended up wanting to be in the middle.


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Had to do it in three photos cause its a long sofa and a narrow room.

Rae,
Keep that blood sugar fed. I cannot imagine trying to do much with it dropping.

It was fine until my MIL came in to do the afternoon snack and start milk on the stove for yogurt. Then I just started feeling drained. At least she helped me bag up the birds.

 

[Smuvers Farm]

Do share your recipes

@pitbullmomma posted a link to a sriracha pickled egg on allrecipes, which I *kind of* followed.

I only had 24 eggs to *spare* at this time, so made smaller batches.

L to R:

Sriracha, garlic, chipotle