Official Squatch Watchers

[Hope Hughes]

I took time to process the last of the pork I hadn't frozen or set to cure as bacon last night. It was a bag of scrap meat and fat. I turned it into maple sausage. It was delish! We cooked up a lb of it and froze the other 3 lbs. That makes 106lbs of meat, roasts, bacon, etc if you don't count the bones and fat

Oooh what's your recipe??? If you dare lol we get hog all the time and make hamburger and sausage but we just do Breakfast Blend in it but we would love to do others. And ones that have been tested and good. Dont think we can get Bacon off the wild ones...

 

[Duckfarmer1]

Alot of keeping is about sorting and the best breeding genetics. You look for what is best for your outcome(color, size behavior, and consistency) and really differs from breeder to breeder.

I just want barnyard chicks. So,I can just let my hen set on anyone’s eggs?

 

[Hope Hughes]

If you have a broody chicken you can put any eggs you want. I actually use my Cochins to hatch out ducks, guineas and even quail. They are amazing incubators! And most definitely amazing mommas!

 

[Redhead Rae]

Bacon recipe or Sausage?

I'm trying the bacon recipe for the first time. I'll let you know how that goes. I'm only curing the bacon, not smoking it as we don't have the means to smoke it.
https://www.reformationacres.com/2014/03/how-to-cure-and-smoke-bacon.html/cookbook-print/26723
This is my sausage recipe.

Maple Breakfast Sausage​

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1 lb ground meat (beef, pork, turkey, etc.)​

1 egg (optional)​

1 t. salt​

1/2 t. sage​

1/4 t. savory​

1/8 t. nutmeg​

1/8 t. ginger​

1/4 t. black pepper​

1-2 shakes cayenne red pepper​

2 shakes thyme​

1/2 T. oil (if using a lean meat)​

3/4 T. Maple syrup(optional)​

Mix all ingredients and fry.​

 

[Hope Hughes]

But any chicken that goes broody will hatch out any eggs if she is a good brood.

 

[Redhead Rae]

Dont think we can get Bacon off the wild ones...

You can, all pigs have belly, it will probably just be very lean. We got only 3lbs of belly off our smaller pig. We got 18lbs or more of belly off our larger pig who had a whole lot more fat.

 

[Hope Hughes]

Ih Rae thanks abunch!! Definitely let me know on the bacon! We havent cut bacon yet from the pigs because most of the pigs we get are wild but we have a meat pig(bluebuttXGOS) we are fattening up so we may do it to him. he has some bacon on him!

 

[Hope Hughes]

We will definitely try with the wild pig on the next one. I will talk him into a youtube video if how too lol

 

[Molpet]

Yeah..here’s a question..Chris and I have been adding to our flock. We’ve bought 20 pullets at $10 apiece..all came from hatcher...why would you buy chicks..raise them until are just about or are producing...and then sell them..for ...what we consider..no gain,but a loss?

I hatch for cockerels for the freezer. I hate wacking a perfectly good pullet, even though they taste great....soooo I sell the extra pullets that don't fit in my breeding program.

I have had chickens hatch turkey eggs and turkey hatch chickens

 

[Redhead Rae]

Ih Rae thanks abunch!! Definitely let me know on the bacon! We havent cut bacon yet from the pigs because most of the pigs we get are wild but we have a meat pig(bluebuttXGOS) we are fattening up so we may do it to him. he has some bacon on him!

Oh, I got the wrong amount for the syrup. it should be 3/4 of a tbsp not a tsp.