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[nnbreeder]

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YEAH TO EASY..THATS WHAT MAKES IT HARD

BUT THE NEXT TIME HE HURTS SOMEONE (EVEN BY ACCIDENT) IT WONT BE TO HARD.LOL! HEY NNBREEDER DID YOU GET MY EMAIL ON THE NN?

Just replied to the e-mail. Thanks

 

[al6517]

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You know how Monty is Al, comes and pokes everyone with a sharp stick then runs off!! LoL

LOL.... yeah... Ain't that a kick in the head.

AL

 

[osukrazykate]

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I keep runner ducks (don't know about the "Indian" part) and love them, because they can't fly so can't get into the stock tanks and leave nasty presents where the llamas, horse and sheep drink. They run around in a group, so can be used to train herding dogs. They look like bowling pens running around the yard. I noticed yesterday that of the 13 runners we have, about half are drakes

, so they will be going to the next auction.

I saw some auction for eggs a week or so ago, maybe longer and started reading about them. They apparently lay more eggs than a typical chicken. And bakers like their eggs better or something for cakes and what not. So I am thinking of getting some, we have a large pond like area out behind our property (core of Engineer land) that they could have access too where a lot of other wild ducks and geese flock to. I want to build my own pond too, and was originally wanting to wait, but now I am thinking they can always go down to that other pond. It is used to gather water and then is fed into Keystone lake. What are your thoughts and observations?

 

[osukrazykate]

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So it doesn't sound too much different from yesterday except more snow and some good food.

I am pretty much in the same boat myself. Just got back from taking Char's friend home and have been just lazy otherwise. I am trying to figure out what to do with my chicks and their brooder, noticed they are making my dining room a little more dustier than normal, uggg more cleaning. I don't like dust. So I am trying to figure out a remedy for that. Not sure I want to take them out to the barn in a brooder just yet, since we noticed last night we are going to be getting some 0 degree weather the next few days, bbbrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I thought I moved south to get away from all of the cold.

 

[muesky]

All of this talk about processing your meat and the cuts what I suggest is find an old large cookbook, usually ones written before 1960s. I know most of my grandmothers had really detailed charts in the back on how to process various types of meats into preferred cuts. Not sure if you will find one for goat since those have only recently been very popular here in the States, but go to a Middle Eastern or Hispanice grocery store and talk to the owner, if they do not know they will at least know who to talk to about how to process goat.
Quenston you are right about hanging the deer for several days. My ex-father-in-law shot a deer in December when it was freezing and let it hang for 6 days before processing it. The meat was not gamey at all but let me give you all my families secret for cooking gamey meat. Soak it in milk over night, two days is best, then use the milk for gravy or a sauce. Not only does this get rid of the gamey flavor but also make the meat extra tender. This is also good for cooking liver as well but I never used the milk from that just fried it with onions, but it is tender enough to cut it with a fork afterwards.
Now before any of you make a comment about a vegetarian giving meat eaters advice on how to cook and process meat, keep in mind I am not a vegetarian by choice but because I have some wacked out metabolism. I used to and still do on occasion help skin and process deer with some of my friends and if anyone ever would like to learn how to tan one of those hides you get off the animals you kill let me know I can teach you how to chemical and brain tan as well.

 

[osukrazykate]

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OOOOOHHH OOOHHH I don't live far from Cuching and I love home made Cinnamon rolls!!!!! LOL Lynn

I don't even live close, but I'd be willing to drive there just to enjoy the aroma

I absolutely love fresh cinnamon rolls.

We go to the Oklahoma State Fair every year & spend .... I think around $8 each for a cinnamon roll ??? Maybe if I can ever retire & have spare time I can learn how to make some.

My mom makes fresh cinnamon rolls and oh are they oh so good. She always made them Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter mornings. Sometimes instead of making the dough herself, she would buy the roll dough in the freezer section to cut out the time in preparation. She would put the dough on a plate in the fridge overnight to thaw and slowly rise. Then the next morning finish the rising and rolling it out spread a little butter on them, then sprinkling with cinnamon and sugar then roll and cut and rise again and bake. This way wasn't as difficult as making the dough from scratch and anybody could do it. She also for some who like the carmel on the bottom, not me so she made me some seperately, put butter and brown sugar in the bottom of the baking dish. I haven't made them myself in a long time, but I am pretty sure that was all of the directions. I will ask her for the exact directions if anybody is interested.

 

[osukrazykate]

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You can always cheat, like we do! The plain and simple truth is, we have a bread machine. I don't like the way the bread comes out when you bake it in the machine, so we just use it to make the dough (it's still homemade, isn't it?), then make whatever the finished product will be by hand. We use a blend of AP and whole wheat flour (DH doesn't like straight whole wheat - but I'm working on him). For our cinnamon rolls, he puts a bit of fresh grated nutmeg and vanilla in the dough. Yummy!

Great idea! I need a bread machine now!

Oh yes, I love my bread machine. I bought it off of a friend who was having a garage sale and had only used it a couple of times. I had to download the manual off of the internet, but it is really awesome. I always messed up the rising process somehow when I would do it from scratch without the machine. Now it turns out perfect almost every time.

 

[osukrazykate]

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Oh I am having a brain fart, but the Tractor store, I think Tractor and Supply. Anyways, it has the unmedicated feed and it is a lot cheaper than Atwood's medicated feed.

 

[nnbreeder]

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Oh I am having a brain fart, but the Tractor store, I think Tractor and Supply. Anyways, it has the unmedicated feed and it is a lot cheaper than Atwood's medicated feed.

And when comparing feed prices be sure to note that Atwoods sells 40 pound bags of feed, not 50.

 

[osukrazykate]

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yes even some people eat the feet. I was not too keen on the feet myself, it seemed like too much fat for my liking. However, chicken feet on the other hand are not bad, just a lot of work for so little of meet, same thing for frog legs.