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Ok...fired up the tablet camera to get the canned chicken picture to tease LMP but decided to do a quick walk around with it. Not the clarity/focus I get with the Nikon but a couple steps quicker for posting....

Rosie has her 3.5 week olds out and about....
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Heckle with her 1 week olds....
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Lacey is acting broody...AGAIN! :barnie she forgot that she is a large fowl, not a silkie, this is her 3rd or 4th time this year already!
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And a few of our 'teens'...
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bobrut said:
looking for opinions, not sure if I am in the right place, my silkie has gone broody, again, what would u all recommend, barred rock or wyonette?
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The correct answer is both, of course!
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fisherlady said:
Quote: So do you throw the meat in the cans raw, and it cooks as it seals? I've never canned before. I don't have a Grandma or a Ma to teach me either anymore, if they ever knew how.
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AnneInTheBurbs said:
The correct answer is both, of course!
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So do you throw the meat in the cans raw, and it cooks as it seals? I've never canned before. I don't have a Grandma or a Ma to teach me either anymore, if they ever knew how.
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Yes, you can it raw. Or cooked. But we do it raw.
I had to learn alone too. It isn't hard. You just can't psych yourself out of it. I started with potatoes. Whole and diced. Whole won't get mushy, and is still good for fries. Because it is cheap, you can be sure you have the hang of it without wasting money.
 
I also have the All American. It costs a lot, but it is made well, and has a ton of locks on it. The ones at Walmart are fine too, and only cost as little as $60 for a decent sized one. Or is it forty? They have a few sizes.
 
AnneInTheBurbs said:
The correct answer is both, of course! ;)

So do you throw the meat in the cans raw, and it cooks as it seals?  I've never canned before.  I don't have a Grandma or a Ma to teach me either anymore, if they ever knew how.
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MotorcycleChick said:
Yes, you can it raw. Or cooked. But we do it raw.
I had to learn alone too. It isn't hard. You just can't psych yourself out of it. I started with potatoes. Whole and diced. Whole won't get mushy, and is still good for fries. Because it is cheap, you can be sure you have the hang of it without wasting money.
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We also started with potatoes and our first adventure with that was bad lol but we've learned. We had to teach ourselves also and learned a lot online. Most of our family thinks we're crazy doing all the extra work to can our own food now but it's so worth it. We use this site constantly to follow canning directions: http://www.pickyourown.org
 
AnneInTheBurbs said:
The correct answer is both, of course! ;)

So do you throw the meat in the cans raw, and it cooks as it seals?  I've never canned before.  I don't have a Grandma or a Ma to teach me either anymore, if they ever knew how.
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https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...hrough-the-emotions-please/5090#post_14590436

Canning was discussed on the processing thread....I no longer add any broth to ours when packing, I found it isn't needed since the chicken produces so much of its own juice during the canning. In fact I usually pour off the juice into a cup and save it to add over the dry dog food for Dillon and Mindy...they love seeing me opening jars of chicken! LOL
 
fisherlady said:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...hrough-the-emotions-please/5090#post_14590436

Canning was discussed on the processing thread....I no longer add any broth to ours when packing, I found it isn't needed since the chicken produces so much of its own juice during the canning. In fact I usually pour off the juice into a cup and save it to add over the dry dog food for Dillon and Mindy...they love seeing me opening jars of chicken! LOL
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LOL! So does Sturgis!
I have canning info in my Pinterest stuff. The article and video on using the All American was best. It is short and easy to understand. It will work for any canner.
 
emorems0 said:
Now that I am on my phone I can upload a picture of the pheasants
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So I had hoped that the new layers would just follow the old layers back into the coop tonight but no dice. They just looked lost and confused. Then they started flying up to the top of the run door to roost... it is 6 1/2 feet up! I finally got them all in once it started getting dark and they stopped running away from me. I sure hope they learn to stay in the run/go in the coop tomorrow because we are leaving for a trip home on Friday and I don't want to make the neighbor deal with that or risk losing more birds because they keep trying to get back to their old pen. I have the run door closed now, but I worry about the old and new birds getting after eachother if I try to lock them all in for a day or two.
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My FIL used to raise ring-necked pheasants up until a few years ago. Imagine 6,000+ of those guys flying all over the place whilst trying to catch them at 5 am come Fall/Winter... :oops: (I actually do miss having them...)
They definitely like to have space and plenty of roost/hidey spots. The pen netting would be raised at least 10 ft high throughout the middle, and lower around the perimeter. Just watch for potentially getting snagged on the netting above. Had a lot of those, mostly because of bird glasses, but once in awhile would get a foot stuck and they'd be like a pheasant disco ball until we got them down
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