Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[chiques chicks]

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/07/make-raw-apple-cider-vinegar-acv-with.html

anyone ever do these recipes?

Have a couple gallons going now. Never really used a recipe. It really is simple. If you don't have mother, it will start from bacteria in the air, just might take longer and not be as "pure" a culture.

Ever had wine that went bad, acidy? That was the start of vinegar!

 

[wingstone]

Wingstone,

What kind of plucker did you get? We used to take our birds for processing to the guy (Eli Reiff) who has the ads for Poultryman equipment in Lancaster Farming. After seeing his setup and how efficient it is, that's what I wish I had. And since I don't, I pay someone else.

ezplucker 151 http://www.cconly.com/processing/feather_plucker

It doesn't take a lot of mother to make vinegar. Actually you CAN do it with none.

Buy a gallon of cider. Must be raw, or pasturized, no preservitives!
Add wine or beer yeast and ferment into hard cider (use an airlock) bread yeast should work, too.
Once it is fermented, shake up your bottle of ACV to get the mother floating and add some to the now hard cider. It is best if it is in a container with a wide mouth at this point. Cover with cheese cloth or an old t shirt held on with string or rubber bands. It will attract bugs, but needs air. Leave sit in a warm dark area, and it will turn in to vinegar.

DON'T USE METAL CONTAINERS!

Basically, sugar plus yeast creates alcohol then
Alcohol plus mother makes vinegar.
Two steps, thats all.

If you use beer as your alcohol, you get malt vinegar.
Red wine - red wine vinegar
Etc.
Add herbs to wine vinegar,create an expensive specialty item, lol

getting this image of you in a basement in a white lab coat, with a really bad grin and all kinds of lab equipment.

 

[patrickschick]

That lil quail baby is running around waking up the chickens that are due to hatch tomorrow.

 

[chiques chicks]

[COLOR=B22222]ezplucker 151    http://www.cconly.com/processing/feather_plucker[/COLOR]
[COLOR=B22222]getting this image of you in a basement in a white lab coat, with a really bad grin and all kinds of lab equipment.[/COLOR]

'

When that plucker gets set up, I have three test subjects.

I prefer to refer to it as back yard chemistry.

 

[wingstone]

That lil quail baby is running around waking up the chickens that are due to hatch tomorrow.

kind of miss having quail babies, they are so much more energetic than others

 

[chiques chicks]

kind of miss having quail babies, they are so much more energetic than others

I have learned. 2 week old quail can fly. Fast.

 

[beaglady]

No! No! No! I have a plan and must stick to it! I cannot go buy speckled Sussex, just cause they're on sale!

http://harrisburg.craigslist.org/grd/3748451647.html

Didn't someone here want Bresse?

 

[cskotek]

Are they pipped or pipping.....
not sure your phase?


First they pip

Then they rest + - 24 hrs

and then finally they zip

The one is the 24 hours. then the other is zipping.. like the start of it. It piped while I was at work.

 

[cskotek]

If I do, sure. If I don't, I am going to lose my entire year's income from my flock.

Thats no good!!!

 

[missydcpc]

Anyone who has their CPT let me know and I'll add it to your info on the map. That way we can all find CPT's easily.