Processing Day Support Group ~ HELP us through the Emotions PLEASE!

[chicken pickin]

TY for that link, I see it now, wayyyyyy down at the bottom of the first page! Sorry to bother here.

No bother at all. Good luck .

Also if you find your States thread where people local to you chit chat you could try posting there as well.

 

[Beekissed]

Sally, any ol' time is fine. Just ask what you want to ask and I'll answer on here as best I can and others can chime in as well. It's just all these nervous Nellies that worship at the feet of the USDA who instill fear in all the newbies about the dangers of home canning and using pressure canners and that's a shame. That's one thing that's calculated to get my hackles flaring....those who love to over dramatize simple things in life.

Canning has been done for so long and by so many, especially us plain ol' hillbilly women, that it still amazes me how many people are nervous about it. If us hillfolk can master it, anyone can...just takes common sense.

Ask away!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Sally, any ol' time is fine. Just ask what you want to ask and I'll answer on here as best I can and others can chime in as well. It's just all these nervous Nellies that worship at the feet of the USDA who instill fear in all the newbies about the dangers of home canning and using pressure canners and that's a shame. That's one thing that's calculated to get my hackles flaring....those who love to over dramatize simple things in life.

Canning has been done for so long and by so many, especially us plain ol' hillbilly women, that it still amazes me how many people are nervous about it. If us hillfolk can master it, anyone can...just takes common sense.

Ask away!

I agree, they make people freak when they read 10 lbs of pressure for 90 minutes and this and that and the other thing.... and its no big deal when you do it for petes!
Even at the ball jar site, they have to cover their butts and make it seem way too complicated for a normal person to handle! if you want to can, just get a pressure canner and ask on here LMAO!

it can be ALOT more simple than that! ha ha ha but I want to know more details than I can get in their books, how to can more specific stuff! or what stuff I CAN can that can be of great use to us!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I keep looking at these pretty little dark cornish bantams, I am not sure I will have the heart to process them. by gosh they are gorgeous little birds arent they!!! I need to take some images this weekend and show you them! what am I going to do with them though!!

 

[Kusanar]

I keep looking at these pretty little dark cornish bantams, I am not sure I will have the heart to process them. by gosh they are gorgeous little birds arent they!!! I need to take some images this weekend and show you them! what am I going to do with them though!!

Buy some Rocks, breed the batches together and make your own CX

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Buy some Rocks, breed the batches together and make your own CX

they are bantams though

 

[Kusanar]

they are bantams though

then they will be short CX

 

[BantyChooks]

I keep looking at these pretty little dark cornish bantams, I am not sure I will have the heart to process them. by gosh they are gorgeous little birds arent they!!! I need to take some images this weekend and show you them! what am I going to do with them though!!

Give them to me

 

[the poppster]

Well the first butcher day....5 Roosters I didn't need or want...stressing out the hens and my main rooster....things settled down already! Don't miss them one bit...it was easier than I thought it would be...they had to go....why not into my freezer? We made a cone....the Turkey cooker heated the water...a plucking pole....a carving board...cooler with ice and water...no mess no fuss....except for the catching part....separated the Roos from the others and fed the Keepers treats when they got upset...calmed them right down....the butchering was done out of sight of the others, that's important....got a few more that need to go, but they are to young yet...in a month or so...then that's it for the winter. If you raise them you have to be able to take care of them if you have to. The scalding temp seemed to work best at about 135-140...didn't damage the skin...and the feathers came off easily for the most part...hand plucking. I'm happy with the results...and the coop has room for everyone.

 

[fisherlady]

Well the first butcher day....5 Roosters I didn't need or want...stressing out the hens and my main rooster....things settled down already! Don't miss them one bit...it was easier than I thought it would be...they had to go....why not into my freezer? We made a cone....the Turkey cooker heated the water...a plucking pole....a carving board...cooler with ice and water...no mess no fuss....except for the catching part....separated the Roos from the others and fed the Keepers treats when they got upset...calmed them right down....the butchering was done out of sight of the others, that's important....got a few more that need to go, but they are to young yet...in a month or so...then that's it for the winter. If you raise them you have to be able to take care of them if you have to. The scalding temp seemed to work best at about 135-140...didn't damage the skin...and the feathers came off easily for the most part...hand plucking. I'm happy with the results...and the coop has room for everyone.

Glad it went well for you. I agree that if you are raising them you should have a way to take care of them up to and including a butcher plan when needed. To me it is simply a part of the responsibility you accept when raising animals.
I do really appreciate the peace and quiet in the coop after an 'unneeded rooster' butcher day. We have been there many times and will be doing so again in the next week so.