The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[Bulldogma]

Hi Everyone!
Just found this group so want to add a post so I can go back and read all the awesomeness you have already shared.
~Dee~

Welcome to the thread, Dee!!

Guess what I got today? My very first turkey egg. Rosie has joined the ranks of egg layers! She just can't believe it. I tried so many times to get an up close pic of her but she kept pecking my lens.

Congratulations on your turkey egg!!

 

[JeffOeuf]

Delisha,

Need to know more about this buttermilk brining..

Seems like regular brining would add a whole lot of salt, and family members in our household can not eat a whole lot of sodium, so I'm curious..

Brining does not make the meat salty. Try it out. if you rinse after brining, there's very little residual salt in the meat.

Soaking in buttermilk is not brining. Sorry to get technical, but the chemical reactions are not the same. "Brine" is saltwater.

 

[Melabella]

All I did was clean up and there were PAGES of new posts!!!!

you clean up? Who has time for cleaning up with BYC to keep up with?



You should see my laundry pile...

 

[Pullet Surprise]

Quote: Well......it was a real quick lick and a promise!

 

[mrsamplias]

Brining does not make the meat salty. Try it out. if you rinse after brining, there's very little residual salt in the meat.

Soaking in buttermilk is not brining. Sorry to get technical, but the chemical reactions are not the same. "Brine" is saltwater.

We brine our turkey, very delicious. We have done the wet brine and the dry brine. Dry is easier.

We just returned from our trip up to the Central Coast of CA to attend the Poultry Show. My children said that it was the best weekend ever. I was humbled by their comments. All we did was walk around, look at every hen/pullet/roo, take pictures, watch the 4hers' Showmanship, and try to win a trio in a raffle (we didn't win, and we weren't sure what breed it was, not labled and this newbie family couldn't figure it out, maybe Minorca?). I think my kids are used to going to museums/zoos, and considered it yet another educational weekend. My dh enjoyed it too, and that made it even nicer. Everyone was very nice and friendly. We've all decided that it's time to build another coop (so we can get more...have space for isolation/breeding, etc)!! lol!! Glad we went!

 

[Pullet Surprise]

We just returned from our trip up to the Central Coast of CA to attend the Poultry Show. My children said that it was the best weekend ever. I was humbled by their comments. All we did was walk around, look at every hen/pullet/roo, take pictures, watch the 4hers' Showmanship, and try to win a trio in a raffle (we didn't win, and we weren't sure what breed it was, not labled and this newbie family couldn't figure it out, maybe Minorca?). I think my kids are used to going to museums/zoos, and considered it yet another educational weekend. My dh enjoyed it too, and that made it even nicer. Everyone was very nice and friendly. We've all decided that it's time to build another coop (so we can get more...have space for isolation/breeding, etc)!! lol!! Glad we went!

That sounds wonderful! Hope you will post pictures!

 

[delisha]

Quote: Technically you are almost correct..
Please don't tell all the Chefs that a buttermilk brine is not really a brine..
They would be heartbroken

Meat already contains salt water. All animals do. Milk already contains saltwater. (It came from an animal) By immersing meats into a liquid with a higher concentration of salt the liquid is absorbed into the meat. Any flavoring added to the brine will be carried into the meat with the mixture. And because the meat is now loaded with extra moisture it will stay that way longer while it cooks.

 

[delisha]

We brine our turkey, very delicious. We have done the wet brine and the dry brine. Dry is easier.

We just returned from our trip up to the Central Coast of CA to attend the Poultry Show. My children said that it was the best weekend ever. I was humbled by their comments. All we did was walk around, look at every hen/pullet/roo, take pictures, watch the 4hers' Showmanship, and try to win a trio in a raffle (we didn't win, and we weren't sure what breed it was, not labled and this newbie family couldn't figure it out, maybe Minorca?). I think my kids are used to going to museums/zoos, and considered it yet another educational weekend. My dh enjoyed it too, and that made it even nicer. Everyone was very nice and friendly. We've all decided that it's time to build another coop (so we can get more...have space for isolation/breeding, etc)!! lol!! Glad we went!

I am so glad you got to go..of course we all wait for pictures!!!

 

[delisha]

Quote: Your guys crack me up!!

 

[Melabella]

Your guys crack me up!!

Delisha,, every time I see your name, my brain says delicious! Then I get hungry. Thanks alot.....