The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Been busy with pigs the past couple of days. Slaughter, skinning & hanging on Thursday. About 8 hours of butchering and sausage making yesterday. Smoking bacon tomorrow. Phew. About 500 lbs of meat.

 

[bruceha2000]

I wish i could have gotten a picture, all of the quail were crammed in the dish i have been putting food in. They throw all the food out and sleep in the dish.
The cat is trying to sleep and i have the lights on...View attachment 1308453

"Geez Ma, have a heart - turn off the light!!"
That "dish o'quail" would have been a fun picture.

Me thinks it is raining! Well, actually, me knows it is!!

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There IS land under there somewhere, right??

Been busy with pigs the past couple of days. Slaughter, skinning & hanging on Thursday. About 8 hours of butchering and sausage making yesterday. Smoking bacon tomorrow. Phew. About 500 lbs of meat.

That should keep you fed for a few weeks!
Fair to ASSUME some of it will be sold??

 

[CapricornFarm]

Hubby put down the baby quail with the bad feet and ankles. The teeny one died. The one with the bad beak is hanging in there. The rest of them are thriving!

 

[Blooie]

Hubby put down the baby quail with the bad feet and ankles. The teeny one died. The one with the bad beak is hanging in there. The rest of them are thriving!

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

That should keep you fed for a few weeks!
Fair to ASSUME some of it will be sold??

We processed it ourselves, so legally we can't sell it. A friend is going to buy 100lbs but the rest is for just the 2 of us. Finally convinced CJ that we don't need to raise pigs again this summer.

 

[rjohns39]

We processed it ourselves, so legally we can't sell it. A friend is going to buy 100lbs but the rest is for just the 2 of us. Finally convinced CJ that we don't need to raise pigs again this summer.

Do you buy feeders and raise them out or breed your own?

 

[CapricornFarm]

I wanted to go to a swap today to look for quail and a male Lionhead rabbit but couldn't face the cold so early. Maybe in 3 weeks the weather will improve.

 

[bruceha2000]

We processed it ourselves, so legally we can't sell it. A friend is going to buy 100lbs but the rest is for just the 2 of us. Finally convinced CJ that we don't need to raise pigs again this summer.

400 pounds will last 2 people a LONG time. Over a year if you each eat 1/2 pound EVERY day!!!

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Do you buy feeders and raise them out or breed your own?

We bought feeders with the intent of either getting our own boar and breeding it with the one gilt we had. Eventually we figured out it would cost too much, so we'll stick to feeders for the time being. We butchered the gilt last November and the 2 narrows we had this week.

 

[Blooie]

Even less if I show up! As far as foods go, there's pork and then there's just other stuff!!