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[AL bamadude]

Hello, and welcome to BYC!

-Kathy

Thanks

 

[casportpony]

Quote: I will miss seeing your posts there.

Hi everyone!

-Kathy

Hey Kathy.....

Hi there! How's Southern Cal?

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

@Lsky

Many of us raise our animals for food. IN my case I want to know how well it was treated from day one. I want to know it had the best life possible and was humanely Dispatched without drama. I also want to be sure to use as much of the animal as possible without waste.

For instance.... I want to raise Guinea Fowl. There is a good market here for Keets because this is Tick country. So I hope to sell Keets and hatching eggs. But there will be leftovers for the season... those that dont go into the breeding flock will be processed.

Guinea products I want to sell:

• Feathers
  • for crafting
  • for Fly tieing
  • Pelts for fly tiers
• Blown Eggs
  • for crafting
  • for carving

I want to make

• silver wire jewelry
• decorated eggs
• carved eggs
• dream catchers

I will be making my own from all my poultry
home canned

• broth
• meat
• Bone broth
• dog food
• stew

preserving
duck meat

• Proscheuto
• Pastrami
• Corned duck
• Jerkey
• sausage
• fat
• Comfied meat

I also want to raise Tilapia for the table through Aquaponics setup. Not sure I could do the whole thing with the hydropnics too. But I know how to raise fish....

Processed and filet and frozen or
Home canned

• like tuna
• like sardines or kippers

Preserved

• smoked and dried
• smoked and canned

Fish bones and skin and leftovers

• Turned into Fish stock

After fish stock the bones can be ground for fish meal added to garden... or fed to the chickens. Same goes for bone broth processing of all left over bones.... once the broth is made the bones powder up nicely

I may try to raise sheep for meat but I would have to have help with the processing.... Barbados Black belly is a hair sheep and the meat supposed to be lean.... but I am afraid of sheep.... funny that.

I am not afraid of goats but the only goats I will have will be pets.

deb

You want any of my peafowl feathers? Pay for shipping and they're yours!

-Kathy

 

[Latestarter]

Hey Kathy! Good to see you here.

Hmmm I got "bad boy slapped" three times (I think). I try to stay level headed. This is a pretty great thread as I can only remember a couple times when there was any "heat" to the discussions and it simmered down rather quickly. We do need to keep in mind that "freedom of speech" doesn't exist here as we are guests to/of the site owner and therefore, the rules are set (and enforced) by him/them or designated representatives.

If you (or anyone else) want to be a veggan (or state any opinion or belief), then that's your choice and effects nobody else, so have at it

It's even OK to proclaim your choice and back it up. It only gets to be a problem when you try to downgrade another's counter belief or be disrespectful of others in general. It's kinda a fine line sometimes when freedom of speech is restricted to being PC (politically correct).

Anyway... moving on. Glad you're getting your desk back LSky. Looking forward to seeing more of your drawings (that you're willing to share).

 

[casportpony]

Hey Kathy! Good to see you here.

Hmmm I got "bad boy slapped" three times (I think). I try to stay level headed. This is a pretty great thread as I can only remember a couple times when there was any "heat" to the discussions and it simmered down rather quickly. We do need to keep in mind that "freedom of speech" doesn't exist here as we are guests to/of the site owner and therefore, the rules are set (and enforced) by him/them or designated representatives.

If you (or anyone else) want to be a veggan (or state any opinion or belief), then that's your choice and effects nobody else, so have at it

It's even OK to proclaim your choice and back it up. It only gets to be a problem when you try to downgrade another's counter belief or be disrespectful of others in general. It's kinda a fine line sometimes when freedom of speech is restricted to being PC (politically correct).

Anyway... moving on. Glad you're getting your desk back LSky. Looking forward to seeing more of your drawings (that you're willing to share).

I have learned that there are certain subjects I should stay away from.

-Kathy

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: Hi there! How's Southern Cal?

-Kathy

Hot.... Hows the ponies..... My girl Katee is livin the life... her farrier calls to make appointmens.... The feed store guy takes her hay up as a favor.... Tom my neighbor feeds her for me and keeps an eye out for her..... shes surrounded by minions....

deb

 

[Beer can]

I've been eating the crap out of fresh picked peas from our garden.mmmm :-D

 

[ronott1]

I have been dehydrating eggs for a couple of weeks now.

I do not know what I will do with all of them! I might wind up feeding them back to the chickens.

 

[Athaid]

Hey Kathy! Good to see you here. 

Hmmm I got "bad boy slapped" three times (I think). I try to stay level headed. This is a pretty great thread as I can only remember a couple times when there was any "heat" to the discussions and it simmered down rather quickly.  We do need to keep in mind that "freedom of speech" doesn't exist here as we are guests to/of the site owner and therefore, the rules are set (and enforced) by him/them or designated representatives.

If you (or anyone else) want to be a veggan (or state any opinion or belief), then that's your choice and effects nobody else, so have at it It's even OK to proclaim your choice and back it up. It only gets to be a problem when you try to downgrade another's counter belief or be disrespectful of others in general. It's kinda a fine line sometimes when freedom of speech is restricted to being PC (politically correct).

Anyway... moving on. Glad you're getting your desk back LSky.  Looking forward to seeing more of your drawings (that you're willing to share).

I'm definitely not PC, trust me.. Lol. But once you get me started I may never stop. I'm always happy to answer people's questions and discuss things, but most people just seem to stick their fingers in their ears and shout at me, not literally of course but you know what I mean.

I can't wait to get my desk back either I still need to find something to draw for my dad.

 

[drumstick diva]

Hi Kathy, wish you would show up more often.