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[pennyJo1960]

@Alaskan love the recipe close to our own copied it also thank you

 

[CapricornFarm]

just tell him you wanna walk it with him, hand in hand

I drew up a plan to explain what i wanted. He saw the light!

 

[Beer can]

80.00 for organic/freerange is cheap!
I had a local hardware store that got us non gmo feed that I used for my birds.
And it was only 11.00 per bag here. But I did mix a lot of grains to give them to put the weight on them and give them enough protein. Wheat, oats, and other grains mixed. I also grew fodder for them. They do need more protein than chickens do.
I crossed some of my heritage bronze with a bbb hen I had. I had to open the shells as the poults were to large to hatch. But I did get 8 to raise. I enjoyed them so much.
These were my crosses. They could fly and they were larger than the standard bronze but not as large as the bbb.
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I guess it isn't what I would be willing to spend but what others would pay. Maybe I should get a bunch of them in the spring.
Every time I happen to see the price of a goose in the store I think dang I ought to have a flock of them on our pond, and that's just for regular store bought geese, I think they were around $67?

 

[chickadoodles]

I guess it isn't what I would be willing to spend but what others would pay. Maybe I should get a bunch of them in the spring.
Every time I happen to see the price of a goose in the store I think dang I ought to have a flock of them on our pond, and that's just for regular store bought geese, I think they were around $67?

If you like to eat them it would be worth it for you to raise a few and let them multiply.
Then you could start selling the extra drakes. lol If you can find a market for them you could do well between the two.

 

[ronott1]

I guess it isn't what I would be willing to spend but what others would pay. Maybe I should get a bunch of them in the spring.
Every time I happen to see the price of a goose in the store I think dang I ought to have a flock of them on our pond, and that's just for regular store bought geese, I think they were around $67?

How long does it take for a goose to be ready for processing?

 

[microchick]

@Alaskan, My mother always made cornbread and sage stuffing. Your recipe for the cornbread sounds just like hers only she would make cornbread several days before Thanksgiving and let it set out until it was stale then crumbled it and made her stuffing. I always have been a fan of cornbread stuffing. She tended to use more sage than was to my taste but loved it anyway.

Thanks for the good memory.I think I miss my mom the most around Thanksgiving. She was an excellent cook and always in her element. We would all be around the table, hardly speaking except 'pass the potatoes, pass the gravy. Rolls....and sounds of us all enjoying an excellent meal. It pleased her. She would just call us a bunch of hogs (affectionately) and say 'I worked for three days cooking this meal and you guys have it cleared away in 20 minutes.' But you could always tell it pleased her.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I guess I miss Ma everyday still tear up but she was not that great a cook she even noted when she came to stay that week I had turned into a great one... Grandma made a cornbread stuffing and she cut it in small squares yes she would let it get stale then make it.. Me I buy a box not stove top but still in a box I will add giblets and juice saving most for homemade gravy

 

[Alaskan]

@Alaskan love the recipe close to our own copied it also thank you

thanks, and you're welcome.

I guess it isn't what I would be willing to spend but what others would pay. Maybe I should get a bunch of them in the spring.
Every time I happen to see the price of a goose in the store I think dang I ought to have a flock of them on our pond, and that's just for regular store bought geese, I think they were around $67?

How long does it take for a goose to be ready for processing?

goose was the least expensive meat we ever raised. once they got past the baby stage their diet was 95% grazing our lawn. They were big enough, and I had 5 or 6..so NO PREDATION ISSUES!!! That is huge at my place. We started to goslings in the spring, when the grass died in the fall we penned them up for 2 weeks to fatten, then butchered.

Spouse hated them though.. they pooed all over, and liked taking their afternoon nap right on the front walk. So...no more geese.

 

[Alaskan]

@Alaskan, My mother always made cornbread and sage stuffing. Your recipe for the cornbread sounds just like hers only she would make cornbread several days before Thanksgiving and let it set out until it was stale then crumbled it and made her stuffing. I always have been a fan of cornbread stuffing. She tended to use more sage than was to my taste but loved it anyway.

Thanks for the good memory.I think I miss my mom the most around Thanksgiving. She was an excellent cook and always in her element. We would all be around the table, hardly speaking except 'pass the potatoes, pass the gravy. Rolls....and sounds of us all enjoying an excellent meal. It pleased her. She would just call us a bunch of hogs (affectionately) and say 'I worked for three days cooking this meal and you guys have it cleared away in 20 minutes.' But you could always tell it pleased her.

Thanks for sharing the memory. That sounds like a great thanjsgiving. Glad you liked the recipe.It always cracked me up that my folks cooked with pounds of butter. ..spouse thinks that is odd.

 

[Alaskan]

Me I buy a box not stove top but still in a box I will add giblets and juice saving most for homemade gravy

true...good gravy needs that giblet stock! yum!!