The Old Folks Home

[superchemicalgirl]

Al looks similar to here

Not happy

At least the snow Banks are high enough to keep me out of the woods.

 

[drumstick diva]

I'd love some home made challah, my grandmother was a fantastic baker but, my mother never attempted making one. She did some very good strudel though.

 

[microchick]

Don't take me wrong SGC but that much snow? Better you than us, LOL. I looked outside this morning and it actually looks as if spring is struggling to break winter's hold and last night I heard my first robin in the timber. Haven't seen any yet but usually within a week after hearing one, we will wake up and the front yard will be filled with male robins. Such a welcome sight!

You all will be proud of me! Made it out of TCS WITHOUT chicks. Have to admit it was hard. They only had meat birds and a black chick breed that I didn't recognize. Then there were the ducklings, the cute, adorable, fuzzy, fluffy butt ducklings. Two of them cocked their little heads at me and I told DH "LOOK at those cuties! They are saying Mommy! Mommy! We Wuv You! Take us home with you!" DH just laughed at me and told me that they weren't saying that at all. I was still trying to convince him that they were while we were walking away.

 

[NotAFarm]

I was in TSC to get black oil sunflower seed yesterday and those ducklings were saying the same thing to me!
I was strong...nope...no ducklings...but that single khaki campbell looking one was very tempting!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Well good afternoon sorry guys where taking garbage to the dump all hand it it does not come out of room it will not go.. Spring may get here no long john layer on top, I am in t-shirt ... We all took the oath I guess no new chicks from feed store

 

[microchick]

Crock potted my juvenile delinquent roo that I butchered on Saturday. Man, the stock was unbelievably rich! This was the first of my birds that I'd ever butchered so it was a big learning curve for me. I have the feeling that it's one of those skills that's like getting used to changing loaded diapers, it takes time and practice to learn not to gag through the process.

I also noticed that the flesh was really a deep rich color in comparison to what you buy at the local market. Is that common in home raised/butchered birds?

Yeah, There were mainly Pekin's in the tub at TSC although there may have been a few Rouens in with them. I didn't see any runners or Cayugas. I really like ducks, almost as much as I like my Bantams but as DH reminded me, I'd be starting over and building from scratch. That made me pause. Building from scratch sounds like it's more work than I want to do right now.

 

[pennyJo1960]

On the phone with our internet people hate talking to them by the way cell phone blue screen fixed We were told cannot take out the battery .... Wanna bet figured that out fast rebooted phone after like 5 minutes maybe 15 phone booted up normal

 

[ronott1]

Crock potted my juvenile delinquent roo that I butchered on Saturday. Man, the stock was unbelievably rich! This was the first of my birds that I'd ever butchered so it was a big learning curve for me. I have the feeling that it's one of those skills that's like getting used to changing loaded diapers, it takes time and practice to learn not to gag through the process.

I also noticed that the flesh was really a deep rich color in comparison to what you buy at the local market. Is that common in home raised/butchered birds?

Yeah, There were mainly Pekin's in the tub at TSC although there may have been a few Rouens in with them. I didn't see any runners or Cayugas. I really like ducks, almost as much as I like my Bantams but as DH reminded me, I'd be starting over and building from scratch. That made me pause. Building from scratch sounds like it's more work than I want to do right now.

The results are well worth the work!

Good job on processing the first one

 

[Alaskan]

I also noticed that the flesh was really a deep rich color in comparison to what you buy at the local market. Is that common in home raised/butchered birds?

Yep.

Because home raised means that they actually moved about and were active. It makes the meat richer, darker, and more flavorful. However, it does also mean you need to be careful that you don't make the meat tough. Cooking low and slow does a great job.

 

[microchick]

Yep.

Because home raised means that they actually moved about and were active. It makes the meat richer, darker, and more flavorful. However, it does also mean you need to be careful that you don't make the meat tough. Cooking low and slow does a great job.

I got finished with the butchering around 6 and just let the meat rest overnight. Put it in the crockpot about 6 pm the next night and cooked it till 8AM. I was expecting it to be tough but it fell off the bones.

I've always heard that letting the meat rest for the rigor to go out of it was vital no matter what the home butchered meat was.