What did you do in the garden today?

[cj2024]

I bought a 2ft slab of pork belly with skin on from Costco. I will try preserving it with salt and oil like this video. But I will marinate with one cup of salt to 1 gallon of water and boil the brine together with the pork after 12 or more hours.

 

[Rick589]

Took three young roosters to auction the other day because we had too many (4 boys out of 10) and the flock stress level was high. I don’t like auctioning them off but you have to do what needs to be done and culling is not an option for me. Anyway, just received a check today and each of the boy BO’s sold for $19.00 each which makes me feel much much better. I tell myself that someone paying that much for a chicken is not looking for a dinner main course, naive perhaps but it helps me to not get so depressed at giving them up.

 

[cj2024]

Took three young roosters to auction the other day because we had too many (4 boys out of 10) and the flock stress level was high. I don’t like auctioning them off but you have to do what needs to be done and culling is not an option for me. Anyway, just received a check today and each of the boy BO’s sold for $19.00 each which makes me feel much much better. I tell myself that someone paying that much for a chicken is not looking for a dinner main course, naive perhaps but it helps me to not get so depressed at giving them up.

You're lucky to have a place to auction your chickens. I have to slaughter my excess roosters. I hate doing it because, I could get an already roasted one from Costco.

 

[Rick589]

You're lucky to have a place to auction your chickens. I have to slaughter my excess roosters. I hate doing it because, I could get an already roasted one from Costco.

I just couldn’t butcher one of our chickens so having this livestock auction nearby is definitely a blessing. I don’t think we’ll let our hens hatch out anymore nor do I think we’ll buy chicks again. We’ve pretty much decided to buy pullets in the future regardless of cost. Giving our chickens, our roosters, up for auction is hard for me even knowing their presence puts stress on the flock. Rock and a hard place for me.