Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[wyoDreamer]

We have done the tennis ball method for pulling hide, using a tennis ball, a rope and an ATV.
One of our friends has an old ice freezer from a gas station in his shed. When they soot a deer, they drag it to the nearest road, haul it to camp with the jeep, tag and register the deer, pull the hide with a tennis ball and a Willys Jeep, then they quarter it with an electric chainsaw running with vegetable oil instead of regular bar oil, and toss it in the freezer. Takes about 1 hour from kill to freezer - the freezer doesn't freeze anymore, but it keeps the meat just above freezing unless it is below freezing outside. At the end of the season, they divide the quarters with all the hunters at the camp that want meat. One guy only takes his tenderloins and back straps and lets the others have the rest. One guy never shoots a deer - he hunts, but not very hard - but he gets a hind quarter every year for the freezer. He is the camp cook so the rest make sure that he taken care of.

 

[bigzio]

Slippery Morning here....Came out of the big coop this morning and slipped tossing the waterer and the treat pail on the way down. I later had to JB weld the bottom where the huge crack was. It works great for repairing the plastic trays when they develop a crack.

Good to hear Chuck will get after some meat and horns. I know how he feels about the neighbors...I can understand, cause I have the neighbors from he!! here also. You shared some brats with us at the bash a couple years ago....they grilled up nice and were tasty.

Yep, we place a stick to spread the chest to speed up cooling if it has to hang due to timing. Tenderloins are always pulled if that is the case. They become awful dryed out if left in the cavity. I don't want to have to trim any of that prime cut away.

Later...bigz

 

[jvls1942]

good afternoon, I was in the shop notching the top ring of rails for the plucker,, they turned out perfect and fit the barrel perfectly,, now I can move ahead with the rest of the frame,,

have to notch the bottom ring of rails and then glue up the legs ro make them 3" x 3"

I had the small heater on,, too much area for that little thing,, I have a large one I can take out later.. it wasn't freezing out there, but my feet got cold from standing on the almost frozen concrete.

 

[FrenchToast]

You'll probably feel that later Jim. As you know that Cole from the cement gets right into your bones. Nice relaxing hot bath sounds good !
Might venture out today if I can even walk to the truck !

 

[delisha]

I took some pic of the BLRW I got from Delish....




He was in a crowing mood so his wings are a bit dropped. I think he looks pretty good but I know little of the standards. I just think he's a nice looking bird.

wow nice front on that bird,..beautiful lacing.

Missing grapes or food in general is a kid thing in my opinion.

I'm also glad for the late game as I just got back a few hours ago from the hospital. Dad is coming home tomorrow and DD12 is also home.

Still not frozen here. We have had snow, frost, etc. but none lasting or requiring scraping or shoveling.

Keep warm up there.

how do you like our frozen morning? Hows the pup doing?
Cookie is doing so good. I love her to bits.

Quote: That picture of the chick might be a female pea comb...give it another week.
I just went through colon cancer treatment..they suck. You better not wait so long next time..it can really get away from you. You have to many people needing you right now to neglect yourself.

Went to see GI surgeon today, scheduling me for another colonoscopy and egd. He's leaning towards Crones disease and did a bunch of blood tests. Will know more later.. On top of my horrible day, my daughter Tasia's ex creep bf stole her car, stole the title, forged signatures and gets to keep the car and we have to file a small claims on him. He also stole her plates for her other car and says he threw them away in garbage and noones making him give them back or find them. We know he still has them and is using them on her car he stole. We also wanted her wallet and other personal items out of the car. Made arrangements with the sheriffs dept in Hayward/Sawyer cty and took his things up to him, he got his stuff but they wouldn't make him give her things. What a crock of poo I say. I can't believe that a lying, thief can do this to my daughter. They also said he could go into the apartment and take anything of hers and nothing we could do about it. I can't believe what this world has come to. Sad part of it all is the car is in my name and he gets to just steal title, forge names and keep the car. He's native and him and his cronies have made death threats on my daughters life. Tyler is staying with her until we can get landlord to switch locks tomorrow and I'm on 911 standby. Every day seems to be getting better and better...straight sarcasm there if you didn't catch it.. Just got home from Hayward. They even threatened to throw me in jail for not agreeing with their decision. The city cop even screamed at me to "get the hell outta here now before I throw you in jail"

Also my Ebay eggs, the so called Blue Ameracaunas that were green and olive were all infertile. The WW hatched out 4, one died so I have 3 alive and they have single combs so I filed a claim with Ebay and the seller is taking no fault in it. When I called Ebay the man handling the case knows nothing about chickens period so I'm not sure how this will turn out. I did ask them to do some research on the breeds so he knows what fraudulent auction this person is doing. :ady is trying to tell Ebay theirs no way of telling the comb style at hatch and that they "grow into" their combs with age. Well not when ur dealing with a single comb versus a rose comb. Come on look at this little guy.

 

[chikenscratch]

Delisha - Theo is doing well. He is still limping around on 3 legs. Tomorrow he goes in for a neutering and x-ray while he is under to figure out what is wrong with his leg. As far as outdoors, he doesn't seem to be bothered by the weather at all. Cuties gave me some great tips for training and I've purchased a new collar that really helps, but with his leg on the fritz, I've not done too much training around the chickens.

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

I'm going to see Garth Brooks tonight!

 

[Kildare49]

Should be a great concert.

I do remember some of the "old timers" would not butcher until following spring.

Skin, take out tenderloins, and leave hanging in the barn until spring.

Trim off green,and butcher.

 

[Terri O]

Should be a great concert.

I do remember some of the "old timers" would not butcher until following spring.

Skin, take out tenderloins, and leave hanging in the barn until spring.

Trim off green,and butcher.

Really? That kinda sounds disgusting...but who am I to say? I butchered mine after we hit them with the truck! Yeah, DH helped me get them strung up in the barn and then said, "I am going to bed."

What a sweetheart....

I think I am on the mend...finally. OF course DH is now sick and spent the entire day in bed...then he will brag how great his immune system is when he is recovered IN JUST ONE DAY! (and it took me 4) OK--dont go there!

There was something else....I must be catching CIndy's CRS! Oh no.
Frenchie I also saw that thing about the cows in Shawno. My friend is Dairy Carrie and she explained a little bit. Look her up. SHe is a good egg. I cant believe those pics of the snow you shared! WOW--I am glad we didnt have that here! Bad enough I had to pull our stored hoses...totally IMPOSSIBLE to unroll a vinyl hose when it is 20 degrees outside! I finally carried buckets. GOt the good one thawed in the pit though and watering was much easier today!

Good night...oh yeah, BigZ--our kraut is made! TErriO


ETA: CS---I missed what happened to Theo's leg?

 

[bigzio]

Evening All...just made it home from our annual Broasted Chicken Dinner fund raiser at church. We served 391 hungry folks...we were happy with the turnout and are calling it a success again! Don't know what the profit is yet till all the bills are paid, but it was worth the effort for sure.

Time for a cold one.

Hope it turns out good for you TO. How much did you make? Like in lbs.... We did 2 batches and will have plenty for the whole year. I love eating kraut on so many different things.

No hunting in the morning...time for a morning off...gonna be nasty cold.

Jim you can get meat birds from sunnyside hatchery in the Spring really reasonably priced.... you are gonna need them to test out the new plucker and fill the freezer.

Peace...bigz