ButtonsPalace
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So last night we finally got everything set up to butcher rabbits. Well this morning I woke up in the mind set of processin at least one rabbit. I will say I had quite a few snags. So let's begin...
So I went out to get the doe, realizing I didn't know where the broom I needed was. My first mistake right there. Well after getting the doe I decided to walk in the back door vs. Going back around, which was a good idea because I found a broom that would work. I brought her up let everyone who wanted to say bye to her say it and I thanked her for becoming our dinner tonight and whatnot and then I set off to work. I set her on the ground where she struggled a bit initially and then finally got still so I corrected her position and had her held up ( Here's where it gets really good you guys). So I pull at the same time my boyfriend opens the door and she screams and my hands slip, boyfriend goes "oh" then shuts the door. I touched her eyeball and no movement but I still pulled until I heard the breathe leave her lungs just to be safe.
Little did I know inside the house was my boyfriends 10 yr old brother who isn't too into the idea of processing animals to begin with.Now heres what happened in bulleted list order (the funny part)
-I'm outside preparing to cull and process rabbit on carport
-Boyfriend opens door and rabbit screams at same time
-10 year old inside is mortified and says ohhuhhoohhu.. Some I feel sick sort of noise
-Then everyone spends several hours trying to convince him it's ok lol.
Alright now for the serious stuff, she screamed which messed with me for a bit but its ok because I spent probably 30 minutes with her laying in a tote, trying to figure out how to use the skinning hooks ( Could someone please share some photos of where to cut and how to hang? I could hardly find anything.) well I used them the best I could. I did have some issues telling the organs apart so if anyone has pics I would love to see those as well .
Hmm, I think that's all. It was a pretty good first time in my opinion. I definitely need to practice and how do I clean/cook the organs? Do I need to clean the organs before I cook them for my dogs? And also I found a mushy feeling sac I tried to cut it open but was kinda afraid something might squirt out haha. It was to the left side about the ribs. Oh and where do I cut the throat for best and fastest bleeding out? How long on average does it take to bleed out?
Oh and I don't have garden shears so I used pliers to break the front and back legs and cut them off. The bones are sticking out pretty sharp any recommendations on how to fix this or will I just have to get shears to fix it? Oh and here's a pic
First rabbit for dinner! This is my First ever animal butcher and first time eating rabbit.
Any advice on processing Silver Fox in particular would be greatly appreciated I spent more time than I would've liked trying to clean to fur off the meat.
So I went out to get the doe, realizing I didn't know where the broom I needed was. My first mistake right there. Well after getting the doe I decided to walk in the back door vs. Going back around, which was a good idea because I found a broom that would work. I brought her up let everyone who wanted to say bye to her say it and I thanked her for becoming our dinner tonight and whatnot and then I set off to work. I set her on the ground where she struggled a bit initially and then finally got still so I corrected her position and had her held up ( Here's where it gets really good you guys). So I pull at the same time my boyfriend opens the door and she screams and my hands slip, boyfriend goes "oh" then shuts the door. I touched her eyeball and no movement but I still pulled until I heard the breathe leave her lungs just to be safe.
Little did I know inside the house was my boyfriends 10 yr old brother who isn't too into the idea of processing animals to begin with.Now heres what happened in bulleted list order (the funny part)
-I'm outside preparing to cull and process rabbit on carport
-Boyfriend opens door and rabbit screams at same time
-10 year old inside is mortified and says ohhuhhoohhu.. Some I feel sick sort of noise
-Then everyone spends several hours trying to convince him it's ok lol.
Alright now for the serious stuff, she screamed which messed with me for a bit but its ok because I spent probably 30 minutes with her laying in a tote, trying to figure out how to use the skinning hooks ( Could someone please share some photos of where to cut and how to hang? I could hardly find anything.) well I used them the best I could. I did have some issues telling the organs apart so if anyone has pics I would love to see those as well .
Hmm, I think that's all. It was a pretty good first time in my opinion. I definitely need to practice and how do I clean/cook the organs? Do I need to clean the organs before I cook them for my dogs? And also I found a mushy feeling sac I tried to cut it open but was kinda afraid something might squirt out haha. It was to the left side about the ribs. Oh and where do I cut the throat for best and fastest bleeding out? How long on average does it take to bleed out?
Oh and I don't have garden shears so I used pliers to break the front and back legs and cut them off. The bones are sticking out pretty sharp any recommendations on how to fix this or will I just have to get shears to fix it? Oh and here's a pic
First rabbit for dinner! This is my First ever animal butcher and first time eating rabbit.
Any advice on processing Silver Fox in particular would be greatly appreciated I spent more time than I would've liked trying to clean to fur off the meat.