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(sorry I don't have definate amounts, I usually just wing it) The night before, cut the meat up into the appropriate sizes and marinate overnight in enough buttermilk to cover. I use a zip bag and place it in a bowl in case of leaks. I add seasonings, salt, pepper, poultry seasoning, onion...

This morning DH and I processed our first 6 buns. It went really well, with a few mistakes but not terrible ones. We held them by the hind legs and then whacked them on the back of the head. Only 2 bled out like the video by Bowbuild, but I think that will get better as we get more experience. I...

Hi all! Dh and I have a pistol bb gun we were planning on using for dispatch. It is a Smith and Wesson .177 caliber, takes steel bb's or pellets, is powered by a co2 cartridge, and has a velocity of 360 fps. Will this do the trick for AmChins? A friend suggested we use our little .22 pistol that...

Frankie's kits (6) are just over 7 weeks old. Saturday we put the mesh divider in to separate them, and today Frankie kindled 8 live kits! The space was too small for her nesting box, so I cobbled one together out of a wash tub and some cardboard. Frankie did great, pulled some fur, and had them...

At the legal age of course. A friend is interested in maybe raising meat rabbits, and wanted to buy a couple of weaned kits, grow them, and process them himself. I'm not sure how much to sell them for. Thanks all!

Hello all! I was hoping the veterans could chime in with their favorite/best youtube video demonstrating dispatch and cleaning. Thanks!!

#1 kindled today, her second litter. Her first time around she had 5, and 4 died in the cold. This time she had 8! 5 in the nest box, and 3 on the wire. :mbounce: Silly girl stopped halfway thru and had a parsley snack lol. Pics coming up!

Hi all, I have a garden question. Last fall I harvested my potatoes and put some of them in a box til 'later', of course I forgot about them, and when I opened up the box yesterday, I saw they'd sprouted, of course. Well, the sprouts are about 2 feet long lol, and they have little nodules all up...

Hi all! Dh and I just realized we need more cages...funny how that happens. We have a current set up of four cages along our side fence, and I am planning on hanging the grow out cages in the chicken run. The girls can pick through the spilled feed and poop, and generally keep things clean. And...

Frankie's kits are 5 weeks old now, and I am hopeless at sexing them. I noticed one of them has a little round thing on either side of it's 'parts', kind of in its hind leg armpit area. Are these boy berries? I am guessing a pic would be helpful here, but the darned things are just so squirmy!

Went out this am to find a 2 week old kit sitting outside the nest box. His fur was cold but he was warm, whew, so I warmed him up some and put him on the bottom of the pig pile. I'm not sure if he was drug out with mama or if he went exploring, everyone's eyes are open now. At any rate, I...

Popples! Number two had 5 popples yesterday :D First time momma, and she didn't pull much fur. Luckily I have a bag full of alpaca fiber that spins up like twine, so not good for that, but chopped up a bit worked great in the nest. She did great and didn't have any on the wire. Both number 1...