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DrPizza

DrPizza

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My wife finally got pictures of our new rabbits online... 3 new pets: English lop rabbits.
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Just ate 2 of the chickens earlier in the week. I was kinda bummed. The flavor was excellent, but they were a bit on the tough side - at least the white meat, anyhow. (Only 9 or 10 weeks old.) Huge chickens though; 1 would have been enough for 5 of us eating it. Usually, with store rotisserie chickens, we eat 2 of them and have nothing left but bones. As far as juiciness, they were excellent, not dry at all, but that's as much the cooking as the chicken.

Now, I have 20-something meat chickens left to butcher. Later, I have about 75 other meat/egg chickens which I'll slowly butcher and eat, as well as enjoy the eggs of. They're growing a lot more slowly (about 3 pounds each, as opposed to the 5-8 pound meat chickens at the moment.)
 
Howard, weird... I've never had a problem (except the night I had a horrible time linking, mistake after mistake.)

We've also eaten a pig, plus if I ever have enough time to do the fencing, we'll get a few beef cattle. These rabbits are a bit out-of-bounds as far as meat goes... one of those would be about the most expensive meal I've ever eaten. I've posted in the past that I can pick up rabbits for under $3, and that generally, there's no reason to pay a lot of money for a rabbit.

However, for this particular breed, most of the reputable breeders who have exceptional quality animals have waiting lists. These ones have outstanding pedigrees... The grandmother of one was the #1 rabbit in Ohio, and the #6 rabbit in the nation. My wife and I are going to be going to shows to show 1 of them (Calvin). Their offspring, if they conform to the standards of the breed, won't be cheap.
 
So basically if $/lbs. is greater than some set number they are spared the kitchen table?
 
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Just curious, the livestock you decide to eat ... how do you do the deed?
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Well, when I offed the chickens, I started some water boiling in the house. Grabbed a very sharp knife, dropped it by a tree. Grabbed some lightweight rope and tossed it over a tree limb , tied with a loop on each end. Went in and selected two chickens (one of the two probably would have died within a few days anyways - his breathing had a raspy sound; product of growing too quickly.) Hung one on each end of the rope by their legs. Grabbed the knife and carefully sliced across the arteries in their necks (don't cut their heads off.) Blood of course poured out in a continuous stream until they were dead. They never struggled; I think the knife was sharp enough that it sliced without really causing pain. Meanwhile, as they bled out, I went into the house to perform some first aid on the back of my wrist, since I bumped it with the knife, leaving a nice bleeding gash. Then, I took out the big pot of boiling water and a garbage bag to the chickens. Dipped a chicken into the water for about 10 seconds. I couldn't believe how easy it was to pull feathers after that. Dipped it again, and got the majority pulled out. Then repeated for chicken 2. Took them to the sink in the house to finish pulling a few pin feathers here and there.

Then, sliced the heads off the rest of the way, cut the legs at the knees, removed the last section of the wings, removed the neck, cut around the tail and anus, disemboweled them, rinsed the insides, rubbed them with seasoned salt, and put them into the rotisserie. Fed the livers and hearts to the dogs. Set the timer on the rotisserie, cleaned up what little mess there was from feathers, and relaxed til the chickens were done cooking.


To off the pig, I dropped it off at the butcher, picked out how I wanted my meat to be done, and drove away.
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
To off the pig, I dropped it off at the butcher, picked out how I wanted my meat to be done, and drove away.
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Good decision. Killing and butchering a hog is not a fun experience. We've only done it once (two hogs), and I won't do it again. Damn tasty though.

Cute bunnies btw.
 
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