There is nothing better than fresh, homemade sausage made from farm-raised pigs. With this recipe you can make 10 pounds of sweet and savory pork sausage that your whole family will enjoy! Freeze it in one-pound bags and make a delicious meal anytime.
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Raising meat chickens in your backyard is easier than you might think. In this guide, learn how to take Cornish-Cross chicks and turn them into chicken for your freezer in just eight short weeks. A timeline for housing, feeding, care, and butchering is provided and discussed.
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The Cornish-Cross is the most popular breed of meat chicken raised worldwide. They exhibit unsurpassed growth, high carcass yield, and are docile and easy to care for. Here are the reasons we choose to raise them on our homestead.
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Using a chicken tractor may be the best way to raise meat birds. From a productivity, ecological, and animal welfare standpoint, a chicken tractor provides benefits over both confinement and free-range options. Find out if a chicken tractor is a good fit for your farm.
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You can get snow-white, odorless, moisturizing tallow from suet or the fat surrounding the organs of a ruminant animal. Here is one way to render the fat into tallow, using your kitchen stove. This wet, stovetop method consists of warming the tallow and straining it to remove impurities.
Turning pork fat into lard is easier than you may think. You can use this easy dry rendering method in your slow cooker for creamy white lard that is great for cooking, baking, or making skincare products. The process is as simple as heating and straining the fat to remove any impurities.
Putting a pig in your freezer will ensure your family has a variety of delicious meats year-round. Here are the reasons we switched from raising cattle to hogs. Aspects from the management and butchering perspective are covered as well as financial implications.
If you are a hunter or raise livestock to feed your family, you will find it extremely helpful to have the knowledge and equipment to butcher animals on your own property. This article will highlight the must-have items you need to begin at-home butchering. From dispatching to vacuum-sealing, here are the necessities.