Just a two short weeks ago we processed our first flock of pasture raised chickens this year. All said and done at 7 weeks our Cornish Cross birds that went out on pasture at 3 weeks of age averaged about 4.5# and we did 150-ish birds… so doing that math that’s over a 1/4 of a [...]
Here’s a GREAT question that I’m POSITIVE other people have had (thanks Michelle for the email):
“Hi Andy~ Any chance you will be butchering the chickens this year to purchase select meat? The reason I’m asking is b/c we really only eat the white meat and last year a lot of our chicken was wasted. [...]
(Posted in response to a great comment/question)
Q: I think the closest farm to me that I can buy a whole chicken is Newnan. I fear Newnan. I’m curious as to what your opinion of Bell & Evans is… that’s the company that supplies my farmer’s market and I did some superficial research and thinking it’s a step [...]
by: Kelli
Last year we bought a pressure canner and really put it to good use. Given the weather this year and the issues we had with our tomatoes, the canner didn’t get as much of a workout but we still managed to stock some of our shelves.
Canning our veggies and some fruits makes great use of [...]