skyhightree1
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Counting down the days till processing
Almost time...
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TexasBred
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Looking good. I'll PM you my address so you can ship my country ham when ready. lol
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skyhightree1
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TexasBred":1b6h9rq2 said:
Gotcha covered :lol: Thanks yea every time I see them I keep thinking about pork chops and some sausage
Rafter S
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skyhightree1":23caqqc0 said:
It looks like a lot of work to me. We butchered our own until I was grown. We heated water to scrape them. The head meat and kidneys went into blood sausage, we cleaned the casings for sausage (the large casings were used for blood sausage), and we rendered out the fat for cooking grease. I don't think I knew what Crisco was until I was in high school.
As far as I can remember the only parts we didn't use were the stomach and lungs.
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skyhightree1
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Rafter S":3er4wgh7 said:
It is a lot of work but its fun doing it with friends and neighbors and cutting up. We scald and scrap too. The small intestines will be cleaned for chitlins
and the large will be used to stuff sausage in then smoked the lungs are the only thing on them that will not be used. We also render the leaf lard too it will be a lot of work but when I bite into the first piece of bacon or pork chop I will be ready to start the process again. The stomach the HOG MAW will be eaten for sure :mrgreen:ALACOWMAN
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Eat every thing but the squeal....
True Grit Farms
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Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. Looks like some good eating.
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skyhightree1
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jltrent":28bje6ej said:Whatever you are feeding you sure have them looking good.
Thank you sir.. it's a secret.. Na kidding I feed brewers grain, milk, bread, sweet snacks and 100lbs of corn a month is all they get. Unlimited brewers grain bread snacks and milk.
wacocowboy
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That's some good looking bacon.
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skyhightree1
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wacocowboy":1g4s6e5l said:
Thanks... If weather permits I will start processing them.
wacocowboy
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skyhightree1":2osq4ynl said:
One day I'd like to get set up to raise some pigs.
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skyhightree1
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wacocowboy":3sn1owyh said:
not too much to it.. you can be set up in 2 days
wacocowboy
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skyhightree1":3uw3jqu0 said:
Yeah but I want them set up where they don't stink up the place.
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skyhightree1
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wacocowboy":yjtff0yz said:
Build a nice sized pen and don't put alot in it they crap near there water source so if you have a big pen and don't put a ton in it your good to go. However, there is always a smell it's just how bad depends on the choices you make lol
Jogeephus
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That smell can be a bonus. We were in the process of donating some land to the state so they could build a fire tower in a more centralized location which would help everyone in the county but a neighbor started petitioning the move saying it would hurt the value of his home so we got word to the malcontent through a gossiping busybody that it was either the fire tower or a hog operation. He withdrew his complaints and has been smiling ever since.
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skyhightree1
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Still not cold enough and there still growing
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skyhightree1
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jltrent":l893f036 said:
My smoke house is only 4x4x6 I hope it handles it well. Yea your right about the salt aspect I will go ahead before that happens though.
