I finally got around to showing this thread to my boys. the are 13 & 16 and want you to adopt them. They say that they are used to working for food and your looks better than mine! Seriously, I really appreciate all of your advice and I may have more questions later on. We have our first gilt due to pig this week and hope to have plenty to kill next Winter.
You can ask anywhere you want but others may learn from your questions and get ideas I scald all my hogs that I'm gonna cut up if a big fat sow I skin it I use old cast bath tubs. I personally wouldn't waste time on a sow by scrapping her.i would take a big 275 gallon tank and use it as a scalding tankI probably should be sending you pm's, but there may be other folks that benefit from our discussion here. Do you scald or skin your hogs? I am looking for ideas for my own scalding vat. I really want to be able to move it around with pallet forks and be big enough for a 600 pound sausage sow if I need it
You can ask anywhere you want but others may learn from your questions and get ideas I scald all my hogs that I'm gonna cut up if a big fat sow I skin it I use old cast bath tubs. I personally wouldn't waste time on a sow by scrapping her.i would take a big 275 gallon tank and use it as a scalding tank
Have you ever tried burning the hair off with a rosebud on a propane torch?
i make head cheese, grandpa always called it head sausage.Do you ever make souse?