B&B Happy Goats....journal

[Mini Horses]

Pork chop iis only about thirty pounds, when the bigger one gets here then he can have a buddy ....hope they get along

All this while Leon slept?? Does he know yet??? LOL

 

[drstratton]

I wonder why the crows are decimating your chicken flock and yet the Red Tool House folks don't have any problems? In fact, he is glad the crows are there because they keep the hawks away:

My son has huge Ravens at their house and they killed their Banty chickens!

 

[CntryBoy777]

Nice looking drake!!.... .....the piggies are cute!!....those "girls" are gonna be justa Dancin' for their new "man"........sounds like ya might have a good "deal" in the works.....

 

[Baymule]

So what breed of pig are the Pork Chops?

 

[chickens really]

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Brotherly love

Awww! That's so sweet seeing them so happy together.

 

[rachels.haven]

Mmm. Berkshire is yummy. It goes for top dollar here. Not too porky.

 

[Baymule]

Berkshire are supposed to have fat marbling throughout the meat. The first feeder pigs we raised were Large Black and Berkshire cross. There is a Berkshire breeder a couple of counties away, but the prices on them are HIGH! If you got these at a reasonable price, count yourself fortunate! If you are going to have these processed, better make an appointment NOW. If you can't get a slaughter date in the next 6-8 months, better plan on slaughtering them yourself. I don't know about your location, but around here, bookings for slaughter are in March to May 2021 already. It's nuts.

I like raising pigs. They are easy to raise and provide a lot of meat. Check out @promiseacres thread on ham and bacon curing.

Curing Ham & Bacon

So we had the opportunity to purchase a processed hog, but the bacon and hams weren't going to be cured. We decided to attempt the process ourselves. We had about 4 # of side meat for the bacon and the hams were cut up into 3-5# "roasts" and a few steaks. I had room to dry cure the bacon...

www.backyardherds.com

We have two pigs that will go to slaughter August 24, they don't cure bacon or ham. We have done bacon before and it was the best bacon ever.
Never tried a ham, so following along with promiseacres to see how hers turns out.

Stupid power is flickering on and off. Wach time the internet has to reset itself. I guess I need to get fressed and fo do chores. Misspellings are a result of my typing in the dark I am not a good typist, I gurss i'll comr bask later and post thos.

I tried to post this morning, but the electricity did not cooperate. LOL

 

[drstratton]

Well....Pork Chop is now a happy pig, I went this morning and bought his bigger brother, we now have Pork Chop # 1 and Pork Chpo # 2...they are having a family reunion right now #2 is leading the way.....
Absolutely have to get that pen finished now says Leon ......our neighbor just paid me for one of the pigs and we are taking turns on buying the feed for them.....should get really interesting when the third pig arrives
This was poor pathetic Pork Chop #1 this morning before his brother arrived...View attachment 74228

Oh my goodness, I looked at the picture before I read anything and I thought he'd gotten smashed...lol! Glad that wasn't what happened!

 

[chickens really]

It's no wonder I couldn't see lol, my vision in my righ eye was 20/70 with these glasses and 20/40 in my left eye....new lens corrected to 20/ 40 in left and 20/25 in the right.....He said since the macular tear, that I will always have the blind area but I was lucky to have my perferial vision...so the cost of new lenses to put into my current frame are now $250.....visit $70 cash...and this is at Walmart Vision center , the only game around us for eyewear

I also need an eye appointment. I can't see far away so my glasses are okay for that but now I pull my glasses off to read. I'm hopefully going to get my eyes tested again soon and have better vision. I use Walmart myself.

 

[drstratton]

It's no wonder I couldn't see lol, my vision in my righ eye was 20/70 with these glasses and 20/40 in my left eye....new lens corrected to 20/ 40 in left and 20/25 in the right.....He said since the macular tear, that I will always have the blind area but I was lucky to have my perferial vision...so the cost of new lenses to put into my current frame are now $250.....visit $70 cash...and this is at Walmart Vision center , the only game around us for eyewear

So sorry to hear that! I wish they could do more for macular issues!