EllieMay's journey towards self-sufficiency.

[EllieMay]

Yeah, they're just SO CUTE!

And they get BIG real FAST.

But that's part of the joy of having an 'annual' pig.

You just keep them while they're growing 'babies' and slaughter them, then next year do it all again.

 

[EllieMay]

Well, Bacon loves hanging out with the sheep (and dogs).
I was fortunate enough to get her while she was still young, so she thinks she is a sheep.
When the sheep go out to graze, Bacon is in the midst grazing along with them.
When they come in for a snooze, Bacon is snoring with the best of them.
She's getting bigger!
She likes to follow me around and get her tummy rubbed.
And she loves her picture taken.

 

[jodief100]

Bacon looks delicious. Happy animals are tasty animals, no stress hormones, no negative energy. They have this wonderful, happy life and then it is over before they know anything else. If you are going to eat meat, that is the best way to do it.

 

[elevan]

x2


You should submit some pics for picture of the week too

 

[Four Winds Ranch]

Nice pig!!! It looks very happy and is enjoying its life to the fullest!!!!

 

[EllieMay]

So we took our first lamb up to the butchers and ate our first lamb chops off our farm!
DELICIOUS!!
I think the feeling knowing that the meat did not come from a sick animal certainly made eating meat raised on the farm more pleasurable.
I hate going to the sale barns and seeing all those sick animals heading out for slaughter and knowing that's what ends up at the grocery store.

We weren't sure how much room one lamb would take up in our freezer, so we only processed one at this time.
This is some of what we ended up with:

Next week, we take Bacon up to see the butcher.

 

[Four Winds Ranch]

Yum!!!!!
We will be getting our lamb meat back from the butcher next week, and your pic is making me hungry!!!
What weight was your lamb (live) when you sent it to the butcher?

 

[EllieMay]

It was a small lamb... maybe 70-lbs.
I forgot to weigh him before he left.
The butcher sliced the chops thick.
I have a couple more that I'm trying to put some weight on; their butcher app't is not until mid-January.

 

[EllieMay]

Chula had her puppies on New Year's day!
We had sub-zero temps, so I hung a heat lamp in the barn for her and the pups.
It kept the air temp above freezing.
She has been such a good mom!
Mom and Dad are both registered Turkish Kangal dogs.

Here are some photos taken at one week old:

Girl "A"

Girl "B"

Girl "C"

Boy "D"

Boy "E"

Boy "F"

Mom and pups

Proud Daddy

 

[Four Winds Ranch]

Very beautiful!!!!! So adorable!!!! I want a puppy!!!!