MtViking- A little piece of paradise.

[Bruce]

You are doing well MtViking. I suspect processing is hard on most everyone even if all goes quickly and well. Harder when it isn't so "perfect".

What do you plan to do with the hides? You could make cat toys with some of them.

 

[GardnerHomestead]

Ill be following your journal now, Montana is beautiful, lived in ND for a bit but its a whole nother world lol. We also have an English Mastiff and hes a great farm dog. His sheer size is enough to keep things away for the most part.

 

[Xerocles]

My first litter is coming up to processing size soon. My plan was to use a version of the hopper popper. When I was MUCH younger and had rabbits, I used a 1/2" thick board and was fully successful. Don't recall (but memory fades a the years pile up) any undue suffering. But the popper sounds certain and efficient.
Would you please PM me (so you can be as graphic as necessary) the problems you encountered? There's still time for me to modify my plans for dispatch.

 

[MtViking]

You are doing well MtViking. I suspect processing is hard on most everyone even if all goes quickly and well. Harder when it isn't so "perfect".

What do you plan to do with the hides? You could make cat toys with some of them.

Thanks. I don’t know what I’m gonna do with them yet but cat toys is a pretty good idea. I might use some for a nice winter hat something. I plan on just collecting them up until I have enough to start making stuff.

 

[MtViking]

My first litter is coming up to processing size soon. My plan was to use a version of the hopper popper. When I was MUCH younger and had rabbits, I used a 1/2" thick board and was fully successful. Don't recall (but memory fades a the years pile up) any undue suffering. But the popper sounds certain and efficient.
Would you please PM me (so you can be as graphic as necessary) the problems you encountered? There's still time for me to modify my plans for dispatch.

I sent you a message

 

[MtViking]

Well we are getting chickens to add to the family. We got a grab bag special of who knows what and a few rare breed that I don’t know what they are. My wife is going to be I charge of the chickens so she knows what she has coming. Should be fun

 

[thistlebloom]

That should be fun! I like a mixed flock.

 

[Bruce]

I have a very mixed flock. Makes it easier to tell who is who and who is laying. Of course if they were meat birds I'd have all the same breed so I couldn't easily tell them apart. Best not to get emotionally attached to your future food.

 

[Baymule]

Never heard of a hopper popper. Just watched a video on it. It looks like a good tool, maybe you just need practice. Taking a life can be unnerving, when it doesn't go right it makes you feel pretty bad. There is nothing wrong with being compassionate over the animals you use for food.

I used a short stick, sometimes it didn't go right and I had to hit them again. I finally got it down, without any tool at all. I held the rabbit upside down, stroked their ears forward until they were still, then I karate chopped their neck, breaking it. It was quick, it never failed. But that isn't for everybody.

Congrats on meat in the freezer. It is a good feeling to raise and process your own meat. You will get better at this.

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Mr. @MtViking,

Refresh my senile memory -- did you get a lot of snow this year or was there only a little?