Last week, I told you the 4 steps for raising chickens for meat. Today, I want to show you exactly how to butcher chickens for meat. It is advisable to butcher meat birds between 6 and 8 weeks of age. *Please note, there will be pictures of dead chickens below. So if you are squeamish …
As a homesteader, it has been a dream of mine to raise chickens for meat. 1) We eat a lot of chicken in our home. 2) It’s my favorite meat to cook because it is so versatile. 3) I know that store-bought chickens do not live the best lives: they often live in small dirty …
Have you ever wondered how to grow a pineapple? I have! And it’s funny, because when I tell people I’m growing 4 pineapples from other pineapples, they think 1) I’m nuts, and 2) they tell me that they honestly thought pineapple grew in trees! Nope! Growing a pineapple is not as hard as one may …
I have something exciting for y’all this week!!!! A while ago, I approached my friend and fellow blogging mom, Danielle, about writing a blog post for me. It’s taken a bit of time, but hello….. she’s a mom of 3 little boys between the ages of 4 and 6… two of which are twins. I’m …
A few weeks ago, I explained why and how my family switched to family cloth: yep, the reusable toilet paper. As detailed in that post, I have A LOT of family cloth squares. I cut approximately 200-250 7” x 7” squares. Obviously, that is a lot of squares, so I have found another purpose for …
Some days I kick ass at homesteading. Some days, I’m all like: let’s bake bread from scratch, hang our clothes to dry, make a salad from the garden, sew the holes in my socks, I want a milk cow, and 4 goats, and 3 beef cows, and 4 pigs, and so on. Other days, I’m …
