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An Australian family trying to go a little greener

butchering

Skinning A Duck

October 14, 2013 by Darren

What do you do with a misbehaving drake? Around here, you invite him to dinner!

Posted in: Keeping Animals, Preparing Food, Recipes Tagged: butchering, dog, ducks, fox, jamberoo, meat, recipe, slaughtering

Processing Meat Rabbits

August 27, 2013 by Darren

Rabbits are one of the best ways to supply your family with home-grown meat. They’re easy to care for, economical, and quick to process.

Posted in: Keeping Animals, Preparing Food Tagged: Australia, butcher, butchering, DIY, freezer, Joel Salatin, meat, offal, rabbits, slaughtering

Rooster Processing Day

August 5, 2012 by Darren

I processed four surplus roosters last weekend. Having an organised workflow makes the whole thing a lot faster and easier! There are no graphic photos in this post.

Posted in: Frugality, Keeping Animals, Preparing Food Tagged: australorp, birds, butcher, butchering, chickens, compost, DIY, dog, freezer, offal, processing chickens, rooster

DIY Chicken Processing Station

February 20, 2011 by Darren

A cheap and simple home-made chicken processing station. It also doubles as a very handy outdoor sink for washing vegetables, plant pots and tools.

Posted in: Frugality, Growing Food, Household, Keeping Animals, Preparing Food Tagged: australorp, butcher, butchering, chickens, recycling, rooster, vegetable garden

The Cost Of Raising Your Own Pigs For Meat

February 16, 2011 by Darren

A complete summary of the costs for our first foray into raising our own pigs for meat, from piglet purchase right through to slaughter and butchering.

Posted in: Frugality, Gleaning, Illawarra Businesses, Keeping Animals Tagged: abattoir, butcher, butchering, electric fence, feral fruit, freezer, fruit trees, meat, pigs, pork, vegetable garden, Waste, weeds

Home Grown Pork

February 12, 2011 by Darren

The pigs finally came home from the butcher. We received back 74 kilograms of porky goodness per pig – that’s a lot of meat to have sitting in front of you!

Posted in: Keeping Animals, Preparing Food Tagged: abattoir, butcher, butchering, freezer, meat, pigs, pork

Taking The Pigs To The Abattoir

February 9, 2011 by Darren

The pigs have finally reached a good baconer size, and are ready to head off to the abattoir.

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: abattoir, butchering, jamberoo, pigs, tahmoor

The Big Pig Project 2010

September 21, 2010 by Darren

In our quest to eat more sustainably, we’ve been experiencing what it’s like to raise our own animals for meat. So far it’s only been chickens, but we just raised the bar another notch with the addition of three pigs to the back yard! Aren’t they adorable? These little guys are super-cute, and you could … [Read more…]

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: butchering, chickens, chooks, meat chickens, pigs

Processing Chickens

August 8, 2010 by Darren

That’s the euphemism for those that don’t like to say “slaughtering and butchering chickens”! I processed the last two roosters from our first batch of chicks today. We’re keeping the one female from the group to join our layer flock. This photo is from the start of June – I just realised I hadn’t taken … [Read more…]

Posted in: Keeping Animals, Preparing Food Tagged: butchering, chickens, chicks, processing chickens, rooster, slaughtering

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