tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post9123791254218272434..comments2024-02-29T10:26:56.584-05:00Comments on Ohiofarmgirl's Adventures In The Good Land: Holy Chicken Fat! All from one big meat!Ohiofarmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-4820631395842316342011-09-26T07:52:25.399-04:002011-09-26T07:52:25.399-04:00Yep, Diane, sometimes you just get a bad batch. Bu...Yep, Diane, sometimes you just get a bad batch. But I'm really glad you got your money back. <br />:-)Ohiofarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-39239248088027858032011-09-25T12:04:06.992-04:002011-09-25T12:04:06.992-04:00Thanks for the links! There was just something &q...Thanks for the links! There was just something "off" about the entire McMurray order this year. You know after you raise them for so long, you can just tell when things aren't going to go well? Yeah, that. Stupid birds.Dianehttp://speedkin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-7453775106231822062011-09-25T08:23:22.791-04:002011-09-25T08:23:22.791-04:00Hey Samantha... I'm having chicken liver pate ...Hey Samantha... I'm having chicken liver pate again for breakfast - whoot!<br /><br />Hey Diane! Oh NO! Sounds like a bad time all around. We get our birds from Meyer Hatchery which is here in Ohio:<br />http://www.meyerhatchery.com/<br /><br />Choosing the closest hatchery is usually the best bet - shorter travel time for the chicks. <br /><br />Another hatchery we really love is Ideal - they have red broilers which are much more 'chicken like' than the Cornish X's. You might want to give them a try:<br />http://www.ideal-poultry.com/<br /><br />Thanks for reading and feel free to chime in anytime!<br />:-)Ohiofarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-15506443753181775662011-09-24T11:11:51.592-04:002011-09-24T11:11:51.592-04:00Just found your blog in the last month or so and l...Just found your blog in the last month or so and love it!<br /><br />Where did you get your Cornish Xs? We ordered ours from McMurray like most other years but, man, they were horrible this year. They never did get big and almost half of them died before butchering (and not from heart attacks from being too big!). After a couple of times of complaining, they refunded our money but we're out the cost of several weeks of feed. That was stupidly expensive this year! <br /><br />We had great successes with the Cornish Xs from McMurray in previous years but not so much this year. I think this year has turned us completely off from them. We're going to just build up our laying flock (for egg selling) and that should give us enough culls to fill our freezer.<br /><br />Anyhoo, beautiful fat there!!Dianehttp://speedkin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-45093034639891562502011-09-24T09:12:31.691-04:002011-09-24T09:12:31.691-04:00Having my coffee and munching down toast and eggs....Having my coffee and munching down toast and eggs..all I can say is MAN I am jealous!Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12783813516976594115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-33975697782539239182011-09-24T09:08:00.743-04:002011-09-24T09:08:00.743-04:00Carolyn - can you believe these were from the end ...Carolyn - can you believe these were from the end of April!! Since we only had a few left they just hung out with the 'regular' chickens - so we didn't mind too much about the feed. Honestly time was just against us - we are on a weird daily schedule now. <br /><br />That Nourishing Traditions book has a lot to say about how we eat now. All I can tell you is that I tried to eat they way "they" say and it nearly killed me. Now I'm more protein and fat, not so much sugar, and barely any processed food. Worked wonders for me. <br /><br />Hey Dave! Livers are guts, right? Ha! I'm always afraid I'll share "too much." Hands down the best "how to dress a chicken" is my Harvey Ussery:<br />http://www.themodernhomestead.us/article/Poultry.html<br /><br />I could never do it better. <br /><br />Hey Big Onion! Thanks for reading - and saying 'hi'! Feel free to pop in anytime. That creepy meat was from April - a Cornish X, thats the fast growing breed of chicken you purchase in the store...and yep.. it just flopped right over (horribly). They are bred to grow out fast - but it too much for their systems. Commercially gown meat chickens are ready in 47 days!!!Can you believe it?<br /><br />Ginny - I love liver for breakfast. I'm having some country style pate right now on bread that I baked. Delish!<br /><br />DoC - I thought about it.. and I probably could have taken some of the meat off for the dogs. But really, it was getting dark and I was kinda skeeved out by the whole thing. If only we had dressed them last weekend!<br /><br />LRC - we've had a few "what the heck is THAT" moments. Good luck on your butcher day!Ohiofarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-41093553418516624692011-09-23T17:54:59.714-04:002011-09-23T17:54:59.714-04:00My mom told me that when my grandfather worked in ...My mom told me that when my grandfather worked in a slaughter house he often brought home unlaid eggs from chickens, turkeys, etc. I don't remember what she said they did with them though. I just know they ate them!<br /><br />I can only imagine the wonderful things you will do with that chicken fat. We bought a big tub o'lard from our favorite farmer a while back and stuck it in the freezer. It does amazing things for food, even in small doses.Dave @ HappyAcreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03441364543023807886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-91503053590933934152011-09-23T12:35:42.050-04:002011-09-23T12:35:42.050-04:00I will be doing much the same thing this weekend.....I will be doing much the same thing this weekend...meats need to get in the freezer...hmmm need to make some room in the freezer!<br /><br />Thanks for the pics of the eggs btw, I have boys but if I ever ran into this with a hen (or unknown) I would be like..."uh, what be that?" ;-PLittle Rooster Crofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05845589389782174817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-61038687865083180662011-09-23T12:20:41.476-04:002011-09-23T12:20:41.476-04:00Just curious. If the big creepy meat flopped over ...Just curious. If the big creepy meat flopped over dead of a heart attack, and you know it was fresh why not process it? Would it be unsafe to eat? Or just creepy?Dreaming of Chickensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-61248219767342209602011-09-23T11:49:48.919-04:002011-09-23T11:49:48.919-04:00I can see those livers fried up with onions and gr...I can see those livers fried up with onions and gravy on top of some grits :o) maybe some scrambled eggs too if I had time :o)...chicken fat rendered is valuable..Ye Gads, wish I were younger or already had a farm :o(Gingerbreadshouse7https://www.blogger.com/profile/01285484153508538882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-2756555143261162302011-09-23T09:22:16.501-04:002011-09-23T09:22:16.501-04:00This post was just what I needed first thing in th...This post was just what I needed first thing in the morning! Haha.<br /><br />Actually, quite an awesome story. What kind of chickens are you raising, and how old was it? I'm just amazed that it got too big and just keeled over! <br /><br />And the developing eggs is just ... bizarre. <br /><br />Hehe. Guargantu-HEN. Awesome. Love your blog. I've been reading for awhile, just never posted. Thanks for the awesomeness this morning. :)Big Onionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828663940095148052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-81238812367482598402011-09-23T07:16:01.171-04:002011-09-23T07:16:01.171-04:00So where were the guts n gore? Sigh ... I know you...So where were the guts n gore? Sigh ... I know you've done the hog dressing posts (getting near yet?) Do you have creepy meat dressing posts?<br /><br />The new cat is cute! Always had a soft spot for tabbysDavid P. Offutt - The Gastronomic Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941257262332056194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-25330709122548521442011-09-22T22:12:55.298-04:002011-09-22T22:12:55.298-04:00How old were the last of your creepy meats? We wa...How old were the last of your creepy meats? We waited a little longer than normal one year and butchered the last of the fifty at around eleven or twelve weeks, and there was a LOT of fat on them. Which I really don't mind because we roast our birds and chicken fat = great chicken GRAVY! We've raised Cornish X's for four or five years now and I've only lost one, but to the heat (it was HOTHOTHOT), never to a heart attack or leg problems. <br /><br />Last year (and this year now) I've been limiting the creepy meat in their eating. I used to put food out 24/7 for the first week, then during daylight hours, but now I only feed them in the morning and evening. As much as I like the chicken gravy, I figure if they have that much fat on them, they are getting too much food & putting it on as fat, not meat. And since feed prices are skyrocketing this year, I figure I have to save money somewhere....even if it's at the cost of yummy gravy. <br /><br />Why am I thirty pounds overweight??? :)<br /><br />Thanks for the "real farm" pictures. Not that I'd mind cute kitty pictures though!Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14436557172029575513noreply@blogger.com