Coffee

[baymule]

Afternoon break with bowl of corn flakes. Packing boxes. Sure goes slow. Got 20
pounds of chicken leg quarters thawing in the sink. I’ll can dog food tomorrow. While it’s processing I can pack more boxes. It will be 2 batches. I think there is more bags of chicken in the freezer.

 

[canesisters]

Back - I hope. Been missing all yall too.
I've been in 'survival mode' for a while but I'm DETERMINED to do something - anything - to get 'dirt therapy' this year.

 

[digitS']

@canesisters

Canesisters it is your day!

Happy Birthday @canesisters ... long time no see! Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable Birthday.

www.theeasygarden.com

 

[Artichoke Lover]

About to go grab some coffee now. We’re supposed to get storms this evening so I need to go make sure everything is tied down on the porches and around the coop.

 

[baymule]

Back - I hope. Been missing all yall too.
I've been in 'survival mode' for a while but I'm DETERMINED to do something - anything - to get 'dirt therapy' this year.

Awesome. You NEED dirt therapy!

 

[baymule]

I was up at 5:30. Got the pressure canner loaded with 7 quart jars of chicken leg quarters and rice by 6:30. Just turned it off a short while ago. Got another 10 pound bag to do. I get 7 quart jars per 10 pound bag of leg quarters. Dogs go crazy for it mixed with their kibble. They lick the bowls clean. Better than dry food that they eat a little and walk away from. Then ants get in it, or the sheep eat it or it just gets old and they don't want it anymore. So canning chicken for dogs it is. I buy leg quarters on sale.

I dump a quart jar into a half gallon jar and add water to thin it down. Each dog gets 2-3 big spoon fulls in their food and I mix it up. Works for me!

Now got to let it cool down, unload and reload 7 more jars.

 

[canesisters]

@canesisters

Canesisters it is your day!

Happy Birthday @canesisters ... long time no see! Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable Birthday.

www.theeasygarden.com

??? was this today??? I need to check my settings & set my correct birthday

 

[digitS']

It's a link to @Carol Dee 's

24 October post.

You need to show up about then, @canesisters

Steve

 

[Zeedman]

I was up at 5:30. Got the pressure canner loaded with 7 quart jars of chicken leg quarters and rice by 6:30. Just turned it off a short while ago. Got another 10 pound bag to do. I get 7 quart jars per 10 pound bag of leg quarters. Dogs go crazy for it mixed with their kibble. They lick the bowls clean. Better than dry food that they eat a little and walk away from. Then ants get in it, or the sheep eat it or it just gets old and they don't want it anymore. So canning chicken for dogs it is. I buy leg quarters on sale.

My father raised dogs @baymule , and fed them much the same way. He had an arrangement with the local butcher, who saved bones & trimmings for him, which he would boil down to broth. He also would get day-old bread from a local bakery, which he would crumble & mix with the kibble, and pour the warm broth over that. The dogs really loved that, especially during winter.

 

[baymule]

The chicken bones crumble after 90 minutes at 10 pounds pressure. In the summer I toss in vegetables from the garden.

My father raised dogs @baymule , and fed them much the same way. He had an arrangement with the local butcher, who saved bones & trimmings for him, which he would boil down to broth. He also would get day-old bread from a local bakery, which he would crumble & mix with the kibble, and pour the warm broth over that. The dogs really loved that, especially during winter.

Yes. This. Dogs are worth the extra effort to feed them well. I also save the offal from animals I take to slaughter. When we butchered chickens, the dogs got the necks, skin. wing tips etc. But there is never enough, so I buy leg quarters on sale for them.