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Pig Butchering Results
The results are in and so is the meat! This week we picked up our pork from the processor. We got a fairly good spread for the size of our pig, and all-in-all we are very pleased. He was on the … Continue reading
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Tagged butchering, carcass, country, country life, country living, country skills, family, farm, farm animal, farm animals, hanging weight, hog, hog butchering, homestead, lard, lard rendering, live weight, market weight, mini-farm, on the hoof, pig, pig butchering, pig processing, pig weight, render
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Hog Wrestling (a.k.a. Delivering Pig to Butcher)
This week we took the pig to the local processor to get butchered. What an ordeal it was. First some background: “Stripe” the pig was born in April, we bought him as a feeder pig in June and we’re butchering … Continue reading
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Tagged butchering, country, country life, country living, country skills, equipment, family, farm, farm animal, farm animals, hog, hog butchering, homestead, homesteading, mini-farm, pig
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