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  • Butchered five rabbits today

    in a little under an hour! I'm slow, but getting faster. We have done a couple of new things that we think work better for us, than the way DH's uncle showed us.

    He bonked 'em on the head with a hammer, and I hated that. They squealed and it just bothered me. Now we put them under a rake handle, stand on both sides and break the neck by pulling up sharply. I have also decided it is quicker and easier to cut of the head immediately after, rather than waiting. I think they bleed out better.

    DH is out of town for a week at a class on child abuse. I don't envy him, those are difficult classes. :( :mad:

    When he gets back we have nine more to butcher and 18 chickens. Getting closer every day to not having to buy meat from the grocery store.

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    We just got a pet rabbit for the kids...I told my wife that if this relationship didn't work out I could just lay out carrots right up to the crock pot!!!

    Hoping to get to where we can raise some to eat.
    "It's a trap!!!!" -- Admiral Ackbar

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    • #3
      Started thinking about getting into rabbits as next phase of being prepared. Havnt got the rabbits yet but have the names picked out. Soup pot and smokey.

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      • #4
        We are over-run with rabbits! Thankfully, DH decided not to breed anything until mid to late August. We need to get some more pens, or get rid of some rabbits. We started out with two does and a buck. We now have a new understanding of the old saying "breeding like rabbits."

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