Our day started 12 hours ago, as we tumbled out of bed. We had a quick cup of joe from last night's brew with a bowl of cereal and yoghurt. We then prepared the chicken and pig food. The chickens all shared a 5-gallon bucket of chopped butter leaf lettuce, a 5-gallon bucket of papaya cut into quarters, and a 3-gallon bucket of brown rice mash. This morning, their mash contained cooked brown rice, chicken skins, crushed chicken bones, and soy milk. They also received some layer pellets and scratch. The pigs got some cracked Mac nuts and a 3-gallon bucket of mash. Their mash contained brown rice, molasses, roots, lettuce, papayas, onions and peppers. They also got a few scoops of pig pellets and cracked corn.
After feeding the livestock, we picked out 4 of the meat birds and butchered them. Final weights, 5, 5, 5, and 5.25 lbs. We cleaned everything up, froze the birds, grabbed our pot luck dish and some eggs in a homemade shopping bag for a housewarming gift, and jumped in the car to drive north to a bridge party at noon.
After the party (around 5 pm), we went by the farmer's market to pick up our truck load of fruits and veggies.
A long day.
6 more chickens will find their way to our freezer tomorrow morning....
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