B&B Happy Goats....journal

rachels.haven

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Hi, just popping in. If you ever want to have a little extra fun with your bunnies try using a poultry brine on them for 12-24 hours then cooking them. I do not like the flavor of rabbit, but it was mostly okay brined. Breading and frying after brining was good too. I liked this brine for bunny the best. https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/170656/simple-chicken-brine/
 

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I can do squid and octopus ....but crawfish look like bugs to me .....and i have had gator tail ,and thought it was like rubber.

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Let'see….when I had rabbits, I was the Bubba Gump of recipes.

Rabbit N' Dumplings
Rabbit Chili
Rabbit Chili Over Fritos
Rabbit Sausage
Bunny Burgers
Fried rabbit
Smothered rabbit N' Gravy
Smothered Rabbit With Tomatoes
King Ranch Rabbit Casserole
Shredded Rabbit in BBQ Sauce
Rabbit Mole'
Rabbit and Noodles Soup
Rabbit and Vegetable Soup
Rabbit Stir Fry

Cook and eat all that and you'll start getting buck teeth......jus' sayin'
 

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Why do you mow to supply your sheep? Don't they graze it? Or do you like the exercise? Or is it your personal yard? If you need to mow an area that is not fenced pasture check out the Premier electric netting temporary fences. With a solar charger you can move the fence every day or so to have them do an intensive grazing in specific areas. We bought a couple 30 years ago but did not know enough abut them and did not use them properly. The new ones come in heavier types that would work for us now with Pos/Neg that would be good for the soil. I really want to try them again but we are so steep and such heavy clay and shale that I am not sure it would work for us. The How To instructions make it look easy but they are on really nice level pastures. Not sure how easy it would be to install on our steep terrain.
 

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I have almost 1000' of netting and we use it all around our place. I only mow like that when we have lambs in a dry lot situation or they are in a sacrifice paddock until they wean their lambs. All of the grass I mow for the sheep comes from our neighbors 3 acres that borders our drive way. I can cut the grass and bring it to them faster than I can move fence and then get the sheep into it plus the neighbors lot looks like a lawn when I'm done rather than a pasture that the sheep couldn't keep up with grazing.

The mower is a rider. :)
 

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didnt really think you would use a push mowere, lol:thumbsup

I actually used a push mower with a bagger attachment the first winter when we had our original 10 pregnant ewes but that goes back a ways. We had some really lush winter grass and they loved it. That is also the reason I bought the Cub Cadet with baggers. :)
 
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