NH Homesteader- turkeys!

[NH homesteader]

Ordered sausage mix and casings last night. I have been making my own spice mix from scratch but I really want to have some pre-mixed sausage in the freezer. And we've never done links before so this... Should be interesting! We have all the equipment on our grinder and I suppose we will figure it out!

People keep saying they prefer to raise barrows for meat because they grow faster, but we are seeing a lot more fat in our barrows. I think we prefer to raise gilts. It'll be interesting to see how our barrow looks when we butcher him.

 

[Mike CHS]

We may have the same issue with our ram lambs. They have grown so fast I know we have been over feeding them.

 

[NH homesteader]

We also love our barrows, they've typically been more friendly than the gilts so it's harder to put them in the freezer! We have one gilt now that's as friendly as our boys have been but it doesn't typically go that way.

When will your lambs be ready for the butcher?

 

[Hens and Roos]

Ordered sausage mix and casings last night. I have been making my own spice mix from scratch but I really want to have some pre-mixed sausage in the freezer. And we've never done links before so this... Should be interesting! We have all the equipment on our grinder and I suppose we will figure it out!

People keep saying they prefer to raise barrows for meat because they grow faster, but we are seeing a lot more fat in our barrows. I think we prefer to raise gilts. It'll be interesting to see how our barrow looks when we butcher him.

Do you use just pork for your sausages?

 

[NH homesteader]

Yes we do. We want to do turkey sausage sometime too but haven't yet.

 

[Hens and Roos]

tried posting and my computer glitched....2nd try here. We would like to figure out a good mix using pork and rabbit. I think @Pastor Dave makes sausage with rabbit.

 

[NH homesteader]

Hmm I've never eaten rabbit so I wouldn't even know where to begin! DH says he thinks the rabbit will absorb the pork flavor and it'll taste like pork sausage. Except leaner I assume. I have no idea, but would be interesting to try.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Hmm I've never eaten rabbit so I wouldn't even know where to begin! DH says he thinks the rabbit will absorb the pork flavor and it'll taste like pork sausage. Except leaner I assume. I have no idea, but would be interesting to try.

rabbit is leaner and not a lot of fat which is why we mix it with pork when cooking it ground up. We have used fresh ground rabbit/pork to make sliders with but of course we eat those right away.

 

[NH homesteader]

Ah gotcha. Can you taste both?

 

[farmerjan]

Have I somehow missed a page or two that told all about his trip down and what he looked at and all? I feel like I am out of the loop or something....