Ever try frying potatoes in beef tallow? It's worth it. Pork Fat is a little bit hotter, but just as good!
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Buckmaster
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I save all my drippings and grease for future cooking. I use old bacon grease daily for my morning eggs.
triple_duece
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Second batch of pickled quail eggs in crab boil
So if you remember me bitching about peeling the eggs we tried something different. After boiling, cool them down w cold water. After they cooled we drained the water and covered in vinegar. The acidity in the vinegar eats the shell off only leaving the membrane to peel off. Much much easier and only 1 egg donated to breaking.
There is a couple other methods I watched on YouTube, put in a jar w a inch of water and shake for 15 seconds and peel. It looked much easier than the conventional way.
The other way was racking the egg and using the top of fingernail clippers to slip under the shell. Didn’t look that bad but better than conventional.
I have eggs on lockdown and should start hatching tomorrow (fingers crossed). I am not collecting for another incubation and got 19 eggs today. Will do another 5 day collection and should’ve able to set 90 or so.
So if you remember me bitching about peeling the eggs we tried something different. After boiling, cool them down w cold water. After they cooled we drained the water and covered in vinegar. The acidity in the vinegar eats the shell off only leaving the membrane to peel off. Much much easier and only 1 egg donated to breaking.
There is a couple other methods I watched on YouTube, put in a jar w a inch of water and shake for 15 seconds and peel. It looked much easier than the conventional way.
The other way was racking the egg and using the top of fingernail clippers to slip under the shell. Didn’t look that bad but better than conventional.
I have eggs on lockdown and should start hatching tomorrow (fingers crossed). I am not collecting for another incubation and got 19 eggs today. Will do another 5 day collection and should’ve able to set 90 or so.
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triple_duece
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I got babies this morning as today should be the big hatch. Ready to get this party started.
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Lost one bird the first night. I’m sure I will lose a couple more. It is what it is.
triple_duece
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Just put in 93 more eggs to incubate. Wish me luck. They will go on lockdown October 6th.
And the newly hatched birds seem to be doing good.
And the newly hatched birds seem to be doing good.
Wow, quite the operation you have going now! Definitely a time consumer!
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triple_duece
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It’s not that bad. Ain’t much work except for feeding and watering. Peeling eggs I think I have the method now. Plucking birds is much easier w scolding first. I’m not up to full speed yet. Today I will install some lights w a timer so the birds get 14 hours of daylight to produce eggs. Currently we at the minimum at 12 hours. Day light hours are getting shorter now.
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Well I feel like I hit the lottery. A coworker also works at Walmart and I asked him to get me ball jars. Today, 2 weeks later he calls me and says they have the size you want. Told him to put them in a cart and walk around w them so they wouldn’t get picked up. So, I went right there and bought 10 cases. Online people are selling them for 30$ a case. I paid 96$ w tax.
triple_duece
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Yup! My adults are molting so egg production dropped in half. Just put 42 new babies in the grow out pen and putting 90 eggs on lockdown tomorrow. Thursday and Friday we will see how we did.
triple_duece
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Just put in 93 more eggs to incubate. Wish me luck. They will go on lockdown October 6th.
And the newly hatched birds seem to be doing good.
Well looks like I had a good hatch. Can’t open it yet as some are still hatching. I will get a count Sunday when I pull them out.