I didn’t know what to name this blog post. Although a boring title, the words “small” & “homestead” are of huge importance in making our decisions regarding our choice of pig breeds. Trying to decide between the many breeds of pigs to raise is difficult and confusing. Our path to self-sustainability has led us toContinue reading “Small Homestead Hogs for Meat”
Category Archives: Livestock Life
Say NO to Fast Food – Heritage Chickens VS Cornish Cross for SUSTAINABLE Meat
March 2016 Throwback Cornish X are raised to grow extremely fast, you cannot breed them yourselves effectively. This makes you dependent on someone else immediately. We personally live this lifestyle to be as self sufficient as possible so, to me, the Cornish X does not make sense for that reason alone. Rangers grow more slowly butContinue reading “Say NO to Fast Food – Heritage Chickens VS Cornish Cross for SUSTAINABLE Meat”
Dewey the Dickhead Duck – Our First Experience at Processing
Aug 2012 Throwback – We had a plan. Hewey & Dewey tortured & tormented my chickens. They especially “loved” in their nasty style, my beloved Barred Rock, Cruella & Black Star, Ursula. These poor ladies had become bald & traumatized by these two brutal rapist assholes. These sneaky little bastards knew when I yelled their nameContinue reading “Dewey the Dickhead Duck – Our First Experience at Processing”
Bad Baxter Farm 