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Chicken Slaughter and Butchering Process: Flow Chart
I have not butchered a chicken in 8 years, but because I did my homework and documentation then, I expect no problem with 20 birds now. Improving a…
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Chicken Slaughter and Butchering Process: Butchering
Removal of the head, neck, feet, and organs...
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Chicken Slaughter and Butchering Process: Scalding & Plucking
This is a necessary step to loosen the feathers for plucking, either by hand or by machine...
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Chicken Slaughter and Butchering Process: Killing
This is the most difficult part of the process, for me. If killing an animal becomes "easy," you might want to reconsider who you are becoming...
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Chicken Slaughter and Butchering Process: Walk-Through
Layers are probably the best "gateway drug" to homesteading, but meat birds shouldn't be far behind. This was my first "go" at slaughtering and…
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Solar Storms
I was surprised to learn that Michigan is at above-average risk
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Solar System Performance: Year One Post Mortem
Year One was a disappointment; not entirely, there is room for improvement to be sure, but I had expected more.
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Be Prepared
1 Timothy 5:8 But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than…
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Sol-Ark 12k Solar Generator: First Impressions
and some early lessons learned
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House Preparations
The fifth of six levels of preparedness
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Sustainable Heat
When you cut and split wood for heat, it becomes immediately apparent that efficiency and the elimination of waste heat are of paramount importance
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Home Heat Loss Prevention
Energy is so artificially cheap that it is easy to overlook massive waste
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