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Another tanned wild goat skin that is broken and nearly ready for sanding :) Still trying to make use of as much of the goats as possible. I'm now tending to pick out the goats with the nicely...

This is my usual set up if I have a few to do. The aim is to keep everything as clean as possible and to prevent any cross contamination. I always pluck them while they're hanging on the line....

Barry the hunter Thanks. the trick is to have the water at 63C and a to have a drop of dishwashing liquid in it too

Something other than a goat hanging on the washing line today. My 2 spare bantam pullets went off to a new home today, and the spare bantam cockerel into the fridge. If you breed chooks you need a...

grandpamac What an awesome photo! Your great grandad was blimmin' tall! He coupld have been a hops harvester and not need the ladder! :)

One of last Wednesday's wild goat skins being washed after salting and fleshing, and going into the tanning solution :)

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grandpamac Yup; time to get back into tanning and also to really push the YouTube channel much harder. Got 5,300 subscribers now and it'll give me time to do longer videos rather than just Shorts....

grandpamac Thank you :) The NW boss is ringing this afternoon with hours etc. Looking like 3 days a week, which is fine

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grandpamac I have an interview at New World today at 11am. It'll seem a bit strange to be butchering again; I've been freelance writing since 2007.

grandpamac Plenty of food here :) It's the uncertainty of $ss that is the problem. I put in a CV (for the butchery) at the supermarket last week. Seemed funny after 15 years of freelance writing. But...

2 rolled seasoned wild goat shoulders. Bought stuffing, not homemade... Don't judge me... :) The shoulder bones are in the crockpot to make soup...

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As I mentioned, the goats where I hunt are usually in fantastic condition! These boned out shoulders show that. It's very rare to see wild goats with this amount of fat!

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I decided to go for a hunt the on Wednesday to get a couple of goats for the freezer. With my writing work now pretty much dried up to nothing I decided an afternoon in the bush would take my mind...

Well the chicken run vege garden is going according to plan. This is 8 weeks of growth!

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The duckweed experiment.... So, pretty much one month to cover the pond... It'll be interesting to see how it performs during summer

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Last lamb of the season (a whole four mums ;) ) Mum and baby doing well. Isn't nature amazing? Never had a lamb before, but instinct tells her exactly what to do �� 4 sheep had 6 lambs and a 50/50...

Another set of twins this arvo. Only about an hour old. Imagine being 60 years old and getting excited about newborn lambs.... ;)

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New arrivals on the property over the last few days...The first lambs have arrived. One from a hogget and twins from a ewe... The ram went out on the 13th May, but I wasn't expecting the hogget to...

Coote Here's some info. This is a great site re fodder for animals https://www.feedipedia.org/node/15306

Another experiment underway... Growing duckweed to feed the chooks and ducks. It's very high in protein and in the height of summer it's meant to double in size daily. I'm using a bucket of duck pond...

Coote I open up the back legs before hanging up then skin down from the tail and open it which lets you punch around from the backbone to the belly

It is a false quince; not the European species. But like I said above it does soften when cooked......

Sidetrack Thank you. :) Being a butcher I'm pretty anal about carcass cleanliness! I always have 2 buckets beside me when I'm skinning; 1 big bucket full of warm soapy water, and a smaller one to...

Went for a walk yesterday and took a young billy. I didn't want to shoot any nannies as most still have small kids with them. I always put three 1.5 litre frozen water bottles in the body cavity and...