Posted on 02/04/2014 6:49:25 PM PST by Kartographer
1. Invest in a water filter. 2. Build an emergency medical kit. 3. Keep a few hens. 4. Grow some vegetables and/or fruits. 5. Learn to can. 6. Get a stand-alone freezer. 7. Learn to bake bread. 8. Purchase at least one firearm and get comfortable using it. 9. Homeschool your children.
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Chicken seeds,,, those in the store ain’t used the correct fertilizer,, if you you know what I mean ;)
Live chicken (chick) sales are seasonal. Usually once or twice a year, in the spring, at a local feed mill. You can order ahead.
You have to leave them there for a long time, like for the next generation. The Chinese know about this, see “100 year eggs.”
we like the red star breed as they lay year round , some of the old girls are two years old , wife's pets.
Washing and bathing is still important in the bugout.
Yep. ‘The People’s Republic of Madistan’ allows 4 laying hens, no roosters.
I live 10 miles south, have a small farm, and haven’t had to buy a hen in 10 years. I’m the go-to gal when the hispters tire of cleaning up after the messy birds, LOL!
Works for me. :)
BUMP for God, back for more, later. :)
If you’re able, consider raising your own steer. We just raised our first. He was a Holstein, so only gave about 500# dressed out, but man is he delicious! Plus, we knew exactly what he ate - green grass, fresh water from the well and a little grain to round him out.
Next time, we’re doing an Angus steer - more meat on them suckers.
We also bought 1/2 a pig from a relative. Get to know your local meat processor. They do all the hard work for ya!
“Rabbits can be a good alternative to chickens.”
Yeah and at least, they lay chocolate eggs.
Only the Cadbury breed lays chocolate eggs ;-)
Sounds as if many of us grew up in similar ways in post depression / post-war America.
Kackikat said "That generation went through the Great Depression and learned from it well."
How true. I feel fortunate that I didn't have to live through it but was able to benefit from some of that knowledge and experience as it was passed down to me.
When I was growing up my mom never did like corn, although she prepared it for the family, canned it, froze it, etc. I asked her why she didn't like it and she said that during the depression they didn't have much to eat and most of the time what they did have was corn. Corn, corn mush, corn cakes, corn fritters, corn bread, Johnnycake, etc., etc.
She said when her grandfather had the money or something to barter he would buy a big bag of corn at the feed store and that is what they would eat unless there was a squirrel, rabbit or some garden veggies to add to it.
But the winters were long and cold and after a few years the woods were pretty much hunted clean.
I look back at family pictures from the depression, WWII, and the post-war years when I grew up and one thing stands out: almost all of the kids and adults are skinny. In photos of me and my friends as kids you can see our ribs well enough to count them!
Bees are in short supply...good for you.
Yes, no doubt I was there at the right time.
:D
Rural slang is relative to the area....we have eggs, Rabbit pellets, and UH well you know....
ROFL....when I was at an Aunts house as a child, I had to get the eggs from the coop...one day I arrived and there was a huge black snake who had beat me to it, with lots of lumps...I never went back, and after all the running and screaming they did not want me to...lol
Depends on what you’re prepping for! If you suffer a personal economic disaster (lay-off, etc), that filled stand alone freezer will ease your worries significantly.
Bunnies and other wild game:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/hasenpfeffer-rabbit-stew/detail.aspx
http://scducks.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-17787.html “recipe above is squirrel w red eye gravy”
http://honest-food.net/wild-game/venison-recipes/
http://www.foodrepublic.com/2011/04/21/braised-groundhog-recipe
Rattlesnake recipe: GOTCHA!
Use Shot glass
Scale ingredients to servings:
1 part Bailey’s® Irish cream
1 part Kahlua® coffee liqueur
1 part creme de cacao
Carefully layer into a shot glass, test tube or tumbler
Read more: Rattlesnake recipe http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink6306.html#ixzz2sSnT44jT
Although I’ve never tried the Rattlesnake recipe, I am sure after all that skinning, gutting, and cutting up of the meat...one would need to relax before cooking and serving!
Starting with very bad advice is worse than not starting at all.
A heat lamp (250 watt bulb) will keep a tight chicken house warm. And you are correct, chickens attract all kinds of predators. Everything wants to eat chicken.
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