We haven't talked about "live" food storage, or as Steve calls it, " food storage on the hoof".
Food storage on the hoof can mean cows, goats, pigs, sheep, chickens and rabbits or any other animal consumed by humans. Yes, I know chickens and rabbits don't have hooves, but you get the jest.
I know for some of you who live in apartments, raising live animals is not prudent. But for those of you who do have back yards, you might want to look into it.
Two types of animals that are relatively easy to raise even in the smallest of back yards are rabbits and chickens.
While growing up in Vancouver Washington I had a friend who raised and butchered rabbits there smack dab in the middle of town. She was older than me and I remembered being a bit "freaked out" when I realized she could bop a bunny on the head and then butcher it. This city girl didn't get it!
But over time as Steve and I have traveled the preparedness road we have learned a few things.
One of those things is how liberating it feels not to have to go to the store to purchase food stuffs that can be easily raised (or grown) at home. Not only is it liberating, but what ever you produce yourself is almost always a more superior product than anything you could ever purchase in a supermarket.
Back to the purpose of this post, back yard chickens. I could spend hours blogging about what the Holley's have learned about raising chickens, but instead here is a link to a web site that has good information about raising chickens in your back yard.
Food storage on the hoof can mean cows, goats, pigs, sheep, chickens and rabbits or any other animal consumed by humans. Yes, I know chickens and rabbits don't have hooves, but you get the jest.
I know for some of you who live in apartments, raising live animals is not prudent. But for those of you who do have back yards, you might want to look into it.
Two types of animals that are relatively easy to raise even in the smallest of back yards are rabbits and chickens.
While growing up in Vancouver Washington I had a friend who raised and butchered rabbits there smack dab in the middle of town. She was older than me and I remembered being a bit "freaked out" when I realized she could bop a bunny on the head and then butcher it. This city girl didn't get it!
But over time as Steve and I have traveled the preparedness road we have learned a few things.
One of those things is how liberating it feels not to have to go to the store to purchase food stuffs that can be easily raised (or grown) at home. Not only is it liberating, but what ever you produce yourself is almost always a more superior product than anything you could ever purchase in a supermarket.
Back to the purpose of this post, back yard chickens. I could spend hours blogging about what the Holley's have learned about raising chickens, but instead here is a link to a web site that has good information about raising chickens in your back yard.
You never know, you may love raising chickens in your back yard.