This fall we filled the freezer with an assortment of meats from the farm. Our pigs, chickens, and our first crop of lambs are filling our 22 cubic foot freezer. After watching Food Inc., we can now sleep at night knowing that our meat was humanly raised, free to roam on pasture and bask in the summer sun.
Here are some samples of the meat:
Hams and Lamb Roasts
Rack of Lamb
Lamb Loin Chops
Bacon!
Smoked Ham
We also slaughtered 60 meat birds in September. We raised Cornish Roasters from Murray McMurray Hatchery. Last year we tried raising White Rock chickens for meat, but the results were disappointing.
Here are TWO birds in a stock pot. Hopefully the book of matches will help tell our story.
This is why we've chosen to raise Cornish Roasters...
On the left is a whole White Rock chicken, and on the right are two legs (with thighs) from a Cornish Roaster. The White Rocks were raised on pasture for 14 weeks. The Cornish Roasters were also pasture-raised but for 12 weeks. Our White Rocks averaged 3.5 lbs. The Cornish Roasters averaged 9 lbs!
Congratulations on raising your own meat :) We buy our meat from a local co-op which makes us feel good about knowing where it came from. That bacon looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteThanks! The bacon is delicious! We had lamb tonight, and though it makes me a little sad when I think about the lambs, at least I know they were humanely treated and had a good life!
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