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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2011 10:39:07 GMT -5
Hooray! Today I placed my first hare today order....we will be getting some duck hearts, rabbit chunks, rabbit organs,chicken necks (which i cannot find at my local grocery store, go figure) and turkey livers. Im hoping that the order will add some variety to my pretty basic menu (chicken, turkey, pork, some CGH).
Just out of curiosity, how does everyone store their meats? currently i have a bag full of individually bagged bone in meals, and a bag of individually bagged meats/organs. I'm contemplating bagging everything by animal so that i don't accidentally give chicken on a turkey day etc etc. Since I only have one little (but rapidly expanding ) ferret, storing a few months worth of food in my freezer isn't an issue. If anyone has any suggestions or experiences I would appreciate your input.
Be well,
Cydney
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2011 10:44:13 GMT -5
Once my Hare today orders thaw out enough, I break each item into 4 oz portions (kitchen scale or sometimes I just break a pound of meat into 4 piles) and re-freeze in labeled zip-loc baggies. Then I just grab a baggie or two and let it thaw out for a few hours before feeding. I also freeze little zip loc baggies of a week's worth of canned pumpkin.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2011 13:11:32 GMT -5
I do "snack" baggies too. Each one gets labeled with a permanent marker, then put into gallon bags for the chest freezer out in the garage. I have a basket in the house freezer that gets filled with an assortment of little bags. It only holds about two weeks' worth of meals, so I make sure it's got a ratio of meat-bone-organ baggies so I can just grab one out to thaw without having to be concerned with its contents. Breakfast is usually a mouse, and that goes straight to the cage frozen! We go through a couple Hare Today orders a year at my house, mostly for ground stuff for the dogs and cats, but I always add in something special for the ferrets. Last time it was a bag of chicken feet... my husband was hugely amused with cutting up the "chicken fingers."  |
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Post by goingpostal on May 24, 2011 13:16:53 GMT -5
I also thaw hare today stuff out enough to chop into chunks, organs into 2 oz hunks and meat chunks into 5-6 oz hunks and put in labeled baggies, then I just grab and thaw as needed. I also can't get chicken necks locally so you're not the only one, found two packs of fresh turkey necks last week there and was shocked! I get my rabbit from there and pretty much all organs except for turkey/chicken livers.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2011 16:00:56 GMT -5
Thanks for the input . everyone is always so helpful . The order arrived today and .....its a lot. I have a few questions, especially given how the rabbit was butchered. Some of the small chunks are mostly meat, but have a small piece of bone in them. Im talking a 5 -6 oz chunk with a half of a rib or two attached... do you think that this small amount of bone is negligible enough to consider the chunk straight meat? Also, I ordered a bag of rabbit organs. There are some livers, but also a lot of other stuff....currently i feed livers 1x a week, could i just toss some of the other organs in on a bone in or chunk day? My ferret went nuts when he smelled the bag, so i'm curious to see what is left of the rabbit in the morning  |
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2011 17:44:19 GMT -5
For your question about the bone, I would just pretend its not there. It certainly isn't enough to count as a bone-in day and a little extra bone and chewing never hurt anyone The other organs can definitely be considered just another chunk day. My bones love their "duck heart day". |
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Post by Sherry on May 26, 2011 18:31:37 GMT -5
Sorry- but organs are organs, are organs! Whether they are lung, or spleen, or brain, or liver- they are all organs. Not muscle meats. They will have the same effect as liver, stool wise. Most are very blood rich.
As for the minimal bone, yes, consider that a muscle meat day.
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