We Process Our First Hog On The Homestead - Not As Planned

[@markuswatson2123]

Thank you for your honesty! The more you do the better you get at it !

[@TriStarHomestead]

No point in lying about it. All I can do is learn from it and as you said, get better at it every time.

[@CatheyJenkins]

Nice pork in the freezer yummy 🤤 well done 👏 xx and all done with family xx

[@kayradford3793]

Thank goodness for KZbin

[@roschellerumley3566]

Good job enjoy the videos for the chickens and the pig. Thank you for explaining it make it look. It’s so simple.

[@TriStarHomestead]

Glad you enjoyed them

[@Johnrj9595]

Great video

[@LiamMitts]

Hey from eastern Canada. I have been watching your videos all day,,,,great stuff,,,thanks,,,,all the best to you and yours

[@TriStarHomestead]

Thank you! Glad you like them!

[@markgreen4706]

Hang in there. Anybody who does there own projects knows that there is always a learning curve.

[@TriStarHomestead]

Definitely. Each time will get better and better.

[@brentprosser7293]

You never want an animal to feel pain when harvesting, but even the best shots don't always go as planned. Its amazing to me that youtube, which shows surgeries and god knows what else, won't let you show a completely normal harvesting procedure which is necessary for human existence. Steve Rinella talks about how humans have become separated from the violence that is necessary to sustain life. I find that sad. I didn't experience that separation growing up on a farm and eating wild game a lot. Violence, regardless of how civilized we become, will never be separated from what it takes for humans to survive. You're doing the right thing for your family. I'm currently plotting and planning my escape back to the country.

[@TriStarHomestead]

It can be shown I guess but they demonetizes you for that video and possible give strikes. Steve Rinella is a great listen/watch. Wish more people did.

[@johnrogers1794]

This was how I grew up... That is why we could eat. A lot of 20 year old idiots from cities don't understand what farmers and ranchers do for their life... They just think going to a supermarket and "shop" for bacon, pork, potatoes, etc...

[@TriStarHomestead]

Crazy isn’t it?

[@johnrogers1794]

@@TriStarHomestead The first time I went hunting with my Dad and Uncles, was my first time to kill and gut a deer, I was 15... My son's first times were 16 & 17... Our families... can eat.

[@frankwaiti5920]

Hey nice homekill setup. We used to scold our pigs in an old bathtub or singe them using a gas burner. We had an old tub setup where we could build a fire underneath it and just constantly throw wood on to reach that extremely hot temp. You really had to know what you were doing because scolding for too long will partially cook the meat. I left all the timing stuff to my father and just helped with the knifework. I wasnt a big fan of singed pig because it left a charred taste in the meat but other people liked it. Homekills are so beneficial. Great stuff

[@TriStarHomestead]

That method sure is intriguing. Maybe I can see it in person someday.

[@frankwaiti5920]

@@TriStarHomestead kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpa3pYh8dtWkedU This is almost exactly how we prepped our pigs but we used an old bathtub. I found this video and now looking at others of interest.

[@livingintoday06]

Great job. I'll be in your shoes next month. We have kunekunes. I'm sourcing supplies now. Since we don't have a tractor I'm looking for a bathtub to scald them in.

[@TriStarHomestead]

I saw a video on that. Looked kind of cool but seemed difficult to me. The gantry was easy for me but not for everyone. Interested to hear how your processing goes if you use the bath tub though!

[@livingintoday06]

I helped my pastor process one of his pigs last year in a shallow tub. It was only 2 ft deep. I felt that was a bit too shallow cause we had to flip the pig a few times. All in all I felt it worked well.

[@TriStarHomestead]

Good to hear. That process is interesting to me for sure.

[@Wakeywhodat]

That sux the kill didn’t go as planned. It’s not easy when you’ve never done it. I processed my first batch of chickens a couple months ago and my hand was shaking a bit on the first ones 😂 Any idea what went wrong with the scalding? I may attend a workshop type thing to learn the slaughter process for pigs. I’d much rather do it on my property.

[@TriStarHomestead]

I'm not totally sure what went wrong. The belly scraped pretty good but it was the back that was tough to get. The scald water was 145 so maybe next time I would try slightly hotter and see if that worked. It seemed to take a while and maybe I was just a bit paranoid but I didn't want to leave the pig in the water too long and also didn't want to leave the guts in the pig too long either. I have thought about a workshop as well just to see how other people do it.

[@maniachill3069]

You know, that gamdrel is designed to work without those extra hooks.

[@TriStarHomestead]

Yes but I find it easier to use the hooks than fighting with the animal to get on the gambrel itself. If I needed the extra height I probably would have used the gambrel itself.

[@buckreynolds7475]

That is what they make a Skillman for

[@TriStarHomestead]

I’m not sure what that is.

[@buckreynolds7475]

@@TriStarHomestead a saw you cut boards with cut that hog to

[@lynjones3771]

So you can't show the actual dispatch of the pig but people can post videos of shooting someone and that's fine. That's just twisted. But anyway thank you for sharing.

[@TriStarHomestead]

It can be shown but KZbin won’t pay ad revenue for that sort of stuff. I would rather just not show it to avoid the hassle.

[@hugobayarri5201]

Yummy

[@chrisfillios3308]

use a electric saw to split the pig

[@TriStarHomestead]

Yeah for sure that would be easier but a new saw and stainless steel blades was about 6 times the cost of the hand saw. And it only took a few minutes with the hand saw.

[@joedecook]

@@TriStarHomestead We actually usually just use a reciprocating saw. We just use a blade normally used for demolition, though there are some stainless blades that aren't too bad in cost. This last year, I finally purchased a giant carcass splitter. Using a splitter is a skill I've been wanting to learn, to reduce the bone dust.

[@chris_schenkel]

Cheap and stupid are a dangerous combination.