My grandparents lived in Detroit during the Depression. One would raise one pig at a time and had chickens. The other raised rabbits. Nothing was wasted. They used every part of the animals they raised. So much better to raise them yourself if you're able to. I think it would be a blessing to be able to live on a farm and raise your own animals.
Stunning confirmation on Chungous. You all have done well with that pig and your family will eat well for sometime. Thank you for your kind animal care.
Thank you for always keeping it real, Kevin. Miss Chunga was a nice pig, and kudos to your family for being kind to her while she was with you. Such is the circle of life.
I DON'T understand! They don't know what kind of crap was injected into herbefore and pigs are the most intelligent animals. More intelligent than dogs! Imagine discovering that you were being betrayed and slaughtered by the very people you trusted. Horrible! I love watching Hidden Heights but THIS is downright cruel.
I remember when my uncle brought home a couple of baby pigs for his kids to raise for meat. He named them Ham and Bacon, to make sure they understood these weren't pets. Good video, Kevin.
My sister had a pig that followed her straight into the trailer. She (my sister) cried all the way to the meat processing plant. I hope you have better luck with your emotions than she did. Lots of love sent your way.
My granddaughters raise pigs for 4H and the sale day is sure to bring tears to their eyes. One girl swore off raising pigs and switched to horticulture.
I've never been on a farm so I know I couldn't do it but my Dad was raised on a ranch that my Grandpa owned so he helped my Grandpa with the animals and helped my Grandpa in the butchering as well. My Dad's side comes from a long line of farmers in the U.S. and Ireland. My Mom's relatives were farmers as well but in Mexico and also on Apache reservations. I think by showing this in your videos, you're showing how well you treat the animals you care for. Even if they are going to be used for meat. She was a good girl and we'll miss seeing her. I'm sure she appreciated all your love and care. RIP Ms. Chungus. 🙏🏻💖
My Grandma told me never name your food. I got close to a calf and I named her Patches. It broke my heart when we butchered her. I gave her lots of Love. I do understand all about farming. I grew up on a 100 acre farm.
Chungess lived a wonderful life on your farm. Very nice accommodations, good food and lots of love. You will be missed Chungess, but you'll provide food for your family. Love and prayers to you all. 🙏❤️
If more people understood about where their food, at the market actually came from, they might be a little more appreciative of the Farmer's and Rancher's that feed them daily. Thank you for sharing your life on the farm, good and bad Much Love to you and your family ❤
I have Lupus, which processed foods make it much worse. Especially the body pain. We cut out sugars and processed foods, and raise our own meat and eggs. I can really tell a big difference since we changed our diets.
Yeah, the look in her eye in the last shot of her was hard to take, wasn't it? Poor thing. That was what she was destined for from the start though. At least the last part of her life she was well-cared for and treated gently. She could have experienced a lot worse.
My dad raised a few hogs for us to eat. When it came time to butcher them, he had his brothers and some of my moms brothers come and help process them. Then they all got some of the meat to put into their freezer. My dad also cured a few hams. Called country hams. When it came time to fix a ham for Christmas, he’d cut the bad from the outside of the ham, then boil it in water for a while. Then he’d trim some more off of it and boil it in fresh water. Then he’d trim more off if needed. He’d cut the crisscross in the ham and mom would put the cloves in it, rub brown sugar all over it and cook it slow in the oven. It was the best tasting ham. A really good country ham. Loved it. That may not be all of the way you clean and cook it, but most of what I remember. I was a small child at the time. Even when I was a little older and they didn’t raise pigs anymore, he’d buy a country cured ham and that’s what I remember him doing.
I personally couldn't do it, I tried once but ended up falling in love with her and keeping her on our farm. Don't get me wrong Kevin, I DON'T begrudge anyone else for doing it, Lord knows the meat is better. Good luck loading that big girl 😂. I love ya'll, NO bad feelings whatsoever!! Love and God Bless you all 💜 ✝️ Jennifer
This isn't about grudge. Just don't introduce the animal into your TH-cam channel to Be one day Slaughtered. Seriously! And I am a fan but just dissapointed.
Don’t feel sad. She was well taken care of before Kevin got her and she was loved and fed well when they had her, loaded easy, so no stress on the pig when she was taken to process. Their meat is the best tasting if there is no stress on them. Just think about how stressed the pigs are that are raised on pig farms. They are raised in barns, all stocked together. Never getting out to enjoy fresh air, sunshine or just to be a pig. When processing time begins, they are loaded up shuts into semis, all crammed together, not knowing where they’re going. Then unloaded into big lots, waiting to be processed. It’s got to stress them out. Even when you shoot them at home, you know you never want to stress the animal out. It makes the meat taste bad. People never think about how their food is raised that they buy at the market. It’s not good. We raised our food when we lived on a farm. It was always the best meat and veggies you could eat. The way things are going in our food industry, we might want to think about raising our on food again. So much contamination going on right now, and why is it happening. Scary.
I wish I could raise my own. I know it would be hard when it comes time to process but I know it’s part of raising them. Take care and stay healthy. God bless
Hello from Washington State on the eastern side. I remember my grandparents raising pigs to be used as food. It was hard knowing that, but I understood.
Read the heading and thought it was about Kora. 😢. I can only imagine the feelings of taking the pig away but she was well taken care of and happy towards the end. You guys are very good to your animals and they are loved. They know it and that's all that matters.
I'm not really a "pig person," but Chungus won me over with her gentleness. I probably would have ended up keeping her. I understand the "why" of it all, but I'm a little sad knowing she ended up in "freezer camp." I do think it's better to know where your meat comes from, and you're going to have better quality meat by raising or even just finishing your meat animals yourselves, as you did with Chungus. You talked about making the process as stress-free as possible in order to improve the flavor and quality of the finished product. When I was a kid, growing up in the big city with a huge mental disconnect between the cute animals in farm scenes and the meat at the butcher shop, or in neat packages at the store, my dad, who dreamed of living in the country, had a magazine (might have been Mother Earth News) with an article about these people raising this adorable little goat who was described in a way as a pet. So I was reading this lovely story about this sweet little goat that they loved so much, and then one day, they take it out for a walk in the woods, and "BAM!" - little goat gets sent to freezer camp, and the people who talked about how much they loved the little goat are describing how wonderful the meat of their little goat was because he never saw the Grim Reaper coming. Reading about that, as a 10 year old city kid, was a bit like Marisa Tomei's description of hunting "Bambi" in the film, "My cousin Vinny." The low-stress way to better meat is a "thing," though. Interestingly, some time ago, TH-cam and Pinterest started showing me a lot of videos about the dog meat trade in China and people who tried to rescue the dogs. Apparently over there, they liked to beat the animals prior to "harvesting" them because they believe the adrenaline produced by doing so produces a tastier meat. Yeah.... I think if you're going to "ask" the animal to give up it's life so it can join you for dinner, the least you can do is give it as good and stress-free a life as possible. Chungus seemed like she had a life of contentment for the part of it that was spent on your farm. I appreciate that you were kind to her to the end.
I think it is awesome that you have the opportunity to raise your own food. Sad to see Chungas go. You give them an amazing life until, the day comes that they serve their purpose.
I totally understand your process and it is better you had her to care for before butchering her. The meat is amazing. So much better for you then the process stuff in the store but im not sure i could do it. I might but unsure. Best of luck! Thank you Chungus for everything!! You're doing a great thing for a family.!!
She has lived a good life while y'all had her. Now it's time to fulfill the purpose for raising her. That's farm life as Cassie says. Glad that she was easy to load. When I was young that's how we got our meat. I know it's gonna taste lots better than meat from the grocery stores. Nice seeing your Dad. GOD bless y'all.
Those big bale holders are great for all that and keeping air circulation so it doesn't mold because mold can make them very sick and kill them. You can get an old truck or tractor tire to put dirt, sand and Ashe in for the chic's dust bath, or they can start doing a dust bath by the edge of the fence and eventually dig out. You're not going to put the lil chickens in the pen, I would or they will more than like get got if momma takes them outside the field especially now that it's getting cold and little less food source for the owls, hawks, eagles and such. Its always heart tugging but you know it is feeding your family for the year with very good meat.
Hello Kevin and Rachel I know it’s hard. At the same time, Chungus has had kindness and love. She was stuck in some tiny breeder pen, or the smallest possible pen to simply feed her until she was fat. She’s been playing in her own field. With nice neighbors, sunshine, a warm place to sleep, kind words and touch. She will nourish your whole family, help the kids to grow strong, and everyone to be healthy. You will honor her and the gift of her. Blessings ❤ ~Linda
I know you have to do that to eat but I personally I can't eat meat due to allergies. Aww bless her the way she looked at you, it's Iike she knew. I was bought up at the side of a farm and a lot of Sundays we would hear the pigs squealing, my parents used to say it's like they knew it was slaughter day. Xx
Very emotional, but necessary. We usually try not to name our food, just because it sort of makes it easier. 😢😮. Love all your videos. Thank you for sharing. 😊
Hello Kevin and Rachel how is Caleb doing and Kia. Hope Caleb leg is healing good. You know that people need to understand farm life .there are animals that are pets and others raised for food. I don't like killing animals my self. But I do understand I had members in my family that were farmers and raised there on food. God bless yall and hope yall have a wonderful weekend coming up your friend Robin from Virginia. 😊
She is a beautiful show pig. Some 4-H kid probably raised her up and won a prize with her at the fair. It was special to share some time with her before her demize. She's a sweetheart, so gentle and friendly. Goodbye my lovely girl! And Betty's grandchicks...let's count them and watch for their numbers to decline, what with all the coyotes around every night! Won't it be sad? Chungus was used to going to shows and loaded right up, an experienced traveler, sweet dreams baby girl!
I so much agree with out about caring what an animal that I will consume has eaten and so forth. Living in the city makes buying meat expensive when you don’t know a farmer.
My family lives in the farm and yes we’ve butchered our own animals for food when I was a kid but it’s okay to be sad. I left a like on your video keep it up the content 👍🏻
She really was a very social pig Kevin and I can see how some folks would just turn her into a pet, but I'm sure you'll honour her by not wasting any of her. I had a dog once who would give me that 'side-eyed' look whenever she knew she was going to the vet and was not impressed with me! 😂
Kevin love and enjoy your videos. May the lord bless and protect you and your family and the animals and the homestead. Ms Chung going to market. I was raised on farm grown animals
We feed ours pigs in the trailer the last two days, so they load themselves up. They even sleep there at night. We raise 4 at a time from 30 lbs to 350 lbs, May through November. Nothing is better than home ground sausage, just don’t season it until you thaw and cook it. The last 6 weeks we feed a finishing ration. The 4 of them eat 50 lb bag every 4-5 days!
I know it’s necessary to process your meat animals Kevin and I feel bad for you all. You are great animal owners and I enjoy watching you and look forward to your videos. Rachel is so beautiful and you handsome and your children are your little twins. Such a great family.
Godspeed,Ms Chunguss!! You were loved alot & a farm favorite! It is reality on a farm! The cost of beef,pork,chicken,etc today, really makes one wish for the ability to have farm animals for food. Growing up, we had the xapability to butcher a hog and cow to split between my uncle & my Dad. The best tasting meat around!!!❤❤
You've given her the best few weeks of her life 💟🧬🧬🧬. She's been happy 😊😊😁😁. Don't feel bad about it being time to say goodbye.❤❤❤❤ I love you and your family,and videos too.
You'all are So Sweet, haven't watched in a while,, been on Politics,, and Prayer, In Such a Time as This . Be Blessed and have A Wonderful 🎄 Christmas ! and The Best New Year Ever ✨🕊️
What a great video! What a tough subject to approach and share! The Littles had mixed feelings, but I think that the thought of BACON… ruled!😋. They all agreed that prayers of gratitude were necessary to thank Chungas for her life sustaining sacrifice 🥰. She fulfilled her purpose, and was lovingly nurtured🥰. This process brings a whole new appreciation for the food we are blessed with, especially home grown! The Native Americans had it right in giving thanks for the life that was sacrificed for human consumption! We also discussed how the Littles felt about waste. They were less likely to waste a home grown source, that they personally contributed to its well being! They did make the connection that all living food sources make that sacrifice. A new appreciation for food and where it comes from was instilled in a new generation today!😍. Thank you for always sharing and keeping it real! Loves and prayers to ya’ll as always!🥰
No problem, I understand about the pig because I used to hunt with my husband and we eat whatever we harvested. It is what it is. Luckily I never to eat what we raised. But I know how you take care of your animals and they loved. Love and blessings❤
{{HUGS}} 🙏🏻 All animals on your farm, have a purpose, and know they’re luved. You always explain in great detail, what is going on and what to expect. Almost daily I direct people to your channel. Comfort prayers to your family. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Hi from Mary Iceland 🇮🇸 😮. Hope you're having a lovely good day, and that's farm life I am sure everything will go well. God bless you wery much dear family ❤
Ms. Chungus had a wonderful life. Y'all raised her to feed your family, and your family knows that. If people don't understand that and want to say something mean or whatever, they can move on. Y'all never hid the fact that she is being raised to be put in the freezer. I live in an apartment and have never had farm raise meat. So I never know what's going on with it. I actually have never even eaten farm raised anything. My sister-in-law says she doesn't like farm raised meat or even farm fresh eggs. She says they taste differently. I would only assume they would taste better but I don't know. 🤷🏻♀️ Y'all done good by Ms. Chungus and she will feed your family well. God bless.❤
I’ve led a “farming life “ my entire lifetime. When it comes to “freezer camp” it’s never easy, but it’s a natural part of life. If you didn’t have feelings about this, there would be something very wrong you. We/I have always done our own processing, from raising the animal to putting the meat in the freezer (and everything in between). Some animals affect you more than others. I think that it’s very healthy to understand where your food comes from; regardless of how you get it (the store or your pasture). Have a blessed day!
Being raised on a small farm, we had some serious separations in how animals were treated. Dairy cows had names, were not far removed from highly social pets. Animals raised for food, no names, treated well but definitely viewed as future either sales or food. You do this for a reason when hundreds of animals, mostly hogs and calves, move through your farm in a typical year.
Kevin, I'm with you. I raise the animals that provide us with meat. I raise them, love them, even name them but their life purpose is to provide meat. I see to it they are healthy, happy and stress free until their time.
It’s always hard to say goodbye. Ripe applies are a nice treat helps to get them where you want. I use to be the one to put outs in the trailer. I had the patience to guide as opposed to force. You can’t really force a pig, the more you push the more they push back…. Give them a little something sweet and they follow you any where.
I never thought pigs could be so sweet. We had pigs but my Mom would not let us visit them. You're right about knowing where your food comes from. In stores especially the big name food shopping stores like Wal.... the meat can be very undesirable looking and in package. Fresh chickens cut up in a bag can be butchered in nasty ways. Vegetables are another matter. They turn in your fridge before you get to use them. Our area in Pa. the food is of low quality. We are getting our meat in a better store now. ❤❤❤
Hey Kevin and Rachel, She is a well mannered calm lovely Piggy 🎉. It is good Animal husbandry to keep the telationship going till their worst day arrives 👍. Any luck on Kyah's Buck?????????? Whe she arrives in little white packages she will be meat 🌞. JO JO IN VT 💞
For chicken waters - I've got one big "trough" that's about 2ft x 3ft x 6inches (or so) and along the edge of the roof of the covered part of their run, I've set a bunch of 5qt Fortiflex buckets. During rainy season, it's kinda nice not to have to refill any chicken waters. Otherwise, I've got a hose that reaches. I'm picking up my pig and dropping him off at the processors next Friday! Cannot wait to fill my freezer again. The last one lasted 2 years for 2 people!! I know Waldo had a great life. My friend has about 20 acres and the pigs get to roam all over. And are treat raised when little, so they're not wild at all. She's got 4 LGD's that hang out there with them and keep them safe and it's kinda funny seeing these huge pigs in a pile with the dogs, all dozing.
I wish I could, for Christmas my daughter is getting me some venison, has given me beef they baught in bulk from a farm, it seems all of a sudden there is so much food recalls it scary, I try to buy organic, you have to read to make sure it's GMO free, you are doing such a great job, I guess to some our ancestors were terrible people to, lol, I only buy eggs from a local business, too if you haven't tasted fresh milk out of a cow, oh boy you are missing out, I stick to the local small grocery stores too, hopefully the next year gets better on importing, 👍❤🇺🇸
I don't know about the taste of fresh milk. When we visited my uncle's dairy farm, the milk always tasted weird. It either tasted like old grass or silage smelled. I was a kid, raised on milk from the grocery store. Now my aunt and uncle are gone. The cows were gone for a long time. The farm is still in the family, I think. They always raised potatoes.
My grandparents lived in Detroit during the Depression. One would raise one pig at a time and had chickens. The other raised rabbits. Nothing was wasted. They used every part of the animals they raised. So much better to raise them yourself if you're able to. I think it would be a blessing to be able to live on a farm and raise your own animals.
Stunning confirmation on Chungous. You all have done well with that pig and your family will eat well for sometime. Thank you for your kind animal care.
Even though you haven't had Ms. Chunga very long I'm going to miss her especially how gentle she is.
Agree
Thank you for always keeping it real, Kevin. Miss Chunga was a nice pig, and kudos to your family for being kind to her while she was with you. Such is the circle of life.
The pig loaded no probs...good girl....animals etc all fed...great video...Yes everyone has got to eat....Stay safe and see you soon
Thank you for giving your pig the best possible life this last few weeks. It is very sad but I understand!
I DON'T understand! They don't know what kind of crap was injected into herbefore and pigs are the most intelligent animals. More intelligent than dogs! Imagine discovering that you were being betrayed and slaughtered by the very people you trusted. Horrible! I love watching Hidden Heights but THIS is downright cruel.
I remember when my uncle brought home a couple of baby pigs for his kids to raise for meat. He named them Ham and Bacon, to make sure they understood these weren't pets. Good video, Kevin.
Lunch and Supper! lol
My sister had a pig that followed her straight into the trailer. She (my sister) cried all the way to the meat processing plant. I hope you have better luck with your emotions than she did. Lots of love sent your way.
They should have cried! They were murdering an intelligent innocent animal.
My granddaughters raise pigs for 4H and the sale day is sure to bring tears to their eyes. One girl swore off raising pigs and switched to horticulture.
Lol
I've never been on a farm so I know I couldn't do it but my Dad was raised on a ranch that my Grandpa owned so he helped my Grandpa with the animals and helped my Grandpa in the butchering as well. My Dad's side comes from a long line of farmers in the U.S. and Ireland. My Mom's relatives were farmers as well but in Mexico and also on Apache reservations. I think by showing this in your videos, you're showing how well you treat the animals you care for. Even if they are going to be used for meat. She was a good girl and we'll miss seeing her. I'm sure she appreciated all your love and care. RIP Ms. Chungus. 🙏🏻💖
I totally understand why you have animals to harvest. But she is so sweet I'm going to miss her.
Kevin, it is life. I know you love your animals. You are fortunate that you can control your own food. Who knows what we, less fortunate, are eating!
My Grandma told me never name your food. I got close to a calf and I named her Patches. It broke my heart when we butchered her. I gave her lots of Love. I do understand all about farming. I grew up on a 100 acre farm.
@@TurtleMom57
My folks told me the same thing, don't name them!! God Bless ✝️ grandma Jennifer
You’re a good girl Chungus and we will miss you. ❤❤
Chungess lived a wonderful life on your farm. Very nice accommodations, good food and lots of love. You will be missed Chungess, but you'll provide food for your family. Love and prayers to you all. 🙏❤️
What "life"?! It was a month!!
If more people understood about where their food, at the market actually came from, they might be a little more appreciative of the Farmer's and Rancher's that feed them daily.
Thank you for sharing your life on the farm, good and bad
Much Love to you and your family ❤
shoot dont talk like that if you come to the UK!! heir starmer might lock you away for 18 months
I have Lupus, which processed foods make it much worse. Especially the body pain. We cut out sugars and processed foods, and raise our own meat and eggs. I can really tell a big difference since we changed our diets.
I sure am! I've gone organic and never thought of it this way! Love them, then eat them! Odd but doable!
It's why i don't eat pork. As soon as i found out how intelligent they are, i stopped.
She looks really great!! It's hard sometimes but it farm life!! The Good with Bad . Love n Blessings
It's the circle of life. She was lovingly cared for in her last days. Now she feeds those who fed and cared for her.
Poor piggy knows something is gonna happen. i could never do this
Yeah, the look in her eye in the last shot of her was hard to take, wasn't it? Poor thing. That was what she was destined for from the start though. At least the last part of her life she was well-cared for and treated gently. She could have experienced a lot worse.
I'm sad to see her leaving the farm.
My father raised chickens and pigs that would go to freezer camp and most of time we accepted it was food; but when it became a pet it was different.
Aww... yup it's farm life... still sad. Love you all so much! Continued prayers and God bless ❤
I like that you showed how to load her and that it wasn’t a stressful event to her and you showed respect and calmness. Thank you. ❤❤
My dad raised a few hogs for us to eat. When it came time to butcher them, he had his brothers and some of my moms brothers come and help process them. Then they all got some of the meat to put into their freezer. My dad also cured a few hams. Called country hams. When it came time to fix a ham for Christmas, he’d cut the bad from the outside of the ham, then boil it in water for a while. Then he’d trim some more off of it and boil it in fresh water. Then he’d trim more off if needed. He’d cut the crisscross in the ham and mom would put the cloves in it, rub brown sugar all over it and cook it slow in the oven. It was the best tasting ham. A really good country ham. Loved it. That may not be all of the way you clean and cook it, but most of what I remember. I was a small child at the time. Even when I was a little older and they didn’t raise pigs anymore, he’d buy a country cured ham and that’s what I remember him doing.
So, sad... She's such a pretty, sweet, well-behaved girl.
I personally couldn't do it, I tried once but ended up falling in love with her and keeping her on our farm. Don't get me wrong Kevin, I DON'T begrudge anyone else for doing it, Lord knows the meat is better. Good luck loading that big girl 😂. I love ya'll, NO bad feelings whatsoever!! Love and God Bless you all 💜 ✝️ Jennifer
I couldn't eat an animal i personally know. Especially when they have a name and are your pet
I am unable to eat my “friends” either but I do not hold a grudge against folks that do!
I personally wouldn't be able to do it, but I understand that it's how a lot of people get their food. Going to miss you Chungus.💔😢
This isn't about grudge. Just don't introduce the animal into your TH-cam channel to Be one day Slaughtered. Seriously! And I am a fan but just dissapointed.
@@ItsmeMaureen same!
You know where it has been and what it ate before hand so that is the best way to know where your food comes from. FARM LIFE!
I couldn’t do that, especially if I had it for awhile. I’d get attached and feel real bad.. Poor baby 😢
Don’t feel sad. She was well taken care of before Kevin got her and she was loved and fed well when they had her, loaded easy, so no stress on the pig when she was taken to process. Their meat is the best tasting if there is no stress on them. Just think about how stressed the pigs are that are raised on pig farms. They are raised in barns, all stocked together. Never getting out to enjoy fresh air, sunshine or just to be a pig. When processing time begins, they are loaded up shuts into semis, all crammed together, not knowing where they’re going. Then unloaded into big lots, waiting to be processed. It’s got to stress them out. Even when you shoot them at home, you know you never want to stress the animal out. It makes the meat taste bad. People never think about how their food is raised that they buy at the market. It’s not good. We raised our food when we lived on a farm. It was always the best meat and veggies you could eat. The way things are going in our food industry, we might want to think about raising our on food again. So much contamination going on right now, and why is it happening. Scary.
I wish I could raise my own. I know it would be hard when it comes time to process but I know it’s part of raising them. Take care and stay healthy. God bless
I watch your videos because of the love 💞😘 you have for your animals.
Hello from Washington State on the eastern side. I remember my grandparents raising pigs to be used as food. It was hard knowing that, but I understood.
Read the heading and thought it was about Kora. 😢. I can only imagine the feelings of taking the pig away but she was well taken care of and happy towards the end. You guys are very good to your animals and they are loved. They know it and that's all that matters.
I'm not really a "pig person," but Chungus won me over with her gentleness. I probably would have ended up keeping her. I understand the "why" of it all, but I'm a little sad knowing she ended up in "freezer camp." I do think it's better to know where your meat comes from, and you're going to have better quality meat by raising or even just finishing your meat animals yourselves, as you did with Chungus.
You talked about making the process as stress-free as possible in order to improve the flavor and quality of the finished product. When I was a kid, growing up in the big city with a huge mental disconnect between the cute animals in farm scenes and the meat at the butcher shop, or in neat packages at the store, my dad, who dreamed of living in the country, had a magazine (might have been Mother Earth News) with an article about these people raising this adorable little goat who was described in a way as a pet. So I was reading this lovely story about this sweet little goat that they loved so much, and then one day, they take it out for a walk in the woods, and "BAM!" - little goat gets sent to freezer camp, and the people who talked about how much they loved the little goat are describing how wonderful the meat of their little goat was because he never saw the Grim Reaper coming. Reading about that, as a 10 year old city kid, was a bit like Marisa Tomei's description of hunting "Bambi" in the film, "My cousin Vinny." The low-stress way to better meat is a "thing," though.
Interestingly, some time ago, TH-cam and Pinterest started showing me a lot of videos about the dog meat trade in China and people who tried to rescue the dogs. Apparently over there, they liked to beat the animals prior to "harvesting" them because they believe the adrenaline produced by doing so produces a tastier meat. Yeah....
I think if you're going to "ask" the animal to give up it's life so it can join you for dinner, the least you can do is give it as good and stress-free a life as possible. Chungus seemed like she had a life of contentment for the part of it that was spent on your farm. I appreciate that you were kind to her to the end.
That's the sad part of Farm LIFE..
It's good to see how much you care about your animals. Your videos are awesome.
Going to miss hearing about the pig but it is a part of life.
That's part of life that hurts. You do your best and treat them good.
Oh wow, that sunset is beautiful.
I think it is awesome that you have the opportunity to raise your own food. Sad to see Chungas go. You give them an amazing life until, the day comes that they serve their purpose.
I totally understand your process and it is better you had her to care for before butchering her. The meat is amazing. So much better for you then the process stuff in the store but im not sure i could do it. I might but unsure. Best of luck! Thank you Chungus for everything!! You're doing a great thing for a family.!!
She had a good life. You gotta do, what you gotta do.
Because there is not enough food in the grocery stores 🙄🤔 rashions!
It is difficult, but great when we pick it up and the freezer is full!!!
She has lived a good life while y'all had her. Now it's time to fulfill the purpose for raising her. That's farm life as Cassie says. Glad that she was easy to load. When I was young that's how we got our meat. I know it's gonna taste lots better than meat from the grocery stores. Nice seeing your Dad. GOD bless y'all.
Farm life but sometimes it stings a bit. Great you can raise your own food so you know whats in them. Blessings 🙏🫶❤️🫶🙏
Thanks for sharing.
Chungas was a pretty girl and seemed so sweet. A gentle soul. :(
Those big bale holders are great for all that and keeping air circulation so it doesn't mold because mold can make them very sick and kill them. You can get an old truck or tractor tire to put dirt, sand and Ashe in for the chic's dust bath, or they can start doing a dust bath by the edge of the fence and eventually dig out. You're not going to put the lil chickens in the pen, I would or they will more than like get got if momma takes them outside the field especially now that it's getting cold and little less food source for the owls, hawks, eagles and such. Its always heart tugging but you know it is feeding your family for the year with very good meat.
Chunga was well taken care of by your family.. I’m sure she will be some beautiful and healthy meals for the next year.. 👏👏❤️❤️
Hello Kevin and Rachel
I know it’s hard. At the same time, Chungus has had kindness and love. She was stuck in some tiny breeder pen, or the smallest possible pen to simply feed her until she was fat. She’s been playing in her own field. With nice neighbors, sunshine, a warm place to sleep, kind words and touch.
She will nourish your whole family, help the kids to grow strong, and everyone to be healthy.
You will honor her and the gift of her.
Blessings ❤
~Linda
I really liked Big Chagas. She was a precious friendly pig😢😮
I know you have to do that to eat but I personally I can't eat meat due to allergies. Aww bless her the way she looked at you, it's Iike she knew. I was bought up at the side of a farm and a lot of Sundays we would hear the pigs squealing, my parents used to say it's like they knew it was slaughter day. Xx
I don't feel sad about raising an animal for food, going to the processor is a part of life.
We processed our own.❤
Very emotional, but necessary. We usually try not to name our food, just because it sort of makes it easier. 😢😮. Love all your videos. Thank you for sharing. 😊
Hello Kevin and Rachel how is Caleb doing and Kia. Hope Caleb leg is healing good. You know that people need to understand farm life .there are animals that are pets and others raised for food. I don't like killing animals my self. But I do understand I had members in my family that were farmers and raised there on food. God bless yall and hope yall have a wonderful weekend coming up your friend Robin from Virginia. 😊
She is a beautiful show pig. Some 4-H kid probably raised her up and won a prize with her at the fair. It was special to share some time with her before her demize. She's a sweetheart, so gentle and friendly. Goodbye my lovely girl! And Betty's grandchicks...let's count them and watch for their numbers to decline, what with all the coyotes around every night! Won't it be sad? Chungus was used to going to shows and loaded right up, an experienced traveler, sweet dreams baby girl!
Miss Chungus did very well !! So great!!
I so much agree with out about caring what an animal that I will consume has eaten and so forth. Living in the city makes buying meat expensive when you don’t know a farmer.
My family lives in the farm and yes we’ve butchered our own animals for food when I was a kid but it’s okay to be sad. I left a like on your video keep it up the content 👍🏻
Have a good rest of the week.❤🎉
Good afternoon I love your farm animals videos how are your Dogs doing I love your animals ❤
She really was a very social pig Kevin and I can see how some folks would just turn her into a pet, but I'm sure you'll honour her by not wasting any of her. I had a dog once who would give me that 'side-eyed' look whenever she knew she was going to the vet and was not impressed with me! 😂
Carnitas , bacon , cheeks ribs and pork chops...
Yup I am with you Kevin❤
Kevin love and enjoy your videos. May the lord bless and protect you and your family and the animals and the homestead. Ms Chung going to market. I was raised on farm grown animals
We feed ours pigs in the trailer the last two days, so they load themselves up. They even sleep there at night. We raise 4 at a time from 30 lbs to 350 lbs, May through November. Nothing is better than home ground sausage, just don’t season it until you thaw and cook it. The last 6 weeks we feed a finishing ration. The 4 of them eat 50 lb bag every 4-5 days!
Most enjoyable Great video thanks. Chris from England
I’m not able to handle 😢 even if I do eat meat. I just can’t do the job yes blessing for the nourishment of the family🙏🏻🙏🏻
I know it’s necessary to process your meat animals Kevin and I feel bad for you all. You are great animal owners and I enjoy watching you and look forward to your videos. Rachel is so beautiful and you handsome and your children are your little twins. Such a great family.
Godspeed,Ms Chunguss!! You were loved alot & a farm favorite! It is reality on a farm! The cost of beef,pork,chicken,etc today, really makes one wish for the ability to have farm animals for food. Growing up, we had the xapability to butcher a hog and cow to split between my uncle & my Dad. The best tasting meat around!!!❤❤
You've given her the best few weeks of her life 💟🧬🧬🧬. She's been happy 😊😊😁😁. Don't feel bad about it being time to say goodbye.❤❤❤❤ I love you and your family,and videos too.
You'all are So Sweet, haven't watched in a while,, been on Politics,, and Prayer, In Such a Time as This . Be Blessed and have A Wonderful 🎄 Christmas ! and The Best New Year Ever ✨🕊️
I didn't know Betty died 😢 I'm so sorry❤
What a great video! What a tough subject to approach and share! The Littles had mixed feelings, but I think that the thought of BACON… ruled!😋. They all agreed that prayers of gratitude were necessary to thank Chungas for her life sustaining sacrifice 🥰. She fulfilled her purpose, and was lovingly nurtured🥰. This process brings a whole new appreciation for the food we are blessed with, especially home grown! The Native Americans had it right in giving thanks for the life that was sacrificed for human consumption! We also discussed how the Littles felt about waste. They were less likely to waste a home grown source, that they personally contributed to its well being! They did make the connection that all living food sources make that sacrifice. A new appreciation for food and where it comes from was instilled in a new generation today!😍. Thank you for always sharing and keeping it real! Loves and prayers to ya’ll as always!🥰
You are great keeping it real,
No problem, I understand about the pig because I used to hunt with my husband and we eat whatever we harvested. It is what it is. Luckily I never to eat what we raised. But I know how you take care of your animals and they loved. Love and blessings❤
Thought you were going to have to make a ramp. Curious to see the hams from that beautiful girl.
It's hard when it's time for taking animals for processing. It's just part of farming abd you guys a awesome with your animals.
Hello Kevin and family
{{HUGS}} 🙏🏻
All animals on your farm, have a purpose, and know they’re luved. You always explain in great detail, what is going on and what to expect. Almost daily I direct people to your channel.
Comfort prayers to your family. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Hi from Mary Iceland 🇮🇸 😮. Hope you're having a lovely good day, and that's farm life I am sure everything will go well. God bless you wery much dear family ❤
She’s been happy.
She had the best life while she was with me guys.❤❤❤
Ms. Chungus had a wonderful life. Y'all raised her to feed your family, and your family knows that. If people don't understand that and want to say something mean or whatever, they can move on. Y'all never hid the fact that she is being raised to be put in the freezer. I live in an apartment and have never had farm raise meat. So I never know what's going on with it. I actually have never even eaten farm raised anything. My sister-in-law says she doesn't like farm raised meat or even farm fresh eggs. She says they taste differently. I would only assume they would taste better but I don't know. 🤷🏻♀️
Y'all done good by Ms. Chungus and she will feed your family well. God bless.❤
I’ve led a “farming life “ my entire lifetime. When it comes to “freezer camp” it’s never easy, but it’s a natural part of life. If you didn’t have feelings about this, there would be something very wrong you. We/I have always done our own processing, from raising the animal to putting the meat in the freezer (and everything in between). Some animals affect you more than others. I think that it’s very healthy to understand where your food comes from; regardless of how you get it (the store or your pasture). Have a blessed day!
My granddaughter has one that looks just like yours.She is doing for 4H. She named her pig Chewy
It is her 3 rd pig
Being raised on a small farm, we had some serious separations in how animals were treated. Dairy cows had names, were not far removed from highly social pets. Animals raised for food, no names, treated well but definitely viewed as future either sales or food. You do this for a reason when hundreds of animals, mostly hogs and calves, move through your farm in a typical year.
That was smooth.
Some people don’t realize that our ancestors ate meat and mostly raised the meat, killed and processed the meat they raised or hunted.
Kevin, I'm with you. I raise the animals that provide us with meat. I raise them, love them, even name them but their life purpose is to provide meat. I see to it they are healthy, happy and stress free until their time.
It’s always hard to say goodbye. Ripe applies are a nice treat helps to get them where you want.
I use to be the one to put outs in the trailer. I had the patience to guide as opposed to force. You can’t really force a pig, the more you push the more they push back…. Give them a little something sweet and they follow you any where.
While i understand it, i just feel bad given how sweet she was. ❤
I never thought pigs could be so sweet. We had pigs but my Mom would not let us visit them. You're right about knowing where your food comes from. In stores especially the big name food shopping stores like Wal.... the meat can be very undesirable looking and in package. Fresh chickens cut up in a bag can be butchered in nasty ways. Vegetables are another matter. They turn in your fridge before you get to use them. Our area in Pa. the food is of low quality. We are getting our meat in a better store now. ❤❤❤
As Cassie Walker says, It's farmlife, people!
I will say you are only doing what is best,,,it feeds the family********** i will miss her❤
Hey Kevin and Rachel, She is a well mannered calm lovely Piggy 🎉.
It is good Animal husbandry to keep the telationship going till their worst day arrives 👍.
Any luck on Kyah's Buck??????????
Whe she arrives in little white packages she will be meat 🌞.
JO JO IN VT 💞
For chicken waters - I've got one big "trough" that's about 2ft x 3ft x 6inches (or so) and along the edge of the roof of the covered part of their run, I've set a bunch of 5qt Fortiflex buckets. During rainy season, it's kinda nice not to have to refill any chicken waters. Otherwise, I've got a hose that reaches.
I'm picking up my pig and dropping him off at the processors next Friday! Cannot wait to fill my freezer again. The last one lasted 2 years for 2 people!! I know Waldo had a great life. My friend has about 20 acres and the pigs get to roam all over. And are treat raised when little, so they're not wild at all. She's got 4 LGD's that hang out there with them and keep them safe and it's kinda funny seeing these huge pigs in a pile with the dogs, all dozing.
Life on the farm. ❤
I know why you are doing this but for me it makes me sad. I am one that can't see the face of the animal I am about to eat. I just can't do it!
I wish I could, for Christmas my daughter is getting me some venison, has given me beef they baught in bulk from a farm, it seems all of a sudden there is so much food recalls it scary, I try to buy organic, you have to read to make sure it's GMO free, you are doing such a great job, I guess to some our ancestors were terrible people to, lol, I only buy eggs from a local business, too if you haven't tasted fresh milk out of a cow, oh boy you are missing out, I stick to the local small grocery stores too, hopefully the next year gets better on importing, 👍❤🇺🇸
I don't know about the taste of fresh milk. When we visited my uncle's dairy farm, the milk always tasted weird. It either tasted like old grass or silage smelled. I was a kid, raised on milk from the grocery store. Now my aunt and uncle are gone. The cows were gone for a long time. The farm is still in the family, I think. They always raised potatoes.
I lay a pallet down with plywood over it for pigs as a extra step for them to get in the trailers. Seems to help
It's never easy to say goodbye. If it was I would not have liked it 😭😔😭 very much.