I've been trying to find a butcher who can grind up a whole chicken. The ones I've talked to aren't even willing to try it out. They think that their meat grinder won't be able to handle the bones. Does anyone get their meat ground by a butcher?
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Tue, January 31, 2006 - 8:57 AMwell you have to debone it or the blade will get dull. the probably dont want to debone it or sharpen the blade.
what about getting one of those sausage grinders you can clamp on your counter? then you could just do it yourself. f*** the lazy butchers. hee hee
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Tue, January 31, 2006 - 9:17 AMwell, i want the bones included because of the calcium. I can otherwise just get ground turkey meat and put the giblets through my food processor. They were saying that their grinder would just get clogged up because it wouldn't be able to ground the bones down. The way it works from what I understand is that it "crushes" the meat rather than cut it up. -
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Re: Ground prey
Mon, February 6, 2006 - 6:01 AMmaybe the elecrtic grinders cant handle it?
i dont think so though.
a hand crank might be hard to operate....
but...seriously...have you seen what cars do to birds. i think that they would crush pretty easy. i wonder if the meant that the bones would get caught in that drain looking like thing?
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Re: Ground prey
Mon, February 6, 2006 - 6:02 AM
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Sun, February 12, 2006 - 9:23 AMwhy not let the carnivores GI system do the grinding for athe dental and other benefits?? Checken bones are pretty soft until cooked. Does your pet need to be syringe fed? Hope its temorary if so. If its ground, its not prey; if its prey, its not ground. -
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Mon, February 13, 2006 - 9:33 AMthe problem is their tendency to carry the pieces to places where we can't reach them and they end up not finishing it so it gets stinky. It's more for conveinance sake. They are indoor only and we live in a rental, so we can't afford the mess.
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Mon, February 20, 2006 - 5:10 PMNorthern Tools makes a grinder capable of grinding chickens and rabbits. It costs about $100, I believe. Most of the raw feeders I know use them, unless they feed whole prey model only. I get pre-ground rabbit, duck and turkey from my suppliers, so I've never bothered with looking into grinders.
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Mon, February 20, 2006 - 5:17 PMOK, I should've done my research before posting, so I'm sorry to double-post in quick succession like this... Anyway, these are the most popular grinders with raw feeders:
www.northerntool.com/webapp/...tDisplay
www.northerntool.com/webapp/...tDisplay
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Sat, December 2, 2006 - 3:53 PMI use a maverick meat grinder. IT cost about $200. It grinds chicken, duck, rabbit. Haven't tried anything else in there yet.
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