{"id":2733,"date":"2012-11-16T03:00:58","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T08:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=2733"},"modified":"2012-11-16T03:00:58","modified_gmt":"2012-11-16T08:00:58","slug":"q-and-a-ladyhawk-and-crystal-feeding-raw-potatoes-to-pigs-and-clear-jel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2012\/11\/16\/q-and-a-ladyhawk-and-crystal-feeding-raw-potatoes-to-pigs-and-clear-jel\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: Ladyhawk and Crystal, feeding raw potatoes to pigs, and Clear Jel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ladyhawk and Crystal<\/strong><\/p>\n

You are an inspiration. I really enjoy your work and have learned a lot. My question is a personal one about your animals, if that is ok? How did Ladyhawk the Fresian and your little roan burro turn out? I was reading an old “Ask Jackie” that had pictures of them and I got to wondering how they grew up!<\/em><\/p>\n

Ralph Armstrong<\/em>
\nMarana, Arizona<\/em><\/p>\n

They grew up very well! Ladyhawk now stands 17 hands and is a beautiful big girl. Nothing scares her. You can shoot right underneath her chin and she doesn’t flinch. I haven’t had time to train her yet, but that won’t be much of a job. I’ve already sat on her back. Our baby burro, Crystal, is never going to be a big girl. She was a twin and has stayed on the smaller side. But she’s a sweetheart and still would rather do nothing but give hugs and beg attention. I want to train her to drive and hope to find an old governess cart to drive her on some day. That would be so cute! I’ll try to get a couple of pictures to put on the blog. — Jackie<\/p>\n

Feeding raw potatoes to pigs<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have been told not to feed raw potatoes to pigs. I don’t understand, do they poison the pigs or what?<\/em><\/p>\n

Cleo Tebow <\/em>
\nGlacier View, Alaska<\/em><\/p>\n

The reason you don’t feed large quantities of raw potatoes to pigs is that they aren’t palatable to them. Both pigs and chickens prefer (and eat more) potatoes when they are cooked. No, they aren’t poisonous to them. We feed a few cull potatoes and peelings to them all the time. They’ll eat these up but don’t like to eat pounds of them, uncooked. — Jackie<\/p>\n

Clear Jel<\/strong><\/p>\n

I cannot find Clear Jel anywhere and we live in between two or three Amish settlements. The only thing I can find is a Fruit Pectin mix. They said it is very close to the same thing. Is it and if so how much do I use to make apple pie filling to can?<\/em><\/p>\n

Nancy Foster<\/em>
\nDallas City, Illinois<\/em><\/p>\n

I don’t know about their Fruit Pectin. Clear Jel is a refined corn starch but as far as I know the Fruit Pectin mix is pectin for setting jams and jellies…not the same thing. You can buy bulk Clear Jel from www.canningsupply.com, Bulk Nuts 4 You.com, and Barry Farm Foods. I think Barry has the best pricing. I’m surprised you can’t find it at local stores as it is a commonly used item among the Amish (and us canners!). — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ladyhawk and Crystal You are an inspiration. I really enjoy your work and have learned a lot. My question is a personal one about your animals, if that is ok? How did Ladyhawk the Fresian and your little roan burro turn out? I was reading an old “Ask Jackie” that had pictures of them and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2733"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}