Thank you to all of you who have responded. I really appreciate it. My raw supplier is delivering on a day I can't pick up, so I have decided to grind my own. I think I could get good deals on whole chickens and grind them up for the pups.
Thank you again.
Mike Armstrong Webboard User Reg: 08-06-2005
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Coming in late here, but I'm still happy with the Northern one here . I see it's now $15 off right now, too. I do wish it had a bigger inlet like the one John has but the only parts that won't fit and have to be cut up a little are the breast bone and pelvic bone - no big deal. Otherwise, it sails through everything. It seems to be indestructible, unless you drop the knife/cutter in the disposal DAMHIK!
The one I use will pull a person in whole if they're not careful.
In all seriousness, Sharon, be careful feeding ground meat to puppies, especially if it has chunks of bone in it. They tend to gulp and they can get a hard ball of it stuck in their throats. I let my puppies eat leg quarters and bones that are too big to slide down their throats accidentally. Or, just cut up a whole chicken. Depending on their ages/sizes, they will have no problem tackling it. As I type this, I have 2 puppies arguing over a show bunny and doing a fine job of grinding it all by themselves.
The one I use will pull a person in whole if they're not careful.
Greeeaaaat......Now she can make us disappear if we piss her off.
Jenni, have I told you how nice you look today.
Now Michael, you haven't seen me today, and I don't like liars. However, I don't have the energy to hook that thing up to the commercial tractor it pulls power from, so consider yourself spared. Besides, my dogs don't like liars either. I hate to waste food.
I have never used a hand crank method, and wonder if I have enough strength to actually crank it through the bones. Does it take alot of strength?
Yes. If you get the one I linked to earlier in the thread, you can hook it up to a motor with a v-belt.
I built a table for mine that looks like a chair, but the top of the back has a platform to bolt the grinder to. The "seat" is where I can put a 5 gallon bucket to grind the meat into. I had to bolt the whole thing down to a 4x4 sheet of 3/4" plywood that I stand on when cranking it. Otherwise it's impossible to hold it down.
When I have time, I'll probably get a motor and a belt for the thing. Chicken backs go fairly easy, but turkey necks are pretty tough to do by hand.
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DAMHIK!
However, I don't have the energy to hook that thing up to the commercial tractor it pulls power from, so consider yourself spared. Besides, my dogs don't like liars either. 
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