Arizona Chickens

[K9Dave]

Add us to the list, we are total noobs when it comes to this but it is something we have always talked about doing.

Would you like both? Glad to have you and the meat we'll get will be so much better than what the stores carry.

 

[K9Dave]

Theres no point in feeding gmo free alfalfa if your finishing them off with corn.  And if your alfalfa isn't certified organic than its GMO.  Corn is the biggest GMO crop out there with alfalfa not far behind.  You would have to buy organic corn and for the quantities you would need it would be hard to do.  Not to mention now some organic corn is being compromised with cross pollination.  You don't have to finish them on corn.  There are plenty of places doing grass fed beef and it tastes fine.  

I actually prefer grass fed beef. Not that I would turn down either.

 

[K9Dave]

Bump

Have I missed a anyone on the meat order? Hard to go through every post. @City farm ya'll were interested right?

 

[carnivore]

I actually prefer grass fed beef. Not that I would turn down either.

Ribeyes over a mesquite fire. Ya got me droolin'.

 

[K9Dave]

Ribeyes over a mesquite fire. Ya got me droolin'.

Yum. I have a huge stack of mesquite aging, all I need is the Ribeye.

 

[Billiam]

I need a month as well as it's like buying your meat for half a year at 1 time. I need a freezer too. There are some for free in CL sometimes but they're all far away from me, and you have to be FAST.

OK, let's try making a list here and see what route everyone wants to go, once the list has been comprised.

All of our decisions will be made later but I think I can speak for everyone when I say that the meat should be Organic GMO free. Also ideas for where/what (I.e. @a little chiken )we purchase and what it's fed, decided later as well.

Add your name to the list please if you are INTERESTED in splitting any of the following.

K9Dave - Pig, Cow
@moms3cuties - Cow
@a little chiken - Pig, Cow

I'd be interested in Moo Cow.

 

[K9Dave]

I'd be interested in Moo Cow.

Nice. You know it won't be mooing when you get it. Lol. It'll be close though. I'll add you.

 

[K9Dave]

I need a month as well as it's like buying your meat for half a year at 1 time. I need a freezer too. There are some for free in CL sometimes but they're all far away from me, and you have to be FAST.

OK, let's try making a list here and see what route everyone wants to go, once the list has been comprised.

All of our decisions will be made later but I think I can speak for everyone when I say that the meat should be Organic GMO free. Also ideas for where/what (I.e. @a little chiken)we purchase and what it's fed, decided later as well.

Add your name to the list please if you are INTERESTED in splitting any of the following.

K9Dave - Pig, Cow
@moms3cuties- Cow
@a little chiken- Pig, Cow
@Billiam- Cow

Bump

 

[a little chiken]

I can say as an animal science major we did a lot of research on both Grass fed and regular fed beef as well as feed lot steers vs personal raised steers etc. I can go into a lot of detail but it is very boring and honestly unless you know everything I am talking about you would be confused. I will say I personally do not feed organic per my choice. I have raised my own meat, I have worked in the U of A meat lab and per my experience and what we learned I feel you are paying a lot more money for something that does not change anything when you feed organic. If I remember correctly it only has to meet the 60% guideline to be certified organic. I know that it takes 5 years to be certified organic and during that 5 years those farmers cannot sell anything off their farm and that the government paid off many farmers to stop growing what they were growing to become organic. If they did not meet the standards given to them in that 5 years they lost everything. Those farmers also lost their place in line to sell their crops and feed stuffs. I wonder why the same government that supports GMO supports Organic, kinda makes me wonder why they control both. I do not like GMO but yes they are out there and you can get GMO free corn. I again did not feed mine GMO free. I know there are a lot of people that like organic and prefer it but I have actually seen the tests done to see what the differences is in both grass fed and regular fed beef and according to the testing there is NO significant health benefits from raising grass over regular feed stuffs. I have been a part of a beef taste testing the difference between grass and regular fed and I will say 8/10 people that were in our groups could not test the difference. That being said I know that the test on personal raised beef over feed lot steers showed an increase in weight gain and the meat was more tender from the personal home raised beef. The thought being the less stressed the steer the less times the muscles can atrophy. I know many will not agree with me and that is ok but this is just my opinion. Oh and I can say raising 2 boy that are 10 and 11, they have been raised half their lives on fresh meat I raised and milk from my goats and eggs from my chickens and they hardly ever get sick.

 

[kpgoldstar]

Holy Moly Guys! I was just on last night and now I have 60+ messages to read? It's Sunday night...

Ok, here I go. I'll post later if I find anything I wish to comment on!