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[perchie.girl]

Yeah feedlots are nasty... But the cattle are there for a pretty short time.

Most american beef is range fed, maybe put out to clean up a farmer's field after harvest.... And only the last maybe three weeks put in the feedlot.

Yup... there are a few ranchers here I happened to chat one up at the feed store. She raises brhama crossses because they are good foragers on really rough land. And the meat is pretty lean. She grows em up on organic feed to supplement the poor pastures.

Yet she said when the cattle go off to whom ever buys em the first thing they do is insert a hormone pellet in their ear... and off to the feed lot they go. They dont even get to get on the freaking truck without a hormone pellet.

I think the average feedlot stay is what three to six weeks? Where they put on about two and a half to four pounds per day.

deb

 

[Cold Canadian]

Having had a brother who raised young beef to market size who didn't used hormones and seeing the huge cost's involved with the whole process it is easy to see why the use is still in practice .I really don't think we could feed the mass's of people in any other way , and when you hear the number of livestock from chickens to beef that is slaughtered every day to feed the markets / restaurants ? ...........not backing the practice , but we've become what we have become .

 

[hennible]

We could waste less and it would make a big difference. An estimated 40% of all food produced hits the land fill. Not to mention over eating in western culture. The UN actually recomend a shift to small scale local food systems as a better way to feed the world. Permaculture style... We'd all have to change our habits to eat local diets...

 

[Ravynscroft]

Met minihorse927 yesterday, it was awesome!

Bought some (ahem... most, lol) of her Calls and several amazing Ohiki pullets...

 

[Alaskan]

Met minihorse927 yesterday, it was awesome!

Bought some (ahem... most, lol) of her Calls and several amazing Ohiki pullets...

I am so happy you now have more than one female call!

 

[Ravynscroft]

I am so happy you now have more than one female call!

Thanks, me too!

Though we did have 2 since Crash turned out to be a girl, lol... we lost Burn the day before yesterday... they flew down the hill and he didn't come back up... looked but never found him and it got dark quick...

But we know have 8 female Calls, 2 mallard/Rouen females and 6 male Calls... is a beautiful flock...

 

[minihorse927]

@RavynFallen, glad they're doing great! I'm happy you have them. They have a good home.

Sorry I've been out all day working first and then forgot I was supposed to haul 2 horses over to a friends house to have their teeth floated. So needless to say I'm exhausted. My stallion was very bad. He has a tooth growing down his throat and one crooked one that was long and sharp. It had already caused a sore once before that had healed. He has been having weight issues the last 2 years and we thought he was having more issues with his ulcers but now we're thinking it was more teeth. I'm just happy to have him done. She wants to check him again in 6 months and make sure we don't have any other issues.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Awww, poor boy... hope he's ok now...

They surprised me today... I set up the pool, food and water and just let them out in the pen to get used to their new home... wasn't gonna stay around them too much for now so they don't stress, but they were fine with me walking around and taking pics, so I did...

Crash wants to eat them... all of them... :/

 

[minihorse927]

Awww, poor boy... hope he's ok now...

They surprised me today... I set up the pool, food and water and just let them out in the pen to get used to their new home... wasn't gonna stay around them too much for now so they don't stress, but they were fine with me walking around and taking pics, so I did...

Crash wants to eat them... all of them... :/

lmao! Crash can't take them all at once!

 

[Ravynscroft]

lmao! Crash can't take them all at once!

She thinks so... and tried... seems she really takes exception to the greys... and even tried to take down one of the Snowy boys... that poor boy ended up between her and one of the greys... now we know why Burn always kept his head down...