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11 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Raise yaks and you can sell the hair until you are ready to sell the meat.

there was a yak ranch near us in WY that would sell yak cuts, yak jerky, and also things like yak hair mittens at the market. 

And you could yak off in the bathroom!

Posted (edited)
16 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

 

 

*bison

and I suppose I’ll be needing a larger caliber rifle and some additional freezer space if I’ll be hunting them 

Tatonka

Pale face gonna pale face.

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Posted
42 minutes ago, Kennythetiger said:

Was 25 years ago, but I think my meat science professor said something like 80% of Holstein steers would grade choice, it just takes them forever to get there. And that was well-before all of the genetic improvements these last few years especially. 

Right, just give up some time on the turn, but you get them cheaper. 

46 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

Aren't the majority of those cross-breeds or older cows who's milk production is starting to wane?  Or males obviously?

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Used up dairy cows make pretty good hamburger. Grandpa used to keep a second deep freeze just for that. 

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Posted
15 hours ago, CHIEF said:

How man cattle have you raised? Are you a rancher, or own cows?

CHIEF

No, I don't personally own cows. There are ranches in my family, my office is across the hall from a guy with land in several states that includes ranches, and I've got some drinking buddies who are ranch hands. Raising any kind of livestock is not easy and even in good times the risks of the investment going to waste are pretty high unless you know what you're doing and have convenient access to supplies and access to the right medicine and the right care.

Raising cows that people want to buy and eventually eat, according to the people who do it for a living, is a lot of hard work.

Posted
3 minutes ago, Royalfan5 said:

Used up dairy cows make pretty good hamburger. Grandpa used to keep a second deep freeze just for that. 

We ran black angus for a while, then switched to Corriente cattle because they are just so much easier to manage.  Pretty damn good meat as well, although most make a stop through the local rodeo circuit.  

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11 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

We ran black angus for a while, then switched to Corriente cattle because they are just so much easier to manage.  Pretty damn good meat as well, although most make a stop through the local rodeo circuit.  

We had a cross between Salers and Brahman cattle. They were good. 

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Posted
16 minutes ago, Bevo said:

We had a cross between Salers and Brahman cattle. They were good. 

I'd also assume they had a poor disposition and didn't respect a fence. 

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Posted
3 minutes ago, Royalfan5 said:

I'd also assume they had a poor disposition and didn't respect a fence. 

There were really only a few out of about 150 head that really pissed me off. The worst we named Sadie after my late aunt.

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Posted
14 minutes ago, Bevo said:

There were really only a few out of about 150 head that really pissed me off. The worst we named Sadie after my late aunt.

This crooked horned cunt might be related.....wild ass cow.  Good mama.  But damn, she's a PITA

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Posted
1 hour ago, chainsaw said:

No, I don't personally own cows. There are ranches in my family, my office is across the hall from a guy with land in several states that includes ranches, and I've got some drinking buddies who are ranch hands. Raising any kind of livestock is not easy and even in good times the risks of the investment going to waste are pretty high unless you know what you're doing and have convenient access to supplies and access to the right medicine and the right care.

Raising cows that people want to buy and eventually eat, according to the people who do it for a living, is a lot of hard work.

It's not really that hard of work, just more time consuming vaccinating, or cleaning any wounds. Screw worms have only been eradicated in the US since 1966. I remember my grandfather talking about how nice it is to not have to run your herd through the head chute every week to kill the larvae. Out of the four or five thousand head we raised over the years, I don't ever remember losing one to a disease, or to parasites. The only ones I can remember losing was one to a rattlesnake bite, and two heifers with calving problems. If you have good fences, and plenty of graze, you can kind of put them on autopilot. I've never really dealt with finishing cattle out in a feedlot, that may be a whole different situation with confined spaces.

CHIEF

Posted
7 minutes ago, CHIEF said:

It's not really that hard of work, just more time consuming vaccinating, or cleaning any wounds. Screw worms have only been eradicated in the US since 1966. I remember my grandfather talking about how nice it is to not have to run your herd through the head chute every week to kill the larvae. Out of the four or five thousand head we raised over the years, I don't ever remember losing one to a disease, or to parasites. The only ones I can remember losing was one to a rattlesnake bite, and two heifers with calving problems. If you have good fences, and plenty of graze, you can kind of put them on autopilot. I've never really dealt with finishing cattle out in a feedlot, that may be a whole different situation with confined spaces.

CHIEF

Why we switched to the Mezzican devil cows....and yet, nature still gets a vote.

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