We decided this year we were going to raise our own food. This would consist of a beef, a bunch of cornish hens and a pig! Angus the beef is 3 weeks out of the freezer. 2 weeks ago the cornish met their maker, and in the freezer they went. This weekend our new girl arrived. Meet Babe!
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People think we are ridiculous and crazy that we have these animals to raise and butcher for food. After Raising the beef "Angus" we will have approximately $4.00 per lb. into all that meat. Let alone the quality, have you tried grocery store meat lately? Have you seen the cost of food?? We are so fortunate that the ranch next door with the exception of the cornish hens has all these animals for sale at various times. We have somehow been able to stagger the animal raising in a way that we have never been feeding all of them at once. When one species was ready we would butcher and get the next. The cornish hens were at full weight in approximately 4 weeks...at .92 per bird how can you go wrong!! So all we are saying if you have a chance to raise your own food and have it processed your way...do it.. it's worth the reward!!
I told Angus to diet when I saw him Saturday. I think it is too late and he won't listen so I guess it will be a diet of Angus for the Ewers instead of Angus on a diet.
ReplyDeletehaaaaaa haaa can't wait but will miss the bugger!
ReplyDeleteSome of those dorper sheep are extremely lucky you don't like lamb.
ReplyDeleteGood for you! It's frightening to hear about what is being done to our food.
ReplyDeleteJust came across your blog! It's good. Wanted to comment on this post, because we are the same way. We've been raising our own meat for more than 30 years, and I admire those who step up and do it themselves!
ReplyDeleteBlessings