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I like to butcher at 24-27 months old... and I can provide birthdate to the processor... whom we KNOW, so that they don't think we are trying to put something over on them .... some calves will get their "adult teeth" a little earlier or a little later.
You can get the backbone, the ox tail and as many bones as possible... backbones do good being cooked along with "ribs"... more meat on them... make good soup too.
You get more flavor at 24 months than at 18 months... and better marbling "older rather than younger" since they are mostly grass fed...
 
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farmerjan said:
I like to butcher at 24-27 months old... and I can provide birthdate to the processor... whom we KNOW, so that they don't think we are trying to put something over on them .... some calves will get their "adult teeth" a little earlier or a little later.
You can get the backbone, the ox tail and as many bones as possible... backbones do good being cooked along with "ribs"... more meat on them... make good soup too.
You get more flavor at 24 months than at 18 months... and better marbling "older rather than younger" since they are mostly grass fed...
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Thanks for much validation... hence the reason i'm going to try at 23 months. It gives me time to slide a little bit in both directions 🙃.

I'm not rasing cattle for $$$. I'm raising them for family and would like to continue to produce tasty meat. If I were going to raise for $$$ my priorities would be completly differnt. And I wouldn't really care about flavor, just time and weight.

Maybe this is why storebought beef tastes a lot differnt than what I raise? You would think beef should be beef, but that's most definitely not the case.

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Hatcheries are so sold out!! Most have anticipated ship dates of Aug thru Oct 😱. Gonna be a lot of chickens for sale by buyers who "changed their minds" 🤣

If a hen isn't broody soon I'll crank up the Bator. Hey, I'm giving eggs away now -- might as well sell chicks.
 
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farmerjan said:
I like to butcher at 24-27 months old... and I can provide birthdate to the processor... whom we KNOW, so that they don't think we are trying to put something over on them .... some calves will get their "adult teeth" a little earlier or a little later.
You can get the backbone, the ox tail and as many bones as possible... backbones do good being cooked along with "ribs"... more meat on them... make good soup too.
You get more flavor at 24 months than at 18 months... and better marbling "older rather than younger" since they are mostly grass fed...
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I had a good relationship with our processor but they sold to mennonites, so that means I have to start all over again. There is a amish processor that's closer to me. I may start using them next year. I've heard good things about them. Only problem is they have a phone booth. You can call and call and call but of no one is near the phone booth, they won't hear the ringing. You really need to get up off your butt and drive there to book dates.

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Mini Horses said:
Hatcheries are so sold out!! Most have anticipated ship dates of Aug thru Oct 😱. Gonna be a lot of chickens for sale by buyers who "changed their minds" 🤣

If a hen isn't broody soon I'll crank up the Bator. Hey, I'm giving eggs away now -- might as well sell chicks.
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Unless you live under a rock, I think we seen that coming a long time ago.

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Good heavens, my resolve is weakening. Saw some Black Australorps chicks while at one of the local farm stores yesterday. Spent the rest of my afternoon trying to noodle out a setup for 4-6 birds. Promised my self not this year.
 
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