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Thanks for the replies. This heifer was grain fed for 90 days and I wasn't happy with her weight gain. I was surprised she had enough fat to hang that long. Don't get me wrong, this is the most tender meat we've ever got back and it taste great. I just can't handle the smell. The smell is...

Does a long hanging time of the carcass affect the smell and/or color of the meat? It obviously affects tenderness but what about those aspects? It is controlled rotting so it would make sense. I'm used to the usual 1 to 3 weeks but a new butcher hung my 16-month-old heifer for 4 1/2 weeks...

Hi, I had a gelding go through this when he was 4 years old due to his post legged conformation. No amount of exercise would've healed him, so I had three options: blister, cut ligament, or pierce/slice the ligament. It was recommended and I chose to go with the surgery to pierce the...