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<blockquote data-quote="Ann Bledsoe" data-source="post: 40645" data-attributes="member: 60"><p>I must admit, I used to get upset that everybody thought that hubby was the one doing it all. But as the years have went by, I've come to be amused by it more than anything. </p><p>People calll and ask for him, I give him the phone and it ends up right back to me --they either want a cow bred or are looking to buy something.</p><p></p><p>Hubby is the biggest softie anyone has ever seen -- short of being a raving Animal Rights Activist. If it were up to hubby, none of our animals would ever leave this place or be butchered. I try to keep him away from animals that are being raised for meat -- he gets too attached, or maybe the problem is with differenciating between animals that ARE pets and animals that have other purposes, he tends to think of all domestic animals as pets. </p><p>The funny thing is that Hubby is an avid hunter and butchers all of his own game (deer, elk, buffalo, etc) without a second thought.</p><p></p><p>Hubby wanted rabbits for meat. We got rabbits, nice meat breed too, Satins. I raised the litters, butchered them, cooked them, and he wouldn't eat them! I still have the rabbits, started very successfully showing them a few years ago, and still butcher a lot of rabbits -- but I sell most of the meat now, and feed the rest to the dogs.</p><p></p><p>Same with ducks & turkeys, he had to have them for meat -- I raised them, butchered them, cooked them, and he wouldn't eat them. He won't even allow me to sell butcher birds now! He's made pets out of them and we're overrun with ducks & turkeys! Those darn birds eat more grass than the cattle do!</p><p></p><p>He's almost as bad with the cattle. We had a big argument last year over sending an old broken-mouth Jersey cow to auction. The old cow was done, she was dry and didn't cycle anymore, and he wanted to let her "retire" (all the while complaining about the feed bill, of course -- a good portion of which is DUCK & TURKEY feed) </p><p></p><p>I butcher my own beef, pull the carcass up in a tree in my backyard. While Hubby does eat and enjoy our home-raised beef, he disappears on butchering day.</p><p></p><p>Our current argument is over a yearling Red Angus steer -- he'll be ready to butcher sometime in October. But this time hubby wants to send this gorgeous, no-antibiotic, no-implant, corn-fed steer to auction -- and use the proceeds to buy beef at the grocery store! </p><p>I don't think so!</p><p></p><p>He needs to be reminded that that was our initial purpose in moving out here -- milking a few cows and raising/butchering our own beef.</p><p>Still not sure quite how I ended up doing all of it, but I'm not complaining, I enjoy spending my days with the animals -- much better than a having *real* job. I may not make that much, but I've managed to almost elimimate buying food, which makes up for it.</p><p></p><p>Ann B</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ann Bledsoe, post: 40645, member: 60"] I must admit, I used to get upset that everybody thought that hubby was the one doing it all. But as the years have went by, I've come to be amused by it more than anything. People calll and ask for him, I give him the phone and it ends up right back to me --they either want a cow bred or are looking to buy something. Hubby is the biggest softie anyone has ever seen -- short of being a raving Animal Rights Activist. If it were up to hubby, none of our animals would ever leave this place or be butchered. I try to keep him away from animals that are being raised for meat -- he gets too attached, or maybe the problem is with differenciating between animals that ARE pets and animals that have other purposes, he tends to think of all domestic animals as pets. The funny thing is that Hubby is an avid hunter and butchers all of his own game (deer, elk, buffalo, etc) without a second thought. Hubby wanted rabbits for meat. We got rabbits, nice meat breed too, Satins. I raised the litters, butchered them, cooked them, and he wouldn't eat them! I still have the rabbits, started very successfully showing them a few years ago, and still butcher a lot of rabbits -- but I sell most of the meat now, and feed the rest to the dogs. Same with ducks & turkeys, he had to have them for meat -- I raised them, butchered them, cooked them, and he wouldn't eat them. He won't even allow me to sell butcher birds now! He's made pets out of them and we're overrun with ducks & turkeys! Those darn birds eat more grass than the cattle do! He's almost as bad with the cattle. We had a big argument last year over sending an old broken-mouth Jersey cow to auction. The old cow was done, she was dry and didn't cycle anymore, and he wanted to let her "retire" (all the while complaining about the feed bill, of course -- a good portion of which is DUCK & TURKEY feed) I butcher my own beef, pull the carcass up in a tree in my backyard. While Hubby does eat and enjoy our home-raised beef, he disappears on butchering day. Our current argument is over a yearling Red Angus steer -- he'll be ready to butcher sometime in October. But this time hubby wants to send this gorgeous, no-antibiotic, no-implant, corn-fed steer to auction -- and use the proceeds to buy beef at the grocery store! I don't think so! He needs to be reminded that that was our initial purpose in moving out here -- milking a few cows and raising/butchering our own beef. Still not sure quite how I ended up doing all of it, but I'm not complaining, I enjoy spending my days with the animals -- much better than a having *real* job. I may not make that much, but I've managed to almost elimimate buying food, which makes up for it. Ann B [/QUOTE]
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