If you have an animal that needs to be hauled off, check with the knacker about price. Our local knacker closed a cople of years ago and reopened about a year ago. There deal is if it's "fresh" (not sure how long dead constitutes fresh) there is no charge. We're about 35 miles from them and they hauled a cow off for free.
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cypressfarms
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Why would someone do it for free? What's in it for them?
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Wth is a knacker?
BC
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We used to have a salvage company out of Sulphur Springs that made pet food that would pick up dead animals for free, then they started charging a pickup fee based on mileage. They are no longer in business. We bury or compost deads now.
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Cattle Knocker
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SL
The hide and dog food, or maybe even a late night cook out!
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I took it to mean "knocker".
See: Career Occupational Profile for :
Cattle Knocker
http://occupations.careers.org/31123/cattle-knocker
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hillsdown
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No Dun, meant nacker ,as in Nackerman .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knacker
We are charged here for pick up and if you have had a BSE test done on the animal you have to wait until the results come back before they will pick them up. Pre BSE there was no charge , but with all of the ruminant feed regs , most renderers went out of business rather than comply with the new rules.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knacker
We are charged here for pick up and if you have had a BSE test done on the animal you have to wait until the results come back before they will pick them up. Pre BSE there was no charge , but with all of the ruminant feed regs , most renderers went out of business rather than comply with the new rules.
Workinonit Farm
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The main outfit for our area (and most of the state) Valley Proteins no longer takes dead cattle. They stopped taking cattle almost 2 years ago. They still take horses, hogs and I think sheep. They stated the reason for no longer hauling away cattle had to do with BSE and all the regulations regarding disposal of the carcasses. That company makes fertilizer.
A few folks that I know, as well as some of the dairies now compost their deads. I have no idea what the labs do with the ones brought in for necropsies, I think they may cremate the remains.
The fee for removing dead cattle was somewhere around $75.00 to $100.00. For horses its over $125.00.
The last horse we had was buried here, have an old grandma cow that will be buried here as well. (neighbor has offered up his backhoe when needed).
Katherine
A few folks that I know, as well as some of the dairies now compost their deads. I have no idea what the labs do with the ones brought in for necropsies, I think they may cremate the remains.
The fee for removing dead cattle was somewhere around $75.00 to $100.00. For horses its over $125.00.
The last horse we had was buried here, have an old grandma cow that will be buried here as well. (neighbor has offered up his backhoe when needed).
Katherine
FYI:
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Gale Seddon
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Definition of KNACKER. 1. British : a buyer of worn-out domestic animals or their carcasses for use especially as animal food or fertilizer.
Anyone ever watch the James Herriott series "All Creatures Great and Small?" The knacker would come to pick up these dead and dying animals and his diagnosis of anything that had died was always "stagnation of lung." Good series.
Anyone ever watch the James Herriott series "All Creatures Great and Small?" The knacker would come to pick up these dead and dying animals and his diagnosis of anything that had died was always "stagnation of lung." Good series.
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Learned something new today..they don't have anyone down here like that.
How old is granny now Dun?
How old is granny now Dun?
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Anonymous
Wow...how are her daughters doing?
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dun
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The one daughter that calved weighed 1015 last thursday and her calf weighed 642. Just grass and hay in July when the pastures dried up. The daughter is Angus (Granny) and Fleckvieh, her daughter from last year is bred the same and is a real eye popper, her heifer from this year is kind of small but she's a looker too.hooknline":2jvz39f1 said:
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Anonymous
You ever think about flushing her and focusing on that line? Could get pricey but would pay off in spades..
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Anonymous
That's too bad..sexed embryos x flushing= $$$$. Either way she's been good to you.
