Bez+
Well-known member
Sorry folks
I am a person who raises the full sized cattle - but I am with Greg on this one.
Anyone trashing the mini category of cattle has not looked very closely at the Herf.
I am not overly familiar with all breeds of minis - but most that I have seen - tend to look like toy poodles.
Greg can state honestly that his animals are cattle and are meant to be raised for many things - and the freezer is one of those "many things".
In my opinion, Greg is correct - when speaking of Herfs - and if you look at his web site there are some darned fine (Sorry Greg) Mini Herfs there.
Kill one of them and put it in the freezer - it feeds a typical family of three to four quite nicely and there are no large steaks and roasts - which are going by the wayside in this day and age - but there are decent smaller roasts and steaks -which are now highly desired.
NO full sized probs for the small land owner and he gets meat that was home raised. Do we not all do this - or at least try?
One of his Mini Herfs would easily kill out at a live weight of 700 - 1100 pounds depending on how it is fed - producing at 60% (low end of the scale -and probably higher) a meat pile about 420 - 660 pounds minimum. Perfect for the smaller freezer.
Easy to keep on a real small piece of ground, very docile and easy to raise. A great way for a city worker to teach his family about where meat really comes from - and to watch in the yard/pasture.
As for the real mini stuff - good Lord! - I am a believer that they are living proof that man should not screw around with genetics just because he can.
Cute may be nice - but what a way to screw up Mom Nature!
Cheers
Bez+
I am a person who raises the full sized cattle - but I am with Greg on this one.
Anyone trashing the mini category of cattle has not looked very closely at the Herf.
I am not overly familiar with all breeds of minis - but most that I have seen - tend to look like toy poodles.
Greg can state honestly that his animals are cattle and are meant to be raised for many things - and the freezer is one of those "many things".
In my opinion, Greg is correct - when speaking of Herfs - and if you look at his web site there are some darned fine (Sorry Greg) Mini Herfs there.
Kill one of them and put it in the freezer - it feeds a typical family of three to four quite nicely and there are no large steaks and roasts - which are going by the wayside in this day and age - but there are decent smaller roasts and steaks -which are now highly desired.
NO full sized probs for the small land owner and he gets meat that was home raised. Do we not all do this - or at least try?
One of his Mini Herfs would easily kill out at a live weight of 700 - 1100 pounds depending on how it is fed - producing at 60% (low end of the scale -and probably higher) a meat pile about 420 - 660 pounds minimum. Perfect for the smaller freezer.
Easy to keep on a real small piece of ground, very docile and easy to raise. A great way for a city worker to teach his family about where meat really comes from - and to watch in the yard/pasture.
As for the real mini stuff - good Lord! - I am a believer that they are living proof that man should not screw around with genetics just because he can.
Cute may be nice - but what a way to screw up Mom Nature!
Cheers
Bez+
