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<blockquote data-quote="MoGal" data-source="post: 644997" data-attributes="member: 1346"><p>I sent an email to the fella I bought my red polls from and he called me this am.</p><p></p><p>This is his response: He has been butchering red poll for about 8 years now. They are lean and marbled. He said the marbling isn't thick but more like thick fishing line throughout the meat. He feeds grain for a minimum of 3 months to max of 5 (cattle mix with 10% sunflower and 10% flax seed added) and butchers them between 900 - 1100 lbs. He said the butcher at the meat locker plant has always complemented him on his beef.</p><p>He said his customers have said the meat is very tender. The round steak (I believe that was the cut he said) tastes as good as the better cut steaks. </p><p></p><p>He also told me that the Queen of England is the patron of the breed and that if you were invited to a royal family meal they serve Red poll (this was something I did not know). </p><p></p><p>I do know they have an excellent disposition, very calm and sensible. The calves are curious and will walk right up to you to sniff. The more hubby and I help work other folks cattle it makes me appreciate ours so much (their disposition and ease to work them). We have purebred and crosses and I get excited about these cattle. I want to get away from selling calves at the salebarn. I would like to sell bred heifers (most people use black angus bulls around here and if I raise an outcross to them our heifers would give hybrid vigor and heterosis when crossed back to angus). I would also like to fatten the steers and sell a side of beef but the hubby keeps saying there isn't any market to that. Perhaps someday he'll change his mind as we have a USDA inspected meat locket plant here in Perryville and a farmers market.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MoGal, post: 644997, member: 1346"] I sent an email to the fella I bought my red polls from and he called me this am. This is his response: He has been butchering red poll for about 8 years now. They are lean and marbled. He said the marbling isn't thick but more like thick fishing line throughout the meat. He feeds grain for a minimum of 3 months to max of 5 (cattle mix with 10% sunflower and 10% flax seed added) and butchers them between 900 - 1100 lbs. He said the butcher at the meat locker plant has always complemented him on his beef. He said his customers have said the meat is very tender. The round steak (I believe that was the cut he said) tastes as good as the better cut steaks. He also told me that the Queen of England is the patron of the breed and that if you were invited to a royal family meal they serve Red poll (this was something I did not know). I do know they have an excellent disposition, very calm and sensible. The calves are curious and will walk right up to you to sniff. The more hubby and I help work other folks cattle it makes me appreciate ours so much (their disposition and ease to work them). We have purebred and crosses and I get excited about these cattle. I want to get away from selling calves at the salebarn. I would like to sell bred heifers (most people use black angus bulls around here and if I raise an outcross to them our heifers would give hybrid vigor and heterosis when crossed back to angus). I would also like to fatten the steers and sell a side of beef but the hubby keeps saying there isn't any market to that. Perhaps someday he'll change his mind as we have a USDA inspected meat locket plant here in Perryville and a farmers market. [/QUOTE]
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