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<blockquote data-quote="Running Arrow Bill" data-source="post: 822031" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>Dave, some good advice on this thread... Please don't take any "negative" comments personally...it's just some people's way of communicating and/or giving "advice".</p><p></p><p>That said...</p><p></p><p>Cattle are a 24/7/365 adventure. If something can happen (fences, escapes, injuries, death, etc.), it will. Infrastructure is paramount first.</p><p></p><p>With a small acreage, strongly consider mini-cattle, such as Dexters. They have good full bodies and usually weigh in the 700 to 800 lb range as adults (of course, some can be larger). Lots of meat on those minis and more than adequate for the "average" 2 people: probably 150 to 200 lbs of "packaged meat" on the animal; less, if slaughtered in the 400 to 500 lb range as young yearlings. Depends a lot on their body condition score, and what meat you actually keep to eat and/or share with your friends and neighbors.</p><p></p><p>Another note: Several times you have mentioned about "vacations", a "week at the beach", "long weekends," etc. Implies that you have a "regular 8-5 type job". In agriculture and livestock, "time off" is worked around weather, crops, animals (not the other way around). Without a 100% reliable back-up plan (people to help out), Murphy's Law will raise its ugly head now, later, or in the future. Just be prepared and accept what comes your way...</p><p></p><p>The "real" benefit of eating your own animal is that you know what it ate and don't have to worry about any "harmful" things a producer or feedlot fed or injected it with (if that matters to you).</p><p></p><p>JMO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Running Arrow Bill, post: 822031, member: 9"] Dave, some good advice on this thread... Please don't take any "negative" comments personally...it's just some people's way of communicating and/or giving "advice". That said... Cattle are a 24/7/365 adventure. If something can happen (fences, escapes, injuries, death, etc.), it will. Infrastructure is paramount first. With a small acreage, strongly consider mini-cattle, such as Dexters. They have good full bodies and usually weigh in the 700 to 800 lb range as adults (of course, some can be larger). Lots of meat on those minis and more than adequate for the "average" 2 people: probably 150 to 200 lbs of "packaged meat" on the animal; less, if slaughtered in the 400 to 500 lb range as young yearlings. Depends a lot on their body condition score, and what meat you actually keep to eat and/or share with your friends and neighbors. Another note: Several times you have mentioned about "vacations", a "week at the beach", "long weekends," etc. Implies that you have a "regular 8-5 type job". In agriculture and livestock, "time off" is worked around weather, crops, animals (not the other way around). Without a 100% reliable back-up plan (people to help out), Murphy's Law will raise its ugly head now, later, or in the future. Just be prepared and accept what comes your way... The "real" benefit of eating your own animal is that you know what it ate and don't have to worry about any "harmful" things a producer or feedlot fed or injected it with (if that matters to you). JMO [/QUOTE]
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