Date Posted:1/1/00 12:00amSubject:
What animals, besides fish, have you killed and eaten?
Eh, it's not hard. Provide water year around and in the winter time keep hay out and give them some range cubes. If you have any that are pregnant you will probably have to learn to pull them, but it's really very easy. If you're getting one ready for slaughter a lot of people will put it in a stall and feed it grain. We never did though. You can give the young ones B12 shots too. And other shots. For the normal stuff you don't need a vet. And, someone will have to learn to cut the young bulls.
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The type of dog was Nureongi and it was served just like this:
I did not know I was eating Kegogi (dog meat in Korean) as I was told it was a specially made Bulgogi (beef in Korean). I was told what it really was after we ate it by my Korean friends. They were trying to play a joke on me.
Date Posted:1/1/00 12:00amSubject:
What animals, besides fish, have you killed and eaten?
JD_HOGG posted: 70 acres of useful land today will cost you a few million dollars.
Not in Arkansas. Though, it would cost much more than the 20k we sold it for.
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Referring to illegal aliens as 'immigrants' is the same as referring to shoplifters as 'shoppers' - Dorvinion
I'd feel bad for Satriani but he got himself into it. - allmightybob_MLF
The type of dog was Nureongi and it was served just like this:
I did not know I was eating Kegogi (dog meat in Korean) as I was told it was a specially made Bulgogi (beef in Korean). I was told what it really was after we ate it by my Korean friends. They were trying to play a joke on me.
Well, just don't go to Japan and eat milt. The Asians love doing stuff like that to us.
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Referring to illegal aliens as 'immigrants' is the same as referring to shoplifters as 'shoppers' - Dorvinion
I'd feel bad for Satriani but he got himself into it. - allmightybob_MLF
Ptilk Title: Creepy old pirate Posts: 2,359 Registered: 2002-2-13 14:52:58
Date Posted:1/1/00 12:00amSubject:
What animals, besides fish, have you killed and eaten?
Squirrel, deer, rabbit, turkey, chicken, pig....think that's it. Never been into hunting, but I tried it as a kid. Slaughtered a LOT of pigs and chickens in my day.
We have a huge multi-family garden here. We can a ton of stuff, I still have quarts and quarts of tomatoes, squash, pickles, sauerkraut, assorted giardiniera, corn, Brussels Sprouts, and beans from last year. Freezer full of rabbit, deer, and wild turkey (we trade produce for wild game).
My sister grows almost all her own food. She also raises more than 200 chickens and sells both eggs and poultry. She trades for some things (she doesn't grow wheat, corn, or rice). Built a huge greenhouse on her property a couple of years ago. Chickens stay in there during the winter, and she farms earthworms in it. Any meat they have (besides chicken and rabbit) they trade produce for (or are given, she gets a LOT of free venison). Sells a ton of stuff at farmers markets, bakes her own breads (after grinding the flour herself). Waaaaay too much work for me, but she seems to love it.
Gaevren Title: Wat do? Posts: 1,181 Registered: 2004-9-15 09:29:36
Date Posted:1/1/00 12:00amSubject:
What animals, besides fish, have you killed and eaten?
That's awesome ptilk. I don't know if I want to go quite to that extent (definitely not farmer's markets) but it sounds pretty close to what I want. Best times I ever had were working with the chickens and garden on my mom's place, and then my own gardens. So very satisfying to me.
Reap, I don't really want more than one cow, maybe two- and I mean cows. No males! So yeah would definitely have to know how to care for them when pregnant, etc. apart from normal care. I hadn't really thought about what we would do with the calves. What do people usually do, if you don't plan to keep them? I'm not a big veal fan, personally.
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Date Posted:1/1/00 12:00amSubject:
What animals, besides fish, have you killed and eaten?
JD_HOGG posted:
Reapist posted:
JD_HOGG posted: Why kill things when a grocery store will do it for you?
When we had our 70 acres we bought very little from the store. Our garden was 2 full acres.
70 acres damn dude that's like living at The Ponderosa.
70 acres is no where near as big as you think it is. I used to live on a 200 acre farmstead... Mostly woods, but we had at least 10 acres of fields. We raised a couple cows a year, went deer, grouse, pheasant, and turkey hunting every year. Never did raise any chickens... We thought about it though.
No one in my family were really farmers, but when you have that much land you may as well try to be a little bit self-sufficient.
