Anyone done it? What sort of animals did you raise? Would you do it again?
My friend rents some property that I keep my horse on, and while she has rejected my repeated requests to add chickens (she was attacked by one as a child and is now terrified of them-lol), she has agreed that when the current calf goes to "freezer camp" she and I can co-own a young dairy calf to raise for meat.
I honestly have had a bit of trouble coming to terms with Wilber's (he's really a very nice calf--much more pleasant than many of the horses there-lol) impending demise, but I am starting to realize more and more that he has had a good life and has been raised much for humanely than pretty much any meat we buy at the grocery store.
I am actually kind of toying with the idea of eventually raising meat rabbits, but I'm taking baby steps for now--lets see if I can actually bring myself to eat Wilber first.....
My friend rents some property that I keep my horse on, and while she has rejected my repeated requests to add chickens (she was attacked by one as a child and is now terrified of them-lol), she has agreed that when the current calf goes to "freezer camp" she and I can co-own a young dairy calf to raise for meat.
I honestly have had a bit of trouble coming to terms with Wilber's (he's really a very nice calf--much more pleasant than many of the horses there-lol) impending demise, but I am starting to realize more and more that he has had a good life and has been raised much for humanely than pretty much any meat we buy at the grocery store.
I am actually kind of toying with the idea of eventually raising meat rabbits, but I'm taking baby steps for now--lets see if I can actually bring myself to eat Wilber first.....