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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2007 9:05:34 GMT -5
well, the deed is done. we took rojo ,the texas longhorn bull,to the slaughter house. He weighed 800 lbs. I was fine util the transfer from the cattle trailer to the slaughter shute. I broke down and cried. I had to set into the truck.
I want mind eating him. It was just the thought.
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Post by Kathy on Jan 23, 2007 9:16:20 GMT -5
Aww, Terri I'm the same way. When I shipped pigs, goats or cattle that I'd raised for months-I always cried.
I guess that's not a good quality in a homesteader but I think it just means we've got soft hearts.
Have a good cry then remember he had a good life with you and this is all a part of the Circle of Life.
(((((hugs))))
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Post by bergere on Jan 23, 2007 23:22:41 GMT -5
If they were mean aggressive animals, I had no problem eating them. However, I could never butcher them myself...even when I was young and everyone else did not mind working on making dinner smaller portions.
I to the aggressive ones to a nice clean slaughter house and they came back to me in these nice neat white packages.
The nice ones however,, nope I could not eat them. Luckly this did not happen too often. Always had buyers for gentle pet sheep for a handspinners flock.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2007 14:08:32 GMT -5
Well, he gave us 400 lbs of meat  I had no problem eating him last night as beef stew. However, I don't want to see his head mounted on a car.  BTW he was getting mean and bossy. |
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Post by bbird on Feb 1, 2007 14:16:00 GMT -5
I have no problem eating animals ( I don't know what that says about me, lol) Enjoy your freezer full...400 lbs is a lot!
Btw, do people really put those long horns on their cadillacs like they show in the movies?
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Post by Kathy on Feb 1, 2007 16:04:35 GMT -5
I have no problem eating animals ( I don't know what that says about me, lol) Enjoy your freezer full...400 lbs is a lot! Btw, do people really put those long horns on their cadillacs like they show in the movies? I saw the longhorns on Caddies when I lived in Amarillo. ;D I had a Ford Escort at the time-I wanted to put a pair on the hood of that little car.  Once the meat comes back-then I'm ok-it's the shipping/actual buthering that bothers me. I used to hunt & trap as a kid but over the years I've turned into a big mush puddle.  |
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