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You absolutely made the best choice for you! The chemicals would have been dangerous. God took her because He is merciful and knows your struggles. Be bkessed.❤
We just got our pigs butchered last month and when we picked up the meat we made the dates for next year for our pigs that we don't even have yet. That's how far in advance we have to schedule our butcher. A lot of people say to do it yourself but we don't have the time or cooler space for our pigs.
My philosophy is all livestock becomes dead stock and the best you can do is provide quality of life and quality of death. If there is a possible harvest, I take it. You made the right call with Belle. I have a couple of “Belles” (ewes) buried in the pasture.
No antibiotics 100 years ago.
So even before watching the video, my thoughts are thus: since she was an older cow, I might have processed her for meat to give to someone for free, still good meat just not the prime, still calories & nutrition. Also her hide, leather, is worth using for lots of things, if you can do it yourself, otherwise giving to someone who has the know-how. I know it sounds callous but it's reality. Belle was well loved by humans and her animal family, she had a really good life, and now will go down in history thanks to Patera! Now I will watch the video…
Personally, as far as my chickens go, if any of them get sick, I don't eat them. period. I don't want to risk my health eating bad meat. I don't call a vet for a chicken. I watch it, and if it gets bad, off with their head and into the trash. I won't risk all for one.
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you did the right thing, Patara. Because of the antibiotics she could't/shouldn't be processed for meat anyway. It's sad she went down like she did., don't blame yourself or take any blame. People who don't understand safe agricultural practices are quick to judge, in their ignorance. You did your best for her, sadly it did't pay off. Make sure to keep that vet, sounds like a jewel!
Wish everyone cared as much for their animals. It's always a hard decision, no matter what the decision. God bless y'all.
I know nothing about cows, so I have a question. If you had slaughtered Miss Belle before you gave her any medication, would you eat the meat from a cow with an infection? I think that you did the exact right thing!
The only way not to lose animals is not to have animal. Been told that all my life and its real. It sucks it happens. Our oldest mama cow is down today and isn't going to recover. We kept her and let her live out her years here even when she was a loss to us money wise. She was good to us for many years and we felt it was our job to see her through to the end. That's the difference between family farms and corporate farms. Corporate farms cull at a certain age due to profitability because its a business decision. Not saying its wrong it just is what it is. As a family farm we are closer to our animals and form relationships with them and make choices based on different things.
Merry Christmas Patara!
Great advice!!
Your a good mama ❤
Bless you Patera. You can't let people second guess your choices. We each have to make decisions that require a lot of inputs from ourselves and those in our family.
Are you on Rumble? If not, will you be going there as well?
50 years ago on the dairy farm my husband worked at..the did not eat them..they called the rendering company and they were paid by the rendering company for the cow. My parents were born in the early 1900s and did their own butchering ..if someone shot a deer and it ended up that it had been wounded the did not process that deer for food. It was tossed. Alot of people back then would not eat a sick animal for fear of disease spred. I only know of them eating freshly injured and as long as the intestines and such were intact
We raise Angus and would never eat a sick cow. But each to their own. And butcher date here in Colorado from a good trusted butcher are 9 to 12months out and if you want USDA packaged its even longer. We drive 45mins to our butcher. Im so sorry you lost your Bell. We lost a 5month old calf last year and its never easy at any age. Know that you did your best and I hope that puts your mind at ease. She loved you and you loved her.
Feb 16th 2023 is when my bull is going to slaughter. And my daughter works for the company. You have to make the right decisions for your farm. Different circumstances call for different solutions. Hang in there.
The general rule on my farm if an animal is sick I do everything within reason to make it better but they will not go for meat at that point. They get buried in the yard if they cannot be saved. Plus like you said it takes months to get a butcher appointment
We always ate the farm animals, I stopped making pets of them early on . I had a duck named Suzie, they told me she flew south but I found out later we had eaten her.
We have some family members who have learned about butchering animals. We don't have animals of our own, yet, but I've participated in helping because I wanted to learn and to experience the process. They've done chickens, turkeys, geese, deer and pigs. They would make a day, or two, of it and you could watch all the steps and be hands on. It helps them as well and it works because they do it when it works for them. They watched several videos and read books and asked lots of questions from those with experience. You initially have to invest in good knives, but as far as the rest of it, it's all stuff they buy anyway to preserve other foods and disinfect surfaces and such. I made several aprons out of old feed backs. They're great because they keep your clothes dry, and as long as you're wearing boots and gloves, it's really easy cleanup
I could never eat my animals they are family I will just eat beans and rice.
I agree good choice
God Bless all
I feel bad that you lost Miss Belle, I'm sorry. I don't have a farm, but I have lost a cat and a few months back our dog that we had since she was 9 weeks old. Animals that you love and care about are part of the family. It sounds like your vet was awesome, that's important. I can't imagine having to make a decision to bring an animal to slaughter. It must be a very difficult. Thank you for the video.
I am friends with people that process meat. We get a cow and pig every year. Everything is done around their schedule. Friend or not, they have a business to run. Never, ever take advantage of a friend.