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Hi, Y'all!!

I go by the nickname, Rammy, since Im an Aries<yeah...>. I have a small farmette in Tennessee, with about three and a half acres. I used to have a horse I raised from birth, that unfortunately, I had to put down two years ago. She was 34. :(
So, since I have all this land, I though, COWS!! Sounded like a good idea at the time. My neighbor and I went in to get some Jerseys last year and that worked out pretty well. Had to bottle feed one, which got named Moofassa. He ended up following me like a puppy dog and sucking on my shirt.
The other two, we had three, but one got struck by lightening, never warmed up to me, but they all came running when they saw me cause they knew they'd get feed.
This year we did Angus. Hmmmm. Trying to get them used to me and come when called. So far, they have only come in once. Most of the time I have to go trot them in for the night. Hopefully, with the suggestions other great members on here have posted on my other thread, they will come around.
Mostly, I have chickens. They are fun to watch.
Nice meeting y'all!!

Rammy
 

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Nice to meet you Rammy. Glad to have you with us. :)
 

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Welcome from the Hoosier state! :frow
You could get a little straight grass hay off some of that acreage and raise some rabbits. They love alfalfa too as long as you may be growing it for the cattle. Easy to contain and quick to raise to meat size. The fastfood of livestock. Everyone should raise 'em IMO. :)
 

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Thats an idea. One I have considered for preppers purposes. But I cant even kill a sick chicken. I have to take them to the vet to be put to sleep. The cows we are raising, one will be processed, but not by me. <cringe> just cant do it. Even Freezer Queen, whom Im very mad at, probably wont be the one to go in the freezer, but with thier little cow eyes looking at me. I cant do it. :)
 

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It is tough, taking a life, but to me the food aspect makes it feasible. I started with my Dad when I was 12, so kinda seasoned by now. It is something appreciated and not taken for granted.

I do have mine with the idea they can be a suitable main course if SHTF and no electricity. One rabbit dinner will feed a family with little or no leftovers to refrigerate, which would be handy in the scenario there is no working refrigerators, etc. Reminds me of Mom's stories of Great Depression days. She is a WW2 baby and remembers her folks' stories. My Dad's family were substantive farmers, and did well throughout the world wars and Depression. It is amazing how well folks survived without electricity!
 

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Welcome! Sorry to hear of your loss the first year but you will keep learning every season. Feel free to post as many pictures as you'd like, we love them here ;)
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Hi rammy. I too can’t kill a chicken and had to pay 200 dollars once at an emergency vet to have one of my hens put down after a dog attack. Guess I am not alone in that area .
 

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It is tough, taking a life, but to me the food aspect makes it feasible. I started with my Dad when I was 12, so kinda seasoned by now. It is something appreciated and not taken for granted.

I do have mine with the idea they can be a suitable main course if SHTF and no electricity. One rabbit dinner will feed a family with little or no leftovers to refrigerate, which would be handy in the scenario there is no working refrigerators, etc. Reminds me of Mom's stories of Great Depression days. She is a WW2 baby and remembers her folks' stories. My Dad's family were substantive farmers, and did well throughout the world wars and Depression. It is amazing how well folks survived without electricity!
I like the way you think. Kinda the reason I raise sheep, small, only 5 months gestation, easy to feed and if SHTF, go back to small..... LOL
 

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Thats an idea. One I have considered for preppers purposes. But I cant even kill a sick chicken. I have to take them to the vet to be put to sleep. The cows we are raising, one will be processed, but not by me. <cringe> just cant do it. Even Freezer Queen, whom Im very mad at, probably wont be the one to go in the freezer, but with thier little cow eyes looking at me. I cant do it. :)

Hi rammy. I too can’t kill a chicken and had to pay 200 dollars once at an emergency vet to have one of my hens put down after a dog attack. Guess I am not alone in that area .

I butcher my chickens. I say a prayer over every one of them, thanking God for providing food and thanking the chicken for giving up it's life so that we might eat.

Then I got crazy and right now I have 53 Cornish Cross chicks that will be ready to be butchered in weeks......

It's not for everybody. I'm a softie on some things, and a realist on others. I raised rabbits once and got quite good at stocking the freezer. I raise lambs and so far, I just can't do it.....for $95 they come back to me in a box, clear shrink wrapped and frozen.
 

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Thats what I will have to do. I had to kill a week old baby chick because it was born with stargazers syndrome. I hatched them myself. After that, I took anything that was sick or needed to be put down to the vet. Since I work for a vet, doesnt cost me anything, but at least they dont suffer. Id have to take anything I wanted process to someone else. Cant look them in the eye and wack them with a hatchet and then eat them afterwords.

Rammy
 

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