Posted by redforlife on November 09, 2018 at 16:59:03 from (68.234.121.189):
In Reply to: A cow to eat.... posted by jl ray on November 09, 2018 at 07:12:30:
A cow is not really a good thing to butcher. Unless you want hamburger and intend on grinding the whole thing into hamburger. If you want good steaks and roasts, you need to buy a good beef steer or heifer calf and raise it to adult size, 1200 to 1300lbs. Approximately 2 years old. Jersey's can be buthchered about 900 to 1000 lbs. They don't get much bigger than that. Holstiens probly need to be butchered around 1300 to 1400lbs. Holstiens have a bigger frame and bigger bone structure. So they need to be raised bigger to end up with the meat you should get.
When raising a calf for butcher, a new born calf should be fed milk to start with for a couple three months. I like to put at least 2 bags of milk replacer into each calf. Then wean. They should be eating at least one pound of grain per day when you wean. A calf will do better if you at least have 2. Cattle are a herd animal, and just don't do as good when raised as a single. After weaning they should have full feed grass or hay. And grain is important. The should be getting fed 1 lb of grain per 100 lds. A 400 pounder should get 4lbs. A 700 pounder should get fed 7 lbs. Etc. It's important they get fed grain every day and all the way through. Then for the last 90 days, they should be taken off of hay and grass and be full fed corn. Don't feed them nothing at all for the last 24 hours before butcher. Once they are hung, they should hang for at least 2 weeks before meat is cut up.
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