Exactly. We’re raising our first steer for butchering. His name is, ‘Dinner.’ His, ‘Use By Date’ is January 8th. He has had an absolutely fantastic life when compared to steers in feed lots.
We just went in with some friends and there is 1/4 pig in my freezer that also had a wonderful life...right up until the last minute of it.
The more I know, the less I want to eat anything I, myself am not responsible for bringing into being. I know I’ll never be 100% self-suffucuent, but I’m aiming for 75%!
Same here-hope I’ll soon have enough room to have some chickens in addition to a bigger garden to sell/barter from. Some hogs these days have at least one parent that is a feral hog captured and put in with the domestic ones to breed some healthier, leaner pigs-and they are free for the trapping-they are delicious, and are likely happier hanging out than they were in the wild, but you do have to keep them penned securely. There are so many feral hogs-mean and dangerous when mad, and destructive to gardens and crops-capture and breed seems a good, cheap solution.