
We finished our chiller a few weeks ago, allowed it to air out, and over the weekend we finally got to test it out. We butchered up our calf that should have been done back in the spring of 2021. The morning started out in the pasture where the cows and sheep were grazing. It was cloudy and cool with some cloud cover and the pasture was quiet. Caleb got his gun ready and waited for the perfect shot. The steer that he was aiming at was calm and at peace as it ate some grass and looked up at Caleb occasionally. At just the right time Caleb fired a perfect shot that dropped the cow instantly. The steer didn’t even see what was coming. We were all in agreement that this was a really humane way to end his life, and because there was no stress on the cow, the meat should be great quality. Keeping animal stress low is so important in the quality of meat that there is actually work being done to try to breed this gene out. My thoughts on this issue is that we should stop playing God in the lab and figure out ways to keep the stress low on the animals. It’s good for the animals and it’s good for us.
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