Buying local Meat.... question
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I'm willing to pay a bit extra for "farm fresh"meat as aposed to grocery store meat because it tastes so much better,the stuff you grt at say Sobeys doesn't taste like meat at all,it doesn't even feel like meat.
I bought farm-raised chicken.
Aside from the fact that it tasted far better than store-bought, the bones were totally safe for my dogs to eat. Instead of sharp splinters, they broke into harmless bits. Kind of like glass in the windshield of your car, as opposed to your windows.
Aside from the fact that it tasted far better than store-bought, the bones were totally safe for my dogs to eat. Instead of sharp splinters, they broke into harmless bits. Kind of like glass in the windshield of your car, as opposed to your windows.
I hear you. Those free-range runners, not living off just grain, and getting
lots of exercise. Very nice...
That bit about the bones is interesting. I've never given my Dogs cooked
bird bones, as I just assume they'd break into sharp shards. I just never
wanted to take that chance.
Ron in Regina, not giving chicken bones to our dogs was never an issue in the old country, and I was totally astonished when I first encountered that restriction in Canada.
After I bought and cooked range-raised chicken, I tried to splinter the drumstick bone. I found no dangerous sharp-edged splinters. Quigley (my Chessie) and even Daisy (my lemon beagle) had great time with the bones. And, needless to say, they are still here and happy.
After I bought and cooked range-raised chicken, I tried to splinter the drumstick bone. I found no dangerous sharp-edged splinters. Quigley (my Chessie) and even Daisy (my lemon beagle) had great time with the bones. And, needless to say, they are still here and happy.
Interesting to know. My critters get bones from cattle, sheep, goats, deer, etc...
but always mammals. I've got so much tied up in love & time & money into them,
that I just never have given them bones from birds. I honestly don't know anyone
(other than yourself) that has ever given cooked bird bones to their dogs either.
Maybe it is a Canadian thing though. Snapping a cooked store-bought cooked
bird bone can be dangerous even to yourself. I guess, in hindsight, that they have
had chicken bones after they've come out of a slow-cooker, as those I could grind
up with my hands.
but always mammals. I've got so much tied up in love & time & money into them,
that I just never have given them bones from birds. I honestly don't know anyone
(other than yourself) that has ever given cooked bird bones to their dogs either.
Maybe it is a Canadian thing though. Snapping a cooked store-bought cooked
bird bone can be dangerous even to yourself. I guess, in hindsight, that they have
had chicken bones after they've come out of a slow-cooker, as those I could grind
up with my hands.
Ron in Regina, love for our pets is universal, has nothing to do with nationality or place of birth.
I fully complied with the Canadian conventional wisdom about chicken bones until I moved to Manitoba and thru a relative of my daughter I started to buy and cook farm/range-raised chickens. It was merely by coincidence that I discovered that bones of range-raised poultry break differently and safely.
My doggies tank me every time we eat chicken.
I fully complied with the Canadian conventional wisdom about chicken bones until I moved to Manitoba and thru a relative of my daughter I started to buy and cook farm/range-raised chickens. It was merely by coincidence that I discovered that bones of range-raised poultry break differently and safely.
My doggies tank me every time we eat chicken.
Sorry if I wasn't clear. I meant the "not feeding chicken bones to dogs" thing might be a Canadian thing.
I think it might depend on the type of dog. The wolf that let us live with him for several years ate most of the chickens in the area.And the rabbits. Our other dog could not be trusted with cooked bones because of how he ate. I had a dog prior to them that was ok with chicken bones but then he also ate about a tree a week and that never hurt him for about ten years. Either a stick or a bone pierced his intestines and he had to be put down. At the time we could not afford an autopsy to find out which.
You missed something in the Priceless category. Cost of gas! to go shoot the doe. I'm glad you don't live near me or Juan. Less than one hour ago a nice looking doe with her little Bambi wandered into our front yard to eat some berries. We shot her - with a camera.
We're with you Ron. We have never given our dogs chicken or turkey bones. No other birds (dead or alive) enter our house. We had a budgie once that used to bite the dog and pull the hair on her ears. I'm glad our dog liked him. He was a good old bird that talked up a storm.
Too funny Karrie. I've never looked at this thread before. You had me laughing so hard I could hardly type!:lol::lol:
I walk to my hunting area VI, I live in the sticks. Out my front door, it's a 5 minute walk to hunt, out my back door, it's a hop skip and a jump onto Lake Simcoe to fish.
I'm glad you don't live near me. Deer are food, provided by the Creator to feed her children.
Around here they are so thick they throw themselves at our cars in a vain attempt to keep their numbers in balance. Considering that we live in a sparsely populated area teaming with deer, it seems that hardly anybody hunts them. I know a spot where a herd of about 40 hang out and within spitting distance of there is a herd of elk numbering over 50 individuals, all at river level.
I don't hunt any more because my right shoulder was shattered and gun recoil hurts too much and I haven't the strength to pull a bow.
Cliffy, sound like the perfect candidate for a crossbow with a cocking winch.
You should look into it.
You have it rough. I just have to sit on the porch for deer, elk and bears. This year a swamp donkey took up residence in the slough behind the barrn. He's only 2-3 years old. I'll get him next fall.
Yes, I was thinking about it as I wrote. Just not sure that I want to go through all the hassle of acquisition forms and hunting courses. I haven't hunted or owned a gun in 30 years and I have a strong aversion to dealing with any government bureaucracy. But, you never know, old dogs can learn new tricks.
Everything is legal until you get caught. just don't be silly and you won't get pinched.
Don't you need an acquisition from the Gendarme to purchase a cross bow?
By swamp donkey do you mean moose? I hadn't heard that expression before.