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If you'd been a Venezuelan cowboy, you'd have killed her and eaten her on the spot. :D

Indeed. That's about the only logical way to do it.

How is it possible to hatch, raise, slaughter and then ship a chicken to China for "processing", to then have it shipped back to America for sale, all done at a better cost than "processing" it in America?

Thanks leanin' H, my target here is about 1100 lbs finished. I'm processing them myself for sale here at my place.

....in the US and Canada?

Except it's reversed in this case. :D

Which reminds me of a buddy who visited China on a computer-related project a number of years ago. They took him out to dinner one night and he was surprised at how tasty the dish was that they'd served him. He asked the interpreter, what it was. "Meat", she answered. "Beef?", he asked...

:D I recently offered the last parcel of land I'd bought (about 110 acres) for sale and it looks like the neighbor is going to buy it. We did a handshake on it today. Yesterday he asked what my "best price" was and I told him he already had it. Also told him if I didn't get an offer soon...

Having lived in both Mexico and Venezuela, I can assure you folks you want nothing to do with chicken "imported" from China, regardless of where it was raised. While I suspect China ranks higher than both Mexico and Venezuela in any number of areas related to sanitation, I still wouldn't want...

Could all this talk about labels be overblown? Afterall, the average person when hearing the butcher refer to a pork ribeye would likely say, "wait a minute, a ribeye is a cut of beef, not pork. Now that you mention it, give me a ribeye, a beef ribeye". So the guy who walked into the...

Soooooo...........how were they? Reminds me. I was in Anchorage many years ago and stopped in at a small restaurant that had caribou sausage on the menu. Had to try it. Afer the meal I asked the waiter if there was really any caribou in the sausage or if the chef merely watched one walk by...

There, fixed it for ya, OT-style. :D

I'm still trying to figure out why it's a sin to discuss chickens on a ranching forum. Many ranchers here have cattle, hogs, chickens, sheep, etc.....and I'm not talking about small ranches either. Sometimes a producer has to do whatever it takes to stay afloat, and if raising and selling...

I saw one of those in action at a buddy's chicken house (20,000 birds) and it worked really well. I was amazed at how much it cooled things down. Expansion cooling, gotta love it. :D For me it appears the birds handle the heat pretty well until they reach about 30 days of age or so...

:lol: I haven't air conditioned them yet, but I'm strongly considering it. My two main pens are both open on two sides, and fully walled on the other two. One pen is backed up against my property line on the road and can't be opened or else I'd have more chickens disappear via theft than...

Here at the house I can manage about 600 birds of varying ages at a time without causing a stink. Rice hulls make a really absorbant bedding and do a good job of reducing odors. So far predators haven't been a problem. Low temps obviously aren't a problem either though the youngest birds need...

That's certainly the case here these days Mike. Beef, when you can find it, is now in the 70-80 bs/kilo range. I sell live chickens at 30 bs/kilo and dressed birds at 40 bs/kilo. We have something of a perfect storm here right now conspiring against beef buyers. We're nearing the end of...

Squirrels most definitely are in the rodent family. There are actually a number of "new world" rodents that I would eat and I'm sure would be quite tasty. Old world rats are generally disgusting. Here's another "rodent" I've eaten. A number of them were kept on Avery Island in S. Louisiana...

I've eaten plenty of rat. It's actually quite tasty.

I don't understand why those with hunting ranches often don't see the $$$$ advantages and improved deer habitat by running cattle on their places. Deer are browsers, cattle are grazers and most knowledgeable managers will tell you that cattle actually improve deer habitat by opening up thick...