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[Re: Angelique Cadogan ]
#120655 - 12/12/2006 10:55 AM |
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The parents of a friend of mine has a small farm and we used to get "chicken detail" so to speak. We used to skin them to avoid having to pluck...that takes forever! Never had them run around after losing their heads but they would fly straight up in the air about 20 feet!
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Re: RAW/BARF Diet Cost
[Re: Brad . Martin ]
#120675 - 12/12/2006 01:36 PM |
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i seem to recall turkeys being the only ones to run around out of nerves... it made a heinous mess if you'd take their head off first, so my grandfather used to tweak their necks with a broom handle, let them do their thing, then bleed them when they quit moving.
i've never heard of skinning them, but my grandmother was in a hurry one christmas and shaved (or sheared, whatever) the feathers off instead. when it cooked, the flesh forced what was left of the feathers out until the whole thing looked like a steaming porcupine.
we ate pizza for christmas dinner that year. 
bringing this post back on topic, i've been going to start raw feeding for a while now, but found the cost prohibitive. even at the cheapest place i can buy bits of "frying" chicken, the cost is still higher than kibble, and it's tough to justify it to the rest of my unbelieving family. aww well, maybe in a couple of months.
i haven't befriended any hunters here yet either, but i'm working on it. 
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[Re: Brad . Martin ]
#120685 - 12/12/2006 02:24 PM |
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I won't be telling that to my children,they sometimes ask me what I'm reading here on the web board,they hear me laugh or get a little mad.No I think I'll skip that one. 
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Re: RAW/BARF Diet Cost
[Re: Jamie Fraser ]
#120693 - 12/12/2006 03:52 PM |
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even at the cheapest place i can buy bits of "frying" chicken, the cost is still higher than kibble
Are there any meat shops in your area? I can't get deer or other delicacies, but I have found a butcher shop who sells me a case (about 40lbs) of very nice chicken necks for $14. That's the staple of my dog's (and one of my cat's) diet. It has, according to many, the ideal bone:meat ratio, and at that price I can afford to throw in the extras such as fish oil, liver, etc. If I had the freezer space, I'd get 30 lb beef liver packages from them, for around 89 cents a pound, sliced. They do slice up beef marrow bones to order for me.
I tried buying from a grocery store for a while, but they were more expensive and the necks weren't as nice. A good rapport with a small meat shop can get them looking out for you, which is harder to achieve with a large grocery chain.
So don't give up on the idea. It's worth it, if for nothing else than to listen to your vet gush about how healthy your dog is.
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Re: RAW/BARF Diet Cost
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#120702 - 12/12/2006 06:35 PM |
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actually when we first moved here, i was shocked to learn there wasn't any. i figured small town in the midwest (well, indiana calls itself part of the midwest, all the midwest states seem to disagree) would at least have a butcher's shop, but the closest one is about 30mi away.
we have two grocery stores, both of which butcher their own meat, but i'm not sure about chicken. i've been meaning to ask them, but i'd like to have some money in my pocket before i go in there.
we have a really huge freezer, i'm not sure if it works but i have the gear to fix it if it doesn't...
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Re: RAW/BARF Diet Cost
[Re: Jamie Fraser ]
#120717 - 12/12/2006 10:04 PM |
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Well, shoot! If you have a really big freezer, and it works, call that meat shop and see if they can get you however many cases of necks you can fit in it. Maybe you wouldn't have to drive but once a month or two or three, depending on the size of your herd. And 30 miles isn't so far, unless you're driving a gas hog Hummer or something.
If your grocery stores butcher their own meat, I wonder if they wind up with parts of the cow they can't normally sell to people, but dogs would find yummy and nutritious. I used to get free eats for my pet rats by cozying up to the produce managers.
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#120718 - 12/12/2006 10:25 PM |
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And 30 miles isn't so far, unless you're driving a gas hog Hummer or something.
pretty much. only car we have left is the old suburban, with a 454 in it. i get sad at the gas pump.
If your grocery stores butcher their own meat, I wonder if they wind up with parts of the cow they can't normally sell to people, but dogs would find yummy and nutritious. I used to get free eats for my pet rats by cozying up to the produce managers.
yah i'm gonna talk to them pretty quick. they also butcher people's deer there, so maybe i can get the garbage from that too. i can use everything except GI tract right? bigger bones with no meat on them being no good nutritionally, might serve as an okay treat here and there.
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Re: RAW/BARF Diet Cost
[Re: Jamie Fraser ]
#120848 - 12/13/2006 07:18 PM |
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lots of people with snakes won't feed live nowadays anyway, it's a good way to get your snake all torn up. unless you bash the critter on the head first, which i wouldn't have the heart to do. course i don't like snakes anyway. 
having said that, steve: do you gut/pluck them? joe's right, that does seem like an awful lot of work.
no gutting or plucking. I buy the chicken grad it buy the head and spin it around . That kills then instantly. Then give to dogs, not much work there.
Dogs love to eat the feathers so no reason to pluck.
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[Re: steve mcdonald ]
#120854 - 12/13/2006 07:35 PM |
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ah ha, see this is what i was curious about. the few things i'd read about raw said not to give the GI tract because of the possibility of parasites, but it doesn't sound like it's causing you any problems. 
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[Re: Jamie Fraser ]
#120855 - 12/13/2006 07:41 PM |
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ah ha, see this is what i was curious about. the few things i'd read about raw said not to give the GI tract because of the possibility of parasites, but it doesn't sound like it's causing you any problems.
My two oldest dogs are 7 years of age and they do get worms from time to time. I do not worry much about it. When we go camping in the mountains they eat all kinds of dead stuff and they are happy and healthy. But they do refuse to eat some of the inners I just dont know what it is. But a dog can get parasites from eaten kibble and walking around the city its whole life also. So long story short evry wolf , fox , coyote , bear all would be dead if it was a big deal.
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