REAL Cowboys

[MoKelly]

Chicken passed beef consumption about 30 years ago in the US.

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And pork is not far behind. Bacon!

MoKelly

 

[ovrszd]

I wonder how many chickens it takes to equal one cow?

 

[Bearsixty7]

Chicken passed beef consumption about 30 years ago in the US.

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Some thanks to Opra I am sure :-(

 

[JethroB]

I wonder how many chickens it takes to equal one cow?

Per UDSA recent broiler report:

Average live wt. 6.35 lbs
Dressed wt. 76% 4.83 lbs. (not including giblets)
Weekly slaughter 172 million head

It‘s not a glamorous business but it’s big business.

 

[grsthegreat]

I can believe that. Remember reading somewhere that in Nevada, it takes about 2 square miles to sustain a cow. Not much grass here, mainly brush.

Horses, particularly the mustangs, are a sore spot in Nevada. Latest BLM report I saw said there are ~ 52,000 wild mustangs in Nevada alone. 2017-2019 the Nevada DOT has statistics on 240 vehicle-horse collisions, with 45 reported injuries and one death.

That 52,000 horse population greatly exceeds what the desert can sustain. There was a gruesome photo published this past fall - 110 dead horses around a waterhole that had dried up. Worse, the BLM now has over 50,000 of those wild horses that they've gathered up into holding facilities that are costing the American taxpayer ~ $18,000 a year per horse to maintain. It is against the law to slaughter wild horses so we'll be paying for each horse until it dies of old age. And, every time the BLM tries to gather up some mustangs because they've overpopulated an area to the point that they are suffering, the "Wild-horse Annie" mustang lovers are protesting and suing, saying that as long as the mustangs are wild and free that's all that matters.

Mustangs stampeding when they saw me...notice there is no grass, only sagebrush.
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i adopted a burro year ago. sweet little guy.

actually, the BLM spends 70% of its $80 Million budget to house 50,000 wild animals. thats about $1,100 per animal per year. still alot. especially when they sell a horse for $250.

 

[dragoneggs]

Yes too bad the wild horses seem to be gone except for parts of Nevada. Love to hear otherwise.

 

[LouNY]

Wow! What were you doing up there, especially at night? I'd hate to drive that road at night - bad enough in the daytime.

Way back when Freeport gold built their refinery I worked on the Instrumentation for the plant I was living in Nampa Id. at the time,
and staying down by Elko. Never forgot that address, 55 miles north of Elko.

 

[Citydude]

Yes too bad the wild horses seem to be gone except for parts of Nevada. Love to hear otherwise.

Wyoming has around 8700 wild horses mainly around the Cody area at last count.

 

[tallyho8]

My neighbor bought one of the wild mustangs 2 years ago. After 2 years of training he can almost get a saddle on it.

 

[Frankenkubota]

Per UDSA recent broiler report:

Average live wt. 6.35 lbs
Dressed wt. 76% 4.83 lbs. (not including giblets)
Weekly slaughter 172 million head

It‘s not a glamorous business but it’s big business.

i read there are 25 billion chicken alive on this earth at any time.

 

[MoKelly]

i read there are 25 billion chicken alive on this earth at any time.

Wow. About 3 chickens per person.

What was the old saying about prosperity —- “a car in every garage and a chicken in every pot”.

MoKelly

 

[ovrszd]

Yes too bad the wild horses seem to be gone except for parts of Nevada. Love to hear otherwise.

It's sometimes hard to separate romantic heritage from reality. I have no desire for wild horses roaming my area. None.

 

[dragoneggs]

It's sometimes hard to separate romantic heritage from reality. I have no desire for wild horses roaming my area. None.

I do understand where you are coming from. There is however quite a bit of wild lands at least out west where animals roam no more. They get in our way I guess.

 

[MoKelly]

They get in our way I guess.

Yep - humans do not like much getting in the way.

You guys have wild pigs?

MoKelly

 

[ovrszd]

Yep - humans do not like much getting in the way.

You guys have wild pigs?

MoKelly

That's another thing I'd struggle with....

 

[MoKelly]

That's another thing I'd struggle with....

Wild pigs are nothing but trouble.

Not yet in our area in Mo but can be found in Florida. In fact, only Texas has more wild hogs than Florida.

The state says the pig is not native but was introduced by DeSoto in 1530’s.

MoKelly

 

[grsthegreat]

so wild pigs are a 30' DeSoto?

 

[MoKelly]

so wild pigs are a 30' DeSoto?

Ha - but wrong 30’s.

MoKelly

 

[two_bit_score]

Some surprising statistics:

Here are the 10 states with the highest number of cows:

• Texas (4,655,000)
• Oklahoma (2,150,000)
• Missouri (2,059,000)
• Nebraska (1,941,000)
• South Dakota (1,818,000)
• Kansas (1,529,000)
• Montana (1,448,000)
• Kentucky (1,017,000)

Horses are used here in limited quantities. Most ranching is done with a 3/4T or 1T 4x4 truck with a flat bale bed on the back or FWA tractor with bale stabber on front and back. Every rancher has a couple GN stock trailers. Every rancher's truck has GN Ball in the bed.

The smart guys at Texas A&M said that more beef cattle are raised within 150 miles radius of Bryan-College Station, Texas than anywhere else in the US.

 

[MoKelly]

The smart guys at Texas A&M said that more beef cattle are raised within 150 miles radius of Bryan-College Station, Texas than anywhere else in the US.

Texas A&M tries very hard. I guess it ain’t easy being the little brother.

I have 5 sisters.

MoKelly