WHAT IS THE BEST ANIMAL TO RAISE FOR MEAT? | COWS, SHEEP, PIGS CHICKENS HOW MUCH MEAT beef lamb pork

Have you ever wondered how much meat to expect from a beef cow? Or how much meat you'll get off a finished pig? What about lamb or eggs from a chicken?

Today's video discusses how much meat and eggs a good quality farm animal will produce. This is important information to consider in light of how much food each farm animal consumes. It is important to weigh food input vs. food output when you grow your own animals for meat.

I hope this info helps you launch your small farming journey!
-the Shepherdess

THE MOST (and least) EXPENSIVE ANIMAL TO FARM: 0:00
How much to feed chickens: 1:05
How much to feed pigs: 2:14
How much to feed cows: 3:15
How much to feed sheep: 5:20

In this video:
How much meat from a sheep
How Much meat from a Beef cows
How much meat from a Pig
How many eggs from a chicken
Farming for profit
Farm business plan

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About this Channel: This channel chronicles my journey as a sheep farmer from the very beginning. My primary occupation is in business management. In 2020, I discovered the principles of regenerative agriculture and embarked on a journey with the end goal of building a profitable small farm on 23 acres by 2027. Thank you for joining the journey!

[davidgun]

I raise rabbits, they are quiet so they don't bother the neighbors, it takes 30 days gestation, 10 to 12 weeks to grow out to a dressed out weight of about 3.5 lbs. 6 to 11 kits per litter, lower cholesterol and higher protein then any other meat, and there droppings are one of the best fertilizers.

[RussJennings]

I use my sheep as a grazing service, so people are paying me to graze their land. In addition, my sheep get to eat a huge variety of plants so they have an excellent, healthy diet. Last year they grew very well.
This year I have new lambs so I will be monitoring their weight to see how quickly "forage feed" brings them to weight.
I'm raising Romney sheep, small scale. Thank you for your excellent videos!

[marka]

Yes we are running a few cows and goats on our farm. We butcher at 900-1000 # steers and 100# weathers and because we started being grass farmers a few years ago feed/gain have been almost zero just mineral tubs and litter cost are about it we bale our own hay so fuel added in but noticed a better product when we started being grass farmers instead of livestock farmers. Keep up the good work we enjoy your information.

[rodneyspencer]

Her math is off on the amount of edible meat you would get of a 1200 Lb steer. The deboned net weight should be between 42 and 43% of the live weight or about 500 Lbs of edible protein in her example. The same would go for hogs as well. Hogs would yield a little better. Plus you can feed chickens and hogs table scraps to supplement their grain diets.

[wilde]

I’m not a farmer and I somehow bumbled onto your site. I found the figures in this video quite interesting. It gave me an insight into why meat costs what it does. One never thinks of how long a farmer has to tie their money up in each animal before they get a return on their investment when you pick up a package of meat at the grocery store.

[alancraig]

I have been raising sheep since 2016 and my flock is all mixed breed Dorper, St Croix etc hair sheep. I have butchered from 9 months to 4 years old and have not ever come close to having anything that was not fantastic! The hair sheep are much slower developing than wool breeds therefore I now like to raise to 18 months on grass for my best results. We are doing this on 15 acres in North Texas.

[shaunclarkson]

Had 3 "super chickens" the last two years. Winter was managed by putting a full spectrum light in their coop on a timer that simulated summer sun rise/fall hours. When below -15c I had them coop only, while above -15c I would let them outside is an attached chicken run.
Also had to heat the coop enough to keep it above -5c all winter.

[davidhickenbottom]

I raised a Jersey bottle calf and processed him at home, I'm a butcher best beef I've ever eaten. I am building a small regenerative farm and it's going great. My cost are astronomical but the results are amazing. Hopefully I can bring that down moving forward. My dairy farmer friend has Jursey cows bred to Angus that I will be getting next plus he will breed them to what ever I want. My goal is to produce the best beef people have ever had. I worked in supermarkets for 30 years I don't like store meat.

[lukea.wharton]

Great video!! I happen to have close family who have 11 Rhode Island Red hens. I personally am not fond of these chickens just because of their disposition toward other hens. However, I know they are excellent layers. These 11 birds are basically super birds. They started laying in January and every single bird lays each day of the week basically. A few weeks ago all 11 birds did not cease laying for 10 days straight! It's ridiculous how good these birds are during their first year!

[bradjon]

I raise Ameraucana layers in Eastern Tn. They give me 1 egg a per day until we hit 97f temperatures. I free range my chicken which cut my feed cost 50%. However i did add electrolite to their water due to the high temps. It helped them to resume laying again. Mine started laying eggs in early March at 5.5 months of age. We try to monitor the low egg producers go ahead and butcher them.

[footplate]

Thanks for producing such a great video. I find it perplexing that the best tasting meat (the long and slow grown) is also the cheapest. As they take longer to grow like mutton, they have consumed the most feed but because a lot of people don't know how to cook it properly, it ends up as the cheapest meat as it is tough. The same goes for a chicken, one that was a layer for a few years tastes much better than a Cornish cross. So I suggest to consumers like me who have never had slow grown meat, give it a try and I bet you will not go back to your fast grown supplier again. The only exception to this rule is pork, the slow grown heritage breeds are still the best but people have cottoned on that the heritage pork knocks the spots off of your normal quick grow breeds. As always thanks for posting

[semitrailer]

Hello,
I grew up raising beef, was in 4-H for a number of years. I just wanted to say Thank you as I am learning a lot from your content. Have a great day.

[BaldBozo]

Straight to the point . Excellent video .

[FugateFarms]

Great video. I do throughly enjoy the analytical break down. I’d love to see your breakdown of how much each animal brings by way of selling what they produce. Chickens cost the most but produce the most, so how much income would they produce if you sold every single egg etc. Great content!

[evelynrogers]

Red star and black star hens start laying about 22 weeks. They lay 6 eggs a week. Will lay pretty good if you provide them with more protein in winter

[paulgroth]

I run Katahdin Sheep. For me flavor is above all other considerations. I have found the Katahdin be the best tasting sheep of all I have ever tasted. Thank you for a really important and interesting presentation. Bunny run Farm Washington State

[easttexasengineering]

Here in east Texas, we have 26 hens with 3 of them actually laying eggs in the winter months. During that freeze that hit Texas 2 years ago these hens still laid eggs but they froze and cracked before we could get them. We do keep a heat lamp on 24/7 in winter, maybe that plays a part...

[jlpaints]

Thanks for doing all of this research. Great information. You are the best 👌

[tyrellthiel]

I had 5 Plymouth hens for five years, they took a 2-3 week break around winter solstice, otherwise I was getting 2- 2½ dozen eggs per week. I live between the 44th and 45th parallel

[arasolisfolkcelta]

My hens lay more than 300 egg/year: Rhode Island hybrids at Balcarce, Argentina (37.5° S, 900mm rain/year, Atlantic climate, 60 frost days/year) Fed with ad libitum balanced layer's food plus whatever they get from grass, insects, snail, etc.