(25 November 2012, 19:26)Highlander Wrote: (20 November 2012, 11:05)NorthernRaider Wrote: One of the most important jobs I have planned for my group AFTER TSHTF properlyis to travel out to a radius of 7 miles to as many farms as possible in a large heavy vehicle, I intend to knock down as many fences and walls as possible giving the critters a better chance than dying of starvation or dehydration in a field. We have Buffalo, Long Horns, Jerseys, Herefords, Gurnseys, Dexters, Alpacas, various sheep n pigs, all the deer types including muntjuics.
I would have thought that [ depending on how big your group is ] that in an area of seven miles you would be better off re-farming those animals,... farm animals are there to feed the country,.. they would be one of your keys to surviving,.... you cant stay in one small group forever, you will need to branch out in order to start again,..and it will be farming that re-starts anything
(25 November 2012, 19:19)In the Dark Wrote: I think a lot of modern cattle can only breed via artificial insemination because we've modified their shape so much that bulls can't do their business?
In my view all cattle will bred naturaly, the only reasons that cattle are artifiicaly inseminated is in order to inpregnate cows with better genes to improve a herd,.... or because the farm doesnt have a bull,... to most farmers a Bull is a cost they cant afford, he is no good to the farmer except for once a year,... its not because cattle cant breed on their own
your right all cattle will breed if let go wild i recall a film showing a island in scotland where a croft was left over 20 years ago the cattle that were left grew in to a natural herd with a top old bull and young bulls coming up
the farmer would return to kill a few each year if he could catch them
like you said most farmers dont keep males any more
sheep go to a ram once a year and would be ok
pigs not many boars al cheaper
chickens just hens only smallholders keep hens and cocks
cost of feeding is main reason chicken feed not cheap any more haha
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