Perhaps you didn’t see fish coming/swimming to the list of cheapest meat, but here it is. You’ll see they’re all pretty easy to keep and require a minimum of your space and time. Without further ado, here are 8 best, cheapest animal to raise for meat and self sufficiency. We checked what is the average lifespan of domestic animals bred for slaughter with Southwest Tilapia Farm, Aussie Abattoirs and Farm and Dairy. The sooner, the better is the motto here. Therefore, they are listed according to their harvest age. Surely raising the animal which reaches the age for harvest quickly is very cost-effective. Nothing says self-sufficiency better than being able to go to your garden and pluck what you wish, or picking one of your animals for lunch/dinner if you feel like eating some fresh meat. But how did we decide which are the cheapest and best animals for self-sufficiency? First of all, if you’re self-sufficient, that means you are able to eat your own produce and animal meat. We only chose the animals which required the least space and investment (cows were a little too big to fit the list). We got some great advice from Survival at Home, Morning Chores, and The Elliott Homestead. So let’s see how we decided on the animals for our list. When you decide to raise your own animals, you can be confident you’re feeding them with the best available material, which will eventually provide you with the best quality meat for you and your family. Consumers aren’t fooled anymore by the meat color and size. Instead, they rather wish to know what the animal was eating on a daily basis. Another burning question would be what farm animals are being fed with. Best farm animals to raise to make a profit is not the topic of this research since we’ll mostly focus on animals which require minimum space, and not necessarily the greatest revenue (though the list can be quite helpful with it, too). While some praise the food production, others are worried about the conditions in which animals live before they are slaughtered. Who could’ve thought that this day would come? The awareness about our food and desire to know the exact route of our food from the farm to our table is ever increasing. Owners who violate these rules, for instance on journey times and rest periods, can be fined by the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority.Nowadays animal farming is becoming more and more popular. Rules on the transport of live animals also apply to animals kept for hobby purposes. This allows the animals and their place of origin to be traced quickly during an outbreak of an infectious animal disease.įines for breaking rules on animal welfare during transport People who keep animals for hobby purposes must have these animals identified and registered. This is laid down in the Animal Health and Welfare Act (GWWD). The housing of hobby animals must meet certain requirements, for instance about the amount of space animals have. If the disease is infectious, the owner must report the case to the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority. If an animal becomes ill, its owner must call in a vet.Their owners are responsible for the animals’ health and welfare. The most common animals kept for hobby purposes are sheep, goats, cattle, pigs and poultry. In some cases, there are different rules for this category of animals than for pets, animals kept commercially and wild animals. Hobby animals are farm animals that are not kept commercially.
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