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Post by arlen on Dec 22, 2012 15:10:18 GMT -5
I sampled my first steer yesterday. I had a NY strip, and my wife had a fillet. We both agreed that it was the best steak we ever had. 1.5 inch thick cooked medium rare.
It was so good, I cooked another NY this morning with some over easy eggs and toast.
The meat had a subtle, almost spicy flavor. Must be from the high forage diet. I only gave him a couple of pounds of corn per day. The rest was alfalfa, clover, and timothy.
I never had Dexter until now, when I decided to start raising them, I couldn't find any meat to try, so I took a leap of faith.
I didn't want to start marketing my steers until I tried my own product. I can now say that I will be proud to market my steers.
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Post by theburrowfarm on Dec 22, 2012 15:51:25 GMT -5
You can save yourself some money and not feed the grain .My dexters gain weight on grass and hay alone .The taste is wonderful when finished on grass alone and harvested while the grass is still green.The photo is a 10 month old bull finished on grass. Attachments:
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Post by laughingllama75 on Dec 22, 2012 18:30:45 GMT -5
You people make me wish I wasn't having chicken tonight. Yes, dexter beef is superb! Congrats on your "harvest", you will enjoy him for quiet some time. Mmmmmm
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Post by arlen on Dec 22, 2012 19:21:58 GMT -5
You can save yourself some money and not feed the grain .My dexters gain weight on grass and hay alone .The taste is wonderful when finished on grass alone and harvested while the grass is still green.The photo is a 10 month old bull finished on grass. I mainly gave him the corn just to make him friendly and easy to handle. What else would have the same effect? Those steaks look pretty good. |
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Post by theburrowfarm on Dec 22, 2012 21:35:54 GMT -5
Several things.What I use as a treat right now is I pick grass from the along the drive and places I should have weed eat.They come running for the green.I feed hay considered horse quality from November though mid March.and they pack on the pounds.My point was mainly Dexter's don't need the grain a little as a treat during training or moving or as a nicety is different .
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Post by lakeportfarms on Dec 23, 2012 7:50:48 GMT -5
We're fortunate that we have ours pastured on a old apple orchard. When they see our arms reach up into the branches, they remind me of seagulls on a beach if you pull out a bag of potato chips  When we don't have apples at hand, a big bag of alfalfa cubes is pretty cheap, and lasts a long time. Some people get old bread from the bakery...The key isn't so much what you feed them, it's the consistent motions you use to train them. Visitors to our farm get mobbed when they pull out a camera to take photos |
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Post by bruff64 on Dec 23, 2012 8:33:18 GMT -5
You can save yourself some money and not feed the grain .My dexters gain weight on grass and hay alone .The taste is wonderful when finished on grass alone and harvested while the grass is still green.The photo is a 10 month old bull finished on grass. This was a ten month old bull, not steered? What was your yield? |
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Post by theburrowfarm on Dec 23, 2012 18:04:31 GMT -5
He weighed 424#'s we got back 171 pounds of meat so right at 40 percent yield.He was intact and weaned around 8 months.
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