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Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:13 pm
by John C
Allowing for individual quality differences from beast to beast,which type of animal is most likely to produce the best carcass ? Short or none short ? Would there be an expected difference between the two types ? and if so what would the difference be?
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:22 am
by Jo Kemp
Don't know about short but non-short excellent carcases approx 210kgs dead weight. mine mature before 30 months but usually after 24 on grass/haylage only. With new rules I shall try to finish them before 24months is up and hope the quality is still there, we shall see
Jo
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:55 pm
by Inger
Less bone-out wastage in the short Dexter carcass. We haven't culled any of our short-legged Dexters yet, so I can't give you a weight for them, but the three long-legged Dexters we put in the freezer weighed out at around 180 kgs of meat.