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At
Bird’s Hollow Beef, all of our
cattle are born and raised on our
own pastures. Our herd of mother
cows is purebred Whiteface Herefords
and our bull is a purebred Black
Angus with the cross resulting in
Black Baldies. In addition, we have
straight Whiteface Hereford calves
all that do very well growing and
finishing on pasture grass to
produce quality beef. Both the
Whiteface Hereford and Black Angus
are English breeds which are hardy
and suitable for pasture rearing and
grass finishing.
Cattle
are ruminant animals and are
intended to eat grass. Our practice
at Bird’s Hollow Beef is to allow
our cattle access to pasture year
around with no confinement. We
start rotationally grazing with the
spring green-up of grass in early
May and the rotational grazing
season extends until the grass stops
growing in late fall. During the
winter months the cattle enjoy
grazing the stockpiled grass on
pasture and have free access to
harvested baleage. Our cattle are
never confined and are raised from
birth to harvest on 100% grass with
non GMO grass, no grain, no
implants, no growth hormones, no fed
antibiotics and no animal
by-products. All of our 140 acres
of farm are planted to grass with no
herbicides or pesticides applied to
our fields. All of this provides
for healthier soil, healthier cattle
and a healthier planet.
Our
whole herd of cattle; which entails
cow and calf, yearling calf and two
year old finisher stay together in
one herd from birth to harvest on
pasture. The only exception is a 10
week breeding season when we
reacquaint the bulls with the cows.
We also practice a natural weaning
and let mama cow wean her own calf
the following spring.
From
birth it takes approximately 27-28
months of grass grazing before the
beef is considered truly finished.
Enabling the cattle to take their
own sweet natural time to grow and
fatten before harvest is an
important step to ensure quality
beef. Another vitally important
factor influencing the quality of
grassfed beef is always providing
high quality, high energy grass.
We sell individual cuts of beef by
the pound at Red Jacket Orchards and
also from our home freezer. We are
also accepting orders for
Sides of
Beef.
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