Re: OT--Can this be for real? Adopt a cow?

Posted by Ron in Nebr on June 08, 2005 at 11:06:50 from (65.172.143.218):

In Reply to: OT--Can this be for real? Adopt a cow? posted by zooeyhall on June 08, 2005 at 10:41:01:

I haven't checked out the website link you provided yet, but I also raise cattle in the Nebraska Sandhills and I've kicked around a similar idea..having people pay to "adopt" a calf when it's young, then they would get updates on it as it grows, through vaccinations, weaning, etc. They could either actually "own" it themselves and thus contribute towards the cost of raising it, or just be able to call it "theirs".
Then, when it came of age, and they'd payed for all of it's upbringing, they would get the beef after slaughter.
Or another option would be if it was a nice heifer they could decide to "keep" it and when it raised a calf that would be theirs(of course paying for both the heifer and the calf's upkeep), and they could either get the beef from that calf or keep it if it's another heifer to expand their "herd".
Of course this would have to be a profitable deal, not just something so people could have "pets". The cost to the person who "adopted" or "bought" the animal would be more than if they just went out and bought the beef in the store. And naturally it'd have to be more profitable than just selling the animal the normal way to make it worth the trouble...but these days people will buy just about anything...

I'm sure there's a zillion other aspects and things to consider that I haven't even thought of with this deal yet, just wanted to mention that the people on that link aren't the only ones who "think out of the box".

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