Growing Guinea Pigs for Meat

[teonanacatl]

Sounds like the title of this thread could actually be useful. I definetly agree with you creach about the wildcrafte/hunted animals. Problem in Oz is that all natives are protected so you havta pick unnatives to hunt. Now this isnt that much of a problem down south where rabbits are everywhere but here they are alot harder to find. Other introduced animals one might encounter are pheasents, peafowl, hares, pigs, turkeys, goats, deer and pigeons also wild cats and dogs if your game. Ducks are also available in some states. Collection of meat one day a week would provide enough meat. If you have a big property you could setup a small population of them just roaming around, but then thats risking more getting into the wild.

Hag some places grow maggots then dry them and powder. There is a bit of stuff on the net about that.

RE the cars, how many people get in their cars to travel less then 10km? 10km on a bike is not far and will generally take less then 30mins, if everyone traveling less then 10km rode that would be a significant drop in the number of cars being used, likewise people who live further away could catch public transport. If people turned their appliences off instead of using standby this would reduce a lot.

A person might become vegetarian then spend extra time in their car driving to a place that sells a wider variety of fruit and vege.

[MORG]

So rather the best thing you could do for global warming is stop eating cows.

As long as I can still have my whale...

Whales don't fart, right?

Edited May 9, 2007 by MORG

[shruman]

Dont know bout whale but dugong is mighty tasty mmmmm sea cow

[occidentalis]

Dont know bout whale but dugong is mighty tasty mmmmm sea cow

Really? A friend of mine stayed with an indigenous community in the north west and partook of dugong - she said it was bland fatty meat and she couldn't understand what the fuss was about.

[Hagakure]

RE the cars, how many people get in their cars to travel less then 10km? 10km on a bike is not far and will generally take less then 30mins, if everyone traveling less then 10km rode that would be a significant drop in the number of cars being used, likewise people who live further away could catch public transport. If people turned their appliences off instead of using standby this would reduce a lot.

all fine suggestions

A person might become vegetarian then spend extra time in their car driving to a place that sells a wider variety of fruit and vege.

they may also drive less as they wouldnt be driving to their butcher that sells a wider variety of meat products.

heheh we could play THAT game all day

im no vego but i have big issues with the meat industry. i would much prefer to raise my own animals, kill them with respect, and eat them.

Hag some places grow maggots then dry them and powder. There is a bit of stuff on the net about that.

whoa, i dont know how i would go eating that though. maggots are bloody foul. still, they dont have hard shells, wings etc so kg for kg dried maggots probably have more nutrients than other dried bugs.

perhaps i would dig a maggot farm releasing flies into a reptile enclosure or something. reptiles are meant to taste good yeah?

Edited May 9, 2007 by Hagakure

[teonanacatl]

Really? A friend of mine stayed with an indigenous community in the north west and partook of dugong - she said it was bland fatty meat and she couldn't understand what the fuss was about.

FRom what i remember it was quite red and fatty and had a smell, cant remember if i ate it or not.

they may also drive less as they wouldnt be driving to their butcher that sells a wider variety of meat products.

heheh we could play THAT game all day

Yeah i shouldnt have gone there lol my point was it depends on a hell of a lot more then food preference.

im no vego but i have big issues with the meat industry. i would much prefer to raise my own animals, kill them with respect, and eat them.

yeah me to, im switching to what I can catch and kill, roo and lamb cos i really like lamb every now and then. But i gotta eat out all the meat in the fridge first.

whoa, i dont know how i would go eating that though. maggots are bloody foul. still, they dont have hard shells, wings etc so kg for kg dried maggots probably have more nutrients than other dried bugs.

The idea is to get flies to lay them onto somthing foul then transfer them to bran, and let them grow on the bran. They are then clean as and you dry them and grind them to a flour and apparently quite godo for ya. My dad tells me stories of when they used to grow maggots for fish food and the old fisherman use to chuck them between some bread and eat them, they are clean

Maggots do make a great fish food though.

[ThunderIdeal]

interesting conversation. i didn't think i'd ever see a roomful of people talking about actually eating maggots and scorpions, but this forum isn't full of regular folk is it?

just jumping in to point something out - this is why i was so amazed and felt the need to post - cows contribute more to global warming than every fucking vehicle on the planet. can you believe that? methane is something like 8 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. that figure probably includes other cow related emissions though, and it might include the deforestation that is done for cow pasture.

in the tv show where i saw this, PETA was criticising al gore for mentioning all sorts of other stuff in his movie (efficient light bulbs, hybrid car, etc) and failing to put the vegan option out there at all. i think they have a point. PETA implied this was probably due to his industry backing, but why would he still have industry backing?

[Hagakure]

that said, PETA are pretty messed up.

i dont know how valid their argument is on this one but they have been pretty wrong on many others.

penn and teller did a cool "bullshit" show on them.

[Evil Genius]

Hey Pig-Hunters,

just wanted to let you know that Ferrets Pic from page 1 works great to nauseate the hell out of nice girls. This week i´ve tried it twice and both of them wanted to cook me something less sweet instead. My good old Bommel the guniea pig; may god rest his soul. bye Eg

[Jesus On Peyote]

Has anyone seen the new texes chainsaw massacre movie? thats one way of staying self sufficient for some meat source......just throwing it out there lol

[Ace]

PMSL - nice one JoP

Lol - I could imagine the Guinea Pig platter would gross a few of the ladies out eh EG! So did you eat your guinea pig?

[Evil Genius]

Hi Ace, Bommel had a happy life and died an almost natural death. He has been eaten by a fox. But the fox himself died an unnatural death due to a bullet. The Circle of life...

Edited May 12, 2007 by Evil Genius

[devance]

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/Zoo...e_kangaroos.cfm

High on Kangaroos

You won't eat one these would you?

Get you baned from Disneyland.

[Μορφέας]

maggots r bloody versatile, fish food, powdered, to clean infected wounds in nature by letting them eat rotten flesh. amazing

[teonanacatl]

 

 

[planthelper]

got this pic from a austrian newspaper, saying once a year there is a competition in peru to find the tasties (low colesterol) guinea pig.

[devance]

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[flora]

will they cohabit with chooks? we have 2 x light sussex , maybe more later

childhood friend raised and kept GPs in the chook pen with the chooks

-i really liked that permaculture article

GPs are such a significant food source in Sth America that there is a painting (somewhere) of

Jesus and the 12 Apostles at 'The Last Supper' sitting at a feast of guinea pigs!!

[trans_diff]

will they cohabit with chooks? we have 2 x light sussex , maybe more later

childhood friend raised and kept GPs in the chook pen with the chooks

-Chooks and gps can be ok together. Free range is no prob at all so long as they're locked away from foxes at night.

Deep litter system can be ok, I think it would be good for the gps to have an area that is chook free, you can have a sleeping box with a tunnel out to the hens area so the gps can go where they like. It would be good to check that the perches where the hens sleep are not directly over the gp area or your little pigs might get big clomps of chook shit on them. Also to keep an eye on them to check they don't get infested with chook mites. There are vets that specialise in small animals apart from cats and dogs. There's a cavy fanciers society and they would be able to answer questions I expect.

Don't have a problem eating rabbits but guinea pigs seem a bit more pet like. For years though the only meat I ate was my own chooks I killed myself. Thought about breeding bunnies to eat but don't quite need to at this point. Sure I would though if meat were scarce. Light sussex are a good breed of hen for eating btw, a good middle range bird good for eggs or meat.