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I have been trying to get an orchard to grow, but no luck yet. The orchard should provide yearly, with extra to use as feed for animals. I don't know your land and water resources, but a rotational pasture is best. I have purchased calves at sale, along with ready to finish. Calves take 18 months to get to weight. It is work. A steer can be finished in months, but will cost a little more. I paid $100 for calves, $235 for a 350lb steer last year. I would be willing to pay $4-500 for the steer as it saves so much extra work and time. Bottle calf milk is expensive, taking all the savings out of the purchase.
We raise pigs as I get free food from the restaurant. Pig up a feeder in midsummer and feed them all the fruit that falls on the ground in the orchard. Feed them any leftovers from the garden as well. It will make the meat delicious. If you have to buy feed, just go and buy your pork chops at the store. If you pay to butcher, expect .70-$1 per pound hanging weight. Hogs can be butchered right after they are killed, no hang time.
Tractor supply has a chicken plucker for around $300, this allows you to pluck them in seconds or a minute, huge time saver. I skin ours because I am too cheap and too lazy to pluck by hand.
Goats are a pain in the A$$. I had 40 at one time. Build a rot iron fence 8 ft tall around their pen, and another around your property. Energize the outer fence for when they get out of the inner fence, around 250k volts should work to keep them in.
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