How is meat reared?

Answer 1

Well in a lot of America we employ the use of "factory farms" which are high density, high output agricultural sites. The employ the use of crowded pens and growth hormones to stimulate the growth of the animal and supposedly to provide a better meat product. These factory farm have been criticized fro being inhumane for their crowding and they are more susceptible to developing diseases like mad cow because the animals are on top of each other.

There is free range meat too, in which farmers allow their stock to roam free in fields until time for slaughter.

Answer 2

It all depends upon the meat.

Most cattle, sheep, and goats roam free range and are reared by their mommas until weaning age. They then graze on grass until they reach a certain size. Ususally just short of adult size. Cattle are then sold to feed lots and fed grain until they top off at around 1100 pounds and are then slaughtered for beef.

Goats and sheep are probably taken directly to slaughter.

Chickens never see mom and live in crowded pens as do turkeys. Chickens are killed at about 7 weeks of age. Cattle about 1 year. To me chickens are raised in the most inhumane way.

Fish are pond raised until they reach size prefered for the market. Wild caught fish are just that, "Wild caught".

Rabbits pen raised.

Shell fish shrimp and such may be wild caught or farmed in water.

Pork is from pigs raised mostly on very large commercial farms. Slaughtered at 5 to 6 months of age.

Answer 3

Meat is not reared. We raise cattle, pigs, sheep, chicken, fish and other animals for there meat. It is difficult to believe that someone does not know we obtain meat.