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tongue in cheek maybe but alittle unfair comparison. Your camparison is like comparing juicy baby beef to some old micky bull running out in the scrub somewhere.




Matthew that was my point mate, the smaller guys would make a far tastier meal than an old thumper and who knows what that guy had been fed on.

You guys are starting to convert me, slightly, ever soooo slightly a young tender fella on the right night after a few frothy I could almost be talked into a mouthful But not yet, the jury is still out.

It's not something I would take on breeding or harvesting, but to sample a mouthful who knows, if you're a betting man put your money on it not happening and I think you'll be on a winner.

Matt was saying it would be $3000 if each GP was sold for $20 regardless of size (as I saw them advertised), 150 GP's x $20 = $3000

Yes but we are talking about eating them not setting up a breeding stud

Pretty sure we were talking about cost per animal

Stop trying to hijack the thread

Although there should be a place for you to discussion the acquisition of brood stock and GP stud breeding.

Had a bit of a play on gumtree and seems they can range from $10ea right up to $150ea for the special breeds, wow, I never would have thought. Surely they would all taste the same? I wonder what determines a premium cut.. if any.

The eye fillet would be kind of small.

Hey Joblow if you quote the whole of my comment you would see the bit about bovines was a lead into the bit about camelids which reflected your comparisons a bit more accurately...These animals are well regarded in many cultures around the world and in times past have featured in religious ceremony's

Mute point Stuart , you can't eat them without breeding them or you will run out....most people put value on them ( meat , $ , entertainment , breeding whatever ) to justify the cost . Most people find it easier to put a dollar value on most anything because it is easier for the individual to relate the worth of the item to there own use/purpose. I justify my aquaponics on the retail price ($ value) of fish.

Charlie , I would think "premium cuts " would consist of 2 small gobfulls of rump

Cheers all

Matt I was just referring to Stuart's comment on that one particular GP and I also think sacrificial Camel would also be very close to the taste of such a large beast.







Matt I take my hat off to what you are trying too achieve and wish you all best with it, I am very interested in the whole process and will be following how it all turns out with keen interest. It's just a matter of getting enough people's heads around it and you're off and running.

I've traveled for 30 years of my working life so animals were never an option, it was hard enough putting all my pot plants in the bathroom next to a bath full of water wicking down sash cord too keep them alive for 6-8 weeks until I got home. So there's never been any time for animals or the need to keep any.

The "large beast" is not a GP at all it is a Capybara. They are also farmed for their meat and fur in South America. In some areas the meat is highly prized in others it is only fed to dogs.

It is only in first world countries where we can talk about what animals we eat with humour or disdain. In countries where life is hard you eat whatever you can catch/grow.

but often only if the food item sits within the constraints of the locally prevailing religious dogma.

That depends. When life gets really hard religious dogma can go out the window. For example during famine periods cows have been eaten in India.

Hence my use of the qualifier 'often' in my above statement, Stuart. 'Often' leaves room for the exceptions - always.

$20 is one very expensive meal! But a $120 investment for 5 GPs (2male 4females) for breeders, to eventually produce a constant supply of GP meat (given enough time and space) is a very worth while investment.

Besides, as I mentioned a couple of pages ago, Guinea Pig rescue farms are giving them to good homes for free