[Moleskins]

I saw this topic had come up once more and straight away thought to myself oh no not


  'veal meat again, don't know where ...............' 

[Bionic]

Moleskins, I wasn't aware it had come up previously. What is the issue?
Sally

[plumseverywhere]

I saw this topic had come up once more and straight away thought to myself oh no not


  'veal meat again, don't know where ...............' 

   that's funny!!

Its alright sally - its Moleskins joke 

[Fronhaul]

Gwaun Valley Meats in Letterston do veal.

[Greenerlife]

I really think that WE need to do something about this.  It's exactly the sort of thing that if we all go into Tesco's or wherever and say 'i want some pink veal' they would have to get some for us.  This campaign that everyone talks about is thirty years or so ago, and a lot of people still think that way.  I am lucky where I live as all our butchers sell veal, and it's crazy not to be able to.


(mind you, it's massively expensive here too - I think the last lot I bought was something like 25 quid a kilo)

[Lesley Silvester]

If it's that sort of price I won't be buying it.

[Dans]

Looks like there was something started up earlier this year:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/may/27/rose-veal-jimmy-doherty

Dans

[Backinwellies]

Interesting..... I had wondered about rearing pink veal when i start my small holding (in Carmarthenshire!) ..... but had pretty much ruled it out due to no demand.  Have done plenty of dairy calf rearing in the past and love it.  So what demand is there?

... and yes you are right the media as usual only tells the negative story .... and Joe Blogs laps it all up. 

[Bionic]

Linda,
I am in Carmarthenshire but only wanted a couple of escalopes so you can hardly call me demand. Pity though
Sally

[deepinthewoods]

Interesting..... I had wondered about rearing pink veal when i start my small holding (in Carmarthenshire!) ..... but had pretty much ruled it out due to no demand.  Have done plenty of dairy calf rearing in the past and love it.  So what demand is there?

... and yes you are right the media as usual only tells the negative story .... and Joe Blogs laps it all up.

there has been some good press about rose veal, i think countryfile did a piece on it. truro farmers market has a veal stall, but not every month.

[MAK]

I think I should look for the camera as there are 20 young Limousin Rouge at the bottom of our garden. The live a great life - Heffers with one of 3 bulls mate in the fields and calves are born outside with mum and dad. The calves are quite big when they leave mum and I believe that "pink veal" is about 18 months old ( not sure at all on this). I do know that our neighbour sells his animals to Italy.
Seing the way he looks after these animals and their age I would have no trouble eating pink veal ( lots in shops here). The local dish in Tete de Veu!!
I will try and post some pictures.

[ballingall]

there has been some good press about rose veal, i think countryfile did a piece on it. truro farmers market has a veal stall, but not every month.

Yes they did, it was one of the (few) country files I caught this year. It was quite a good piece, really tried it hit home that surely it was cruel to destroy day old calves than to humanely rear them for veal. But there is a tiny, tiny market for veal in the UK.


Beth

[SallyintNorth]

I think I should look for the camera as there are 20 young Limousin Rouge at the bottom of our garden. The live a great life - Heffers with one of 3 bulls mate in the fields and calves are born outside with mum and dad. The calves are quite big when they leave mum and I believe that "pink veal" is about 18 months old ( not sure at all on this). I do know that our neighbour sells his animals to Italy.
Seing the way he looks after these animals and their age I would have no trouble eating pink veal ( lots in shops here). The local dish in Tete de Veu!!
I will try and post some pictures.

Limousins should finish in 18-22 months.  That's beef out there, m'boy.

Having said which, I read about some people rearing veal ('red veal') on their mothers.  So if they're away at about 6-8 months old, they maybe could be red veal.

Rose veal is typically 22-35 weeks old, I believe.  Over here, it's usually reared in straw yards with room to play, and with calves housed together in social groups.

If Plenty (Jersey, AI'd with Jersey semen) has a bull calf, we'll rear it for our own freezer.  I'm not sure how long we'll run it on; at least 8 months, I think, and play it by ear from thereon.

[Backinwellies]

Years ago, when I worked on  jersey dairy farm, the boss decided to keep a jersey bull calf from good breeding.  However by the time it was about 9-10 months old it wasn't safe to enter a field it was in. (it had been hand fed as a calf).  It soon was dispached!     So go carefully SallyintNorth.   Maybe castrate.... or trial rose veal for us?

Linda

[MAK]

Ooops sorry Sallyintnorth - I am a bit ignorant on terms but veal is very popular here and I am told that my neighbour sells his veu to Italy and local butchers. Maybe he sells beef too. The point I was trying to make is that the young are born and live outside and not seperated from mum until, presumabley, the mum needs can be got in calf again. The youngsters are kept in groups of 20. You have prompted me to ask when these go to market and if they are sold as veal or beef.