Do you use Vaccines on your animals?
While some of our animals receive vaccines, we do not use ANY mRNA vaccines. We wrote a blog about it last year with some more information about how we view vaccines and medical care in general. You can read about it here: https://rebelpastures.com/blogs/from-the-pasture/does-or-will-rebel-administer-a-mrna-vaccine-to-its-animals Our laying hens receive a vaccine for the Mareks Virus and our cattle receive vaccines as calves for respiratory and diarrhea viruses and clostridial diseases. Our meaPopularWhat do you feed your animals?
Beef: Grassfed: Our beef cattle are 100% grass fed and finished. They do not eat any grain. Ever. We rotationally graze our cattle so they are moved daily to fresh pasture. During the winter months we use regenerative farming methods like bale grazing or unrolling bales to feed and move the cattle. Pork: Pasture Raised: Our hogs are pasture raised and rotated every 1-2 weeks onto fresh pasture. Hogs prefer to settle into an area so they are not moved daily like our other animals. No-GMOPopularDo you use chemicals, antibiotics or other medicines?
We do not use any herbicides, fungicides or pesticides on our farms. We do not use any hormones on our animals. Regarding antibiotics and other treatments, the only time we treat with any medicine is if an animal becomes seriously ill. We’re not against medicine on a case-by-case basis where needed, but WE ARE against the broad and routine application that is used in standard conventional agriculture practices. Because we raise them in fresh air and sunshine, with their natural choice of food,Some readersDo you feed your animals any corn or soy?
Our cattle and lambs are never fed corn, soy, or grain of any kind. They are 100% grassfed for their entire lives. Our chickens and hogs are pasture-raised and regularly moved to fresh pasture. Since chickens and hogs cannot survive on grass alone, they are given a non-GMO grain that contains corn and soy to ensure they are meeting their nutritional needs. They eat this non-GMO grain in addition to what they forage for on pasture.Some readersHow do you raise your animals?
All of our animals are raised outside on natural, diverse forage. There are no growing barns here. Our cattle and lamb are 100% grass-fed and finished. They are moved to a new pasture daily to have access to nutritious forages. Our hogs are raised in combination on pasture and in forest to have access to a wide diversity of forages and are moved every 1-2 weeks. Our poultry are pasture-raised and relocated every day to fresh pasture.Few readersIs your beef 100% grassfed and grassfinished?
Our cattle are 100% grassfed, grass finished, and pasture-raised. We never feed our cattle corn, soy, or grain of any kind. We move our herd daily to fresh pasture so they can eat what they're meant to – grass and fresh forages.Few readersDo your lambs receive vaccinations?
While some of our animals receive vaccines, we do not use ANY mRNA vaccines. We wrote a blog about it last year with some more information about how we view vaccines and medical care in general. You can read about it here: https://rebelpastures.com/blogs/from-the-pasture/does-or-will-rebel-administer-a-mrna-vaccine-to-its-animals We do not do any vaccinations on lambs at our farm. It depends on where we get our weaned lambs from if they have had vaccines. Our current lamb meat for sale came fromFew readers