I am having a grumpy day on the pig side of things. The post has just arrived, including a letter from our abattoir Scotch Premier in Inverurie. The letter says they are finding private pigs take too long to process compared with regular pigs due to difficulties removing their hair, the rare breed characteristics, their [...]
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Dido is going for chops
28 August, 2009
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We’ve decided to send Dido, one of our Berkshire gilts that was to have been used as a breeding sow, to the abattoir. She’s a lovely looking example of the Berkshire breed with the added merit of gaining weight almost as fast as the boars on less feed, making her a very cost effective pig [...]
Read moreI may be gone some time…
30 September, 2008
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I took two Berkshire boars to the abattoir in Inverurie today, which is a regular event so I’ll refrain from going into detail as it’s something I’ve described before. Instead, I’ll wind back the clock to 24 hours earlier when I was loading the pigs into the trailer, ready to move them down the steading [...]
Read moreNipper is definitely going in the pot
20 June, 2008
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I went out to feed the pigs this morning and all was well until I went into the porker’s pen. I’d barely opened the gate when Nipper, one of Daisy’s offspring and 24 weeks old, charged over to head butt and bite me. I drove her off with the feed bucket but it’s confirmed our [...]
Read moreYes, it’s that time…
13 March, 2008
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It’s the Thursday immediately following the Tuesday abattoir run and that means just one thing—it’s liver, bacon and onions night. The Wee ‘Un and I dropped in the butcher’s this morning to collect the fresh liver and eight rashers of bacon. Oh, and inspect the pig carcasses, too! There wasn’t as much difference between the two [...]
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