Hedgewizard, a fellow blogger and self-sufficiency enthusiast, has asked how I kill chickens for the pot, so I thought I’d dust off a draft post I wrote a while ago. I’ve posted extracts from the draft on several forums, but never actually got around to posting it on the blog – which is typically daft [...]
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Tag Archives: Slaughter
To the abattoir
6 February, 2007
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The boys and I have not long returned from taking three pigs – Smunch, Bunch and Thunderpig – to the abattoir in Inverurie for slaughter. The abattoir run is always a big event, not just because it provides us with meat for months and a little cash to pay for feed, but also because it’s [...]
Read moreA pig of a day!
26 September, 2006
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Today has been a day for the pigs. The Big Lad, the Wee ‘Un and I had an early start, taking the two British Saddleback gilts to the abbatoir for slaughter. I was up first and the preparations we made yesterday for loading the pigs paid off, as all I had to do was to [...]
Read moreReady to load up
25 September, 2006
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With the two Saddlebacks going to the abattoir early tomorrow morning, it makes sense to get everything set up ready to load them in the dark. This is also when layout of our pens and race comes into play. The second of the two gate posts at the end of the race is stepped back [...]
Read moreLambs to the slaughter
28 February, 2006
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I was up at 4.30am to take two lambs to the abbatoir in Elgin but a glance out the window quickly changed my mind. It was snowing hard with a couple of inches of snow lying on the ground and minimal visibility, so I didn’t need much persuasion to convince me to wait until daylight [...]
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