The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Jaymac76 on November 18, 2025, 10:20:14 am
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I have a couple of Tamworth pigs that will be ready for slaughter early next year, recommendations for a good butcher in West Lothian or surrounding areas will be appreciated.
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I think finding a slaughterhouse for pigs is quite difficult. I've never seen pigs at Shotts but you could ask. Or contact Wishaw - we don't use them because they are so big. Shotts looks awful there but we find them good for our sheep, small.
There used to be a slaughterhouse in Galashiels which did pigs, but it closed after a wild boar seriously injured a slaughterman.
Otherwise it's further away somewhere down the M74 but I don't know where - sorry.
Hopefully someone else will come along with better info :pig:
Now I see you're actually asking about butchers - sorry ::)
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Just contacted Shotts slaughterhouse and they do pigs so will save a lot of travelling and money on fuel, do you have a butcher you use for the sheep that you could recommend.
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We used to use Jim Cairns in Law 01698 350 738. He's a biker too so has been very accommodating. He would fetch the carcases from Shotts and cut them as I wanted, then we would collect from the shop.