The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: kp on July 29, 2009, 05:49:12 pm
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I'm building a shed at the moment to house a chest freezer (the pigs new home) among other things, can anyone tell me the size of freezer in cubic feet I will need for two pigs.
Karen
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Depends on the size of the pig...?
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What sort of pigs ?
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they are oxford sandy and blacks and I think they weigh about 160lbs at the moment, I thought I'd take them to about 180 - 200lbs as I'd like to do my own bacon
Karen
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Our 4ft x 2ft x 3ft freezer will take 2 boned out pigs (100 k. dw) comfortably with room for other stuff. Totally cleared out it will take 3 as above but its a squeeze requiring careful packing.
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thanks for that, it's roughly the size I was thinking about. Hilarysmum can you tell me if you can freeze the meat and then make bacon with it at a later date or is it best done as soon as its slaughtered?
Karen
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I do it both ways. As long as the meat is totally thawed out no problem.