The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: mebnandtrn on September 20, 2014, 12:56:10 pm
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In readiness for the lambs going to slaughter we need to get a freezer. Space is finite for the freezer, so we need to get one big enough but not too big. Roughly how big is a butchered and jointed etc lamb carcass please? Its not the weight we need to know, just the volume. Many thanks.
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when I finish lunch I'll go and measure the boxes mine came back in but roughly about a drawer full of an upright freezer would do packed well.
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beaten to it, 1 lamb is approximately 1 full size draw in a 55cm wide upright freezer if that helps...
a whole pig on the other hand is 2.5 to 3 drawers full...
a draw takes 5-6 whole chickens...
just in case these questions arise in your future....
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15" x 18" x 5"
that was for goat kid 17kg meat and a half hoggett 17.6kg,
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2 carrier bags worth - correct me if im wrong.
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I allow 2 freezer drawers - because the legs and shoulders don't always fit into one drawer :yum: .
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IRoughly how big is a butchered and jointed etc lamb carcass please? Its not the weight we need to know, just the volume. Many thanks.
Unless it's to go under a worktop, get a top-loading freezer not one with drawers.
Those the size of a normal fridge will fit about five Hebridean hoggets.