The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Bionic on November 10, 2014, 02:18:37 pm
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They have been salted for 3 weeks and then packed and posted off today. I found that myhermes was quite cheap to send them. I had 3 lamb skins and it cost me £7.48 and they picked up from my home address. :thumbsup:
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That is a very good price!!! Cost me over 3 times that with Royal mail!! Well done!!
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how come my animal health vet reckons the courier needs to be licensed for transporting animal by-products
its put a spanner in the works for me.
also can I ask whether you have running water where you salt the skins? or anything else specific to bring the skins home temporarily?
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My courier has a list of prohibited items, firearms, chemicals etc. among them was animal remains. I don't consider the skins as remains so just said they were sheepskin rugs to be on the safe side. I packaged them very well in several layers of plastic bags and a strong box, also covered in plastic, so can't see that there would be any issues.
I salted the skins in the stable, which only stores old gardening equipment and bits and pieces. There is no running water directly in the stable but there is a tap not far away. Why would I need running water?
OH collected the skins from the abattoir and he took a big plastic box with a lid to put them in.