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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Loumackley on March 02, 2015, 08:26:19 am

Title: Slaughter weights
Post by: Loumackley on March 02, 2015, 08:26:19 am

Hi, I'm new to the forum... With 32 hens and 2 pigs and a beehive near Taunton, as well as turkeys for Christmas.
I'm looking at slaughtering the pigs in 3 wks time when they will be 6 m 10 days old, dictated by Easter closures, being away in April and struggling now with very muddy ground  (OSB x  Berkshire) I've been feeding 4lb daily since 4 mths old and they are a lot bigger than their one remaining sibling I still have contact with. I've not tried measuring them since we had to worm them when it was not so daunting ! Bit of advice needed on freezer capacity needed for the average pig and how much time needed for prep for freezer, sausage making etc after they come back butchered., which I anticipate will need making into smaller manageable cuts (there's 2 of us )

Title: Re: Slaughter weights
Post by: SallyintNorth on March 02, 2015, 01:45:33 pm

Welcome to the forum  :wave:

You'll do better to post the slaughter-related questions in Pigs - not everyone reads the Intros ;)

Title: Re: Slaughter weights
Post by: Lesley Silvester on March 03, 2015, 11:23:29 pm

 :wave: from Shropshire.

Title: Re: Slaughter weights
Post by: devonlady on March 04, 2015, 03:31:48 am

And  :wave: from Devon