The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: white-blazes on May 17, 2012, 01:28:01 pm
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Our local slaughter won't take black skinned/hairy pigs, so for this reason we always get pink ones (getting two welsh gilts on Saturday).
If we were to have black sheep, would the same problem arise?
They say the hair on the black pigs clogs their machine up ???
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And I would say, as I'm sure others will,that is absolute rubbish!! Is there another abbatoir near you? If not then I dare say they can pick and choose but why?
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in the end it is up to the slaughterhouse what they accept and what they reject BUT
all pigs once through the scalding tank lose there pigmentation black hairs are more noticeable if left in than white hairs there system is not very good the SVS can condemn the carcase if to hairy and there is a reluctance to singe them in the UK European slaughterlines have singers gas burners
sheep on the other hand are skinned it is maybe kunnies that they don't like they are hairier than others well with the exception of mangalitsas but some of them are cream you could ask if they would skin them :farmer:
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And I would say, as I'm sure others will,that is absolute rubbish!! Is there another abbatoir near you?
Unfortunately no. This one is 5 mins journey for the pigs, whereas the other place we used last December (as our local one was too busy due to being christmas) was 2 hours away. Obviously it's more cost effective to us to use the local one, so I aim to continue doing so. Another local butcher then takes delivery of the carcasses for us and does what we want ever so tidily.
I'm thinking sheep wouldn't but best find out first.....thanks ;)
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Sheep are skinned but doesn't matter what colour they are. As for not taking black pigs thats rediculous sounds like a lazy abattoir. It makes no difference what colour the pigs are gloucesters would have teh same amount of hair as a large black so it's not a clogging issue. We had a similar experience with an ignorant abattoir leaving the pigs in the scalding tank 4 times longer than a standard pig and cooking teh skin so it was ruined.