I would love to have a mobile slaughter man come here but I am in Norfolk and as far as I know there are none. Well, I booked them in for end of November as the guy said there were only 2 pre christmas slots left and from what I have read it wouldnt be wise to keep them over winter. I measured them today and according to the tape they come out at about 60kgs which still seems small to me (I keep reading HUGE numbers). Should I keep them over winter do you think? They are Berkshires and we did want bacon - I don't really mind if it's small. I read HH comments about taking girth measurement rather than weight into account and my girls are 90cm and 96cm.
Hubby took the lambs today and said that the abbatoir were very nice and helpful. When I phoned them later about collecting the lamb, I did ask them if I could stay with the girls in the lairage until they went through or whether we could get there at a time when they could just go straight in to be 'done'. He said I could stay with them if I liked (although it could be a few hours) and in their experience pigs are less stressed getting used to their surroundings for a bit before they "go through"....although of course he may be saying that just to make me feel better....