Author Topic: thats its the pigs are booked in for the final destination (Read 3011 times)

WinslowPorker · « **on:** September 17, 2012, 07:21:18 pm »

Hi all,
well thats it the first herd of pigs are booked into the abbatoir on Monday! bring on the sausages and then start looking for a few more weaners
will let u know the weights - live, carcass and meat only because i will find it interesting
WP

Sylvia · « **Reply #1 on:** September 17, 2012, 07:53:40 pm »

And, if these are your first, you won't sleep properly or eat properly until Monday evening

Been there, done that etc. Monday, driving back home with an empty trailer you will feel awful until you know for certain that your pigs have "gone".

Mammyshaz · « **Reply #2 on:** September 17, 2012, 07:59:28 pm »

Good luck , hope all goes well for you

WinslowPorker · « **Reply #3 on:** September 17, 2012, 08:01:30 pm »

I have done pigs before about 2 years ago, but strangely i feel more unsettled thsi time $:-\$ dont know why unless i have 2 years soppier as i am 2 years older

Bionic · « **Reply #4 on:** September 17, 2012, 08:02:14 pm »

WP, my first pigs are off on Wed. Its going to feel funny with them gone

Sally

Daisys Mum · « **Reply #5 on:** September 17, 2012, 08:16:10 pm »

My sixth lot went last week and I still felt sick for about 2 days before and until I saw them hanging in the butchers and then it just seems to feel right.

mwncigirl · « **Reply #6 on:** September 18, 2012, 02:02:59 pm »

You wait till you taste you're meat! We've done one lot, now on the second, we were going to have a break but, well, we couldn't wait to have more little piggies. What an exciting journey and fabulous meat!

artscott · « **Reply #7 on:** September 19, 2012, 12:10:16 pm »

Our first two went week before last, butchers last week and we now have a pig jigsaw in the freezer.

Abattoir was very calm and unhurried, taking them from there to the butchers was a bit more unsettling but that leg of pork on Sunday did taste incredible. Even my wife who was most unsettled by the whole thing started smiling again.

Clive · « **Reply #8 on:** September 19, 2012, 10:09:27 pm »

We had our first killed a couple of weeks ago. Wasn't as bad as I expected and, as Daisy's Mum says, it seemed right once he was in the butchers. The only thing we got wrong is that we sold him so we have to wait till his brothers go to get a proper taste!