Author Topic: Best live weight for slaughter  (Read 11390 times)

suziequeue

  • Joined Feb 2010
  • Llanidloes; Powys
Re: Best live weight for slaughter
« Reply #15 on: September 21, 2010, 07:53:10 pm »
Shell - I think it depends what you want them for. Longer for bacon so that the loin muscle develops more.

Personally - ours are going the week after next regardless!! They will be about 8 months old and by GOD they're ready to go......

We'll have MASSES of bacon (I hope).

Susanna
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