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There you go herdwick fan @Estate fencing. ♂View attachment 1171283
Are they so narrow that they fit through the bars, or just jump straight over the top?
There you go herdwick fan @Estate fencing. ♂View attachment 1171283
They seem to do as they please! Narrow , and wild !Are they so narrow that they fit through the bars, or just jump straight over the top?
We did 5 one morning a couple weeks back, find it just as easy to do several by the time I've got all set up for it. Makes it worth putting chest freezer on for and also to make use of cold weather windows for hanging.We did 1 yesterday.
£20 kill then 85p/kg butchery. Calculated on dead weight.@unlacedgecko what's it costing you per ewe if you don't mind me asking?
That's very reasonable£20 kill then 85p/kg butchery. Calculated on dead weight.
I thought so. Probably cheaper than I can do it myself.That's very reasonable
takes a bit of strength in the fingers.you want to see how long it took my mate to buther a lamb 20 years ago, it take's him twie as long today' he's feked just like me.
Ratching wee barstewardsThey seem to do as they please! Narrow , and wild !
But at least they’re attentive mums !
Natural selection is reducing their population here thankfully!Ratching wee barstewards
I’ve just paid £16.50 kill plus £26 cut and vac pack on 23-25kg carcasses£20 kill then 85p/kg butchery. Calculated on dead weight.
Get you showing off with 25kg carcasses!I’ve just paid £16.50 kill plus £26 cut and vac pack on 23-25kg carcasses
Bit more than I’ve paid previously at another place but it was a very good service
If I had some 25 kilo carcassed sheep I would be putting them through the mart to show off instead of the usual 34/38 sheep I usually appear withGet you showing off with 25kg carcasses!
I seem to have more 15/18kg than anything else
Sent a Cheviot shearling wether straight in last year thst I’d bought out of the far north. Came back as a 36kg body. Damn me he was good eating. 4 steaks off each leg and still a decent leg joint for 4 people
He was telling me the other day how he’d been turning 55kg Suffolks back to the hopper as they don’t sell well till they hit 60kgs…If I had some 25 kilo carcassed sheep I would be putting them through the mart to show off instead of the usual 34/38 sheep I usually appear with
I might even be tempted to stay to watch them through!
Yes I remember you on about the 60 kilo arable hoggs hahaHe was telling me the other day how he’d been turning 55kg Suffolks back to the hopper as they don’t sell well till they hit 60kgs…
oh to be a rich arable farmer with mountains of practically worthless corn to grind up and feed to the hoggs!
Some of these that have just come went over the Longtown scales at 51kgs. But lean, be interesting if I can get them down to 37’s in a month…