No I don't think it is either, not sure people should be sending animals that are heavily pregnant to slaughter though.I'm not sure that is correct.
No I don't think it is either, not sure people should be sending animals that are heavily pregnant to slaughter though.I'm not sure that is correct.
In what way?I'm not sure that is correct.
It's not illegal to slaughter pregnant stock.In what way?
I got in fair bit of trouble last year when an in lamb blackie cull ewe went through Pickstocks in mid March. I hadn’t a clue it was in lamb.It's not illegal to slaughter pregnant stock.
It's illegal to transport animals in the last trimester of pregnancy. But perfectly acceptable to slaughter pregnant animals.
How far along was she? Did they point you to any piece of law/legislation?I got in fair bit of trouble last year when an in lamb blackie cull ewe went through Pickstocks in mid March. I hadn’t a clue it was in lamb.
Just got to hope they lamb in the market thenI got in fair bit of trouble last year when an in lamb blackie cull ewe went through Pickstocks in mid March. I hadn’t a clue it was in lamb.
Thainstone pull them out and sell as inlamb hoggs.No I don't think it is either, not sure people should be sending animals that are heavily pregnant to slaughter though.
Sod offView attachment 1170938Enough grass for ewes and lambs?
With bells onSod off
Well some of the ones I still had here started lambing naturally 2 days later. Pure blackie lambs.How far along was she? Did they point you to any piece of law/legislation?
So they shouldn't have been transported that far in lamb. But I can't find anything that says they can't slaughtered.Well some of the ones I still had here started lambing naturally 2 days later. Pure blackie lambs.
I had to refund the cost of the ewe, and got a phone call from APHA and a bulling from TS about it.
I genuinely had no idea they were in lamb. I bought them in mid December out of the fat to graze.
It's fair enough if you genuinely don't know they are in lamb. But it's not on sending stock you know is heavily in lamb/calf. For starters imagine what the public would say if they knew it was happening.Well some of the ones I still had here started lambing naturally 2 days later. Pure blackie lambs.
I had to refund the cost of the ewe, and got a phone call from APHA and a bulling from TS about it.
I genuinely had no idea they were in lamb. I bought them in mid December out of the fat to graze.
It’s definitely not on. I did hear a while back that the slaughtermen at Pickstocks Ashby had walked out one day. They were killing a ruck of kiwi type cows and the calves were right on the edge of being viable. That sort of thing is just not onIt's fair enough if you genuinely don't know they are in lamb. But it's not on sending stock you know is heavily in lamb/calf. For starters imagine what the public would say if they knew it was happening.
Bit different if its for welfare reasons if there is something wrong with the mother but she still shouldn't be travelling heavily pregnant.
I pd some fat heifers that the bull got in with. A 3 month calve is the size of a lamb. I injected them and that's what fell out. 1 by mistake went and I never heard about it.It’s definitely not on. I did hear a while back that the slaughtermen at Pickstocks Ashby had walked out one day. They were killing a ruck of kiwi type cows and the calves were right on the edge of being viable. That sort of thing is just not on
I pd some fat heifers that the bull got in with. A 3 month calve is the size of a lamb. I injected them and that's what fell out. 1 by mistake went and I never heard about it.
These were 3/4 weeks from natural birth.I pd some fat heifers that the bull got in with. A 3 month calve is the size of a lamb. I injected them and that's what fell out. 1 by mistake went and I never heard about it.
They like to keep that bit quiet…So they shouldn't have been transported that far in lamb. But I can't find anything that says they can't slaughtered.
I'm sure I've seen Facebook posts about the government slaughtering reactor cattle up to 8 months in calf.
I know someone years ago said his dad got a telling so it's not a new thing.These were 3/4 weeks from natural birth.
You’re forgetting that it’s only us that they like to follow the rules!! You are quite right about them slaughtering TB cows upto eight months in calf, I’ve had one or two heated debates with them about itSo they shouldn't have been transported that far in lamb. But I can't find anything that says they can't slaughtered.
I'm sure I've seen Facebook posts about the government slaughtering reactor cattle up to 8 months in calf.