Cull boars and sows on a small scale.

[Red Fred]

I have a couple of old saddleback sows and a boar who are in good nick but past their sell-by dates and was pondering what to do with them. I'm thinking the sows could go for sausages but the boar probably isn't worth the cost due to the risk of boar taint. Unfortunately the market used covid as an excuse for stopping pig sales and they haven't resumed so I'm thinking the boar might have to go with the stock collector next time they are visiting. Does anyone have a similar quandary on a small scale?

 

[Pigken]

Depending how many sows, would boar minced not just mix in with sows minced, after flavorings would any taint be noticed?

 

[thorpe]

Depending how many sows, would boar minced not just mix in with sows minced, after flavorings would any taint be noticed?

no to the first bit and yes to the second!

 

[Pigken]

no to the first bit and yes to the second!

Oh, well every day's a school day.
What does cull boar meat usually get used for?

 

[Pan mixer]

Oh, well every day's a school day.
What does cull boar meat usually get used for?

Exported to Germany usually I think.

Cull sow and boar trade in difficulty currently I hear, Cheales at Brentwood packed up killing there and were taking a large percentage of the culls in the country.

They transferred their killing to C and K meats at Eye but there have been throughput problems there, long waits to book them in, alleged 6 hour waits for the wagon. I am told that the plant is not big enough.

Cheales should have a collection centre in mid East Anglia I am told, they used to have collection centres all over the place, maybe phone them to see what is going on.

I wouldn't suggest a private kill. The boar meat will be very strong, old sow meat not too good for non-spiced sausages, most pig kill lines aren't physically big enough to hang a sow or boar.

Sorry not to be more positive.

 

[Red Fred]

Thanks for the comments. Our nearest pig market now is 40 miles away at Frome and it doesn't sound as if the rewards would cover the time and diesel of getting them there..
It seems as if it isn't a good idea to get them sausaged for similar reasons and we could end up with a couple of thousand inedible sausis, so it might be best to just have them collected when there is a casualty to go on.
.

 

[thorpe]

Exported to Germany usually I think.

Cull sow and boar trade in difficulty currently I hear, Cheales at Brentwood packed up killing there and were taking a large percentage of the culls in the country.

They transferred their killing to C and K meats at Eye but there have been throughput problems there, long waits to book them in, alleged 6 hour waits for the wagon. I am told that the plant is not big enough.

Cheales should have a collection centre in mid East Anglia I am told, they used to have collection centres all over the place, maybe phone them to see what is going on.

I wouldn't suggest a private kill. The boar meat will be very strong, old sow meat not too good for non-spiced sausages, most pig kill lines aren't physically big enough to hang a sow or boar.

Sorry not to be more positive.

must be why german sausage tastes like sh1t!

 

[Pan mixer]

Thanks for the comments. Our nearest pig market now is 40 miles away at Frome and it doesn't sound as if the rewards would cover the time and diesel of getting them there..
It seems as if it isn't a good idea to get them sausaged for similar reasons and we could end up with a couple of thousand inedible sausis, so it might be best to just have them collected when there is a casualty to go on.
.

The last load that I sent average £200 each, unlike last year when they were making about £15

 

[gatepost]

Quite a good trade in Cirencester last week,

 

[Red Fred]

I just checked the Frome report and they are doing better than I remembered from last time I looked, so it might be worth a trailer load after all.

 

[Woolless]

I've had sow sausages before and they were very good, so I wouldn't discount that idea. But the boar would be best to go, I would think.

 

[unlacedgecko]

must be why german sausage tastes like sh1t!

I rather enjoy German sausage

"Currywurst mit frites bitte"

 

[Woolless]

I rather enjoy German sausage

"Currywurst mit frites bitte"

Top schoolboy German!

 

[unlacedgecko]

Top schoolboy drunk soldier German!

 

[ollie989898]

must be why german sausage tastes like sh1t!

So much salt pepper etc in them to hide the taste. Mind, I bet people were glad of the meat generations ago as the stuff would hang in a larder for months and even the flies wouldn't touch it!

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Top schoolboy German!

He even said please! I’m impressed

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

I'm thinking the boar might have to go with the stock collector next time they are visiting.

What does the knackerman charge for a hefty boar these days?

 

[borderterribles]

What does the knackerman charge for a hefty boar these days?

The last one that we sent that way was over £100. Wouldn't load alive and had to be shot with a rifle from outside the pen.

 

[SteveHants]

must be why german sausage tastes like sh1t!

It's their salami rather than fresh sausages which have boar meat - its one of the things that gives salami it's distinctive flavour.

 

[thorpe]

It's their salami rather than fresh sausages which have boar meat - its one of the things that gives salami it's distinctive flavour.

i thought it was the donkey meat that did that!