As many of you know I have a commercial sheep farm and this week had two Ram Lambs coming up on a year in age and wanted to cull them from the flock. I had room in my own freezer for them and wanted to see what the numbers looked like on doing my own slaughtering versus going to a slaughterhouse. At first glance it seems intuitive; doing it yourself would be a lot cheaper, but in farming it takes a sharp pencil, so lets look at the numbers closely.
First off, farm slaughtering means killing …
First off, farm slaughtering means killing …