obit for the lambies

Last August we had cute as lambs Penelope Darling and Clary.

So, so cute.

Today we had two huge lambs that were a big pain in the butt.

pooping everywhere,

eating every plant in sight,

even when there was feed for them.

Clary in particular is a literal pain in the butt

 when he bunts you in the back of the legs.

Today we got two carcasses

one big fat lambie

one little dainty lambie

and soon a freezer full of lamb meat.

When we actually pick the freezer up that is.

Pete the sheep killer came and

quick as a flash the lambies were dead on the back lawn.

That's Pen Pen getting her leggys cut off so she can be hung,

that's Clary in the background.

Once she is skinned and her oesophagus is tied off

she was hung on two hooks

and the real work of cleaning her up started.

Here she is hooked up and slit open



and skinned.

Below is Clary on the hook and Luke is taking his guts out.

We didn't want the guts cause that would be gross. 

See guts on the ground.

That's a lot of guts, like about 16 kgs of guts

so Clary's carcass weight would be about 20kgs

and Penny's about 10kgs - she's so little.

For those of you going yuk!  Gross! Make me sick why don't you!

Where you get your meat from isn't too different from this

so my take on this is if you like eating meat

then you should learn to raise your own meat

and then pike out and

 get someone else to slaughter them.

I reckon this cost me about $300 for everything

and I know exactly what they have eaten and where they have been.

I know they had a good, peaceful life

and were loved very much.

Now for why I did this.......
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