The Poultry Keeper The Independent Forum for Poultry Keepers    FAQ   Search     Register   Log in  Cost effective/manoevreable pork?!          The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Smallholder animals Author Message Barty Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 10 Location: South Oxfordshire Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 11:50 pm    Post subject: Cost effective/manoevreable pork?! Hi I can't believe i'm posting in the livestock forum already...i've only had chickens for 2 weeks...there's no hope!! I'm researching pigs!!! A friend of mine has offered me some Tamworth weaners, but i've held him off as i need to do some research first! My main concern is the transport to abbatoir and butcher. Apparently our nearest abbatoir is 40 minutes away and with all the Defra regs regarding movement and transport i don't suppose i could pop them in the boot of the car!!! So, what do people do? Do i have to buy a trailer or horse box type thing? This would seriously hamper the cost effectiveness of the whole thing!! What are average costs of slaughter and butchering of a porker? I'm not in this to make a profit, only for good quality meat that has been fed and treated well, but i don't want a major loss situation either!! Thanks for any advice!! Back to top Woodburner Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 671 Location: Deepest Essex, well, a village... Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:43 am    Post subject: There are people on here who keep pigs and I'm sure they'll be along shortly to help. In the meantime you could try Downsizer's forums and/or this article I've been giving serious thought to keeping pigs but I don't think it's on unless I can 'share' them with someone (one each costs shared etc) do you live anywhere near Chelmsford, by any chance? Back to top rod Joined: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 21 Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:54 pm    Post subject: my 2 weighed in at 69kg and 78 kg ,they cost me £145 to get slaughtered and cut and i got 50lb of good sausages 170lb of meat and 40lb of ham and bacon ,it cost me £90 to buy them and roughly £120 to feed them over 4 months ,our abbitoir is 50 mins away and i borrowed trailer at a £10 cost Back to top Barty Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 10 Location: South Oxfordshire Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:37 pm    Post subject: rod wrote: my 2 weighed in at 69kg and 78 kg ,they cost me £145 to get slaughtered and cut and i got 50lb of good sausages 170lb of meat and 40lb of ham and bacon ,it cost me £90 to buy them and roughly £120 to feed them over 4 months ,our abbitoir is 50 mins away and i borrowed trailer at a £10 cost Thanks Rod that's very helpful! Are those weights the 'meat weight' or live pig weight, don't know what the technical term is! That's pretty good if it is meat, I've just been on Tesco website who sell their 'finest 'pork, bacon, sausages at a low average of £5 per kilo which makes that amount of meat worth about £735!! Are you allowed to sell the meat or does it have to be for personal consumption? May take us a while to consume that amount otherwise!! Back to top milkmaid Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7154 Location: isle of lewis Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:53 am    Post subject: when it's dead and gutted it's known as dead weight Back to top CP Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 15425 Location: Hampshire Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:26 am    Post subject: Who'd be a pig farmer?! http://tinyurl.com/2gomxn Maybe the best way is to provide it yourself if this is anything to go by. Back to top milkmaid Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7154 Location: isle of lewis Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:38 am    Post subject: this site might have some info deb has all my paperwork re feeding costs killing weight ect i was looking at it but for us it is just not affordable ,and the ground wouldn't take it here http://www.thepigsite.com/ Back to top CP Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 15425 Location: Hampshire Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:42 am    Post subject: http://www.pigsareworthit.co.uk/ Back to top rod Joined: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 21 Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:30 pm    Post subject: we sell our meat at £1.50 a pound ,maybe its too cheap ?(to a couple of friends only ) we do the pigs for ourselfes really , the difference in the meat is vast ,ours tastes of pork and is 100% natural Back to top Dusty Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 770 Location: St. Asaph Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:48 pm    Post subject: Does anyone know of a supplier of pork in the North Wales area, organic would be a bonus?. Supermarket meat is tasteless. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Smallholder animals All times are GMT + 1 Hour Page 1 of 1 Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group