We hate the meat industry as it is at the moment, with a vengeance. And while we like to eat meat, we don't often eat it as it's so expensive to buy free range. So we're raising two pigs for meat ourselves
It's actually worked out bloomin expensive when you take into account the cost of the food and the transport, plus the abbatoir costs!
BUT... we're getting the equivalent of tesco's 'finest' range for less than half the cost. Plus we know exactly how they've been treated, and that they've enjoyed their lives while they've been with us
Anyway.... today we did the dreaded deed.... we booked them into the abbatoir for 11th august (might be the 12th depending on al's work but most probably 11th).
I'm dreading the actual day itsself, as i know i'm going to be bawling my eyes out :cry: - even though i've always known where they're destined, it hasn't stopped me from treating them like overgrown pet dogs (big mistake lol)
But i'm actually looking forward to knowing EXACTLY where my food has come from and how it's been treated - i'm even tempted to label the freezer bags with 'g' or 'm' for garry and minty lol
They're 5 months old at the moment (we've had them since they were a teeeeeny tiny 8 weeks old, and they're now huge fat monsters lol), and we're sending them away at 6.5 months.
If anyone wants to see garry and minty in action i've got 3 videos of them on my youtube channel (see sig) playing with the hose
My mum's refused to have anything to do with them as she said it's too upsetting to know where they're going to end up... yet mum and dad still buy cheap bacon/sausages go figure LOL
Anyway.... red days here i come
It's actually worked out bloomin expensive when you take into account the cost of the food and the transport, plus the abbatoir costs!
BUT... we're getting the equivalent of tesco's 'finest' range for less than half the cost. Plus we know exactly how they've been treated, and that they've enjoyed their lives while they've been with us
Anyway.... today we did the dreaded deed.... we booked them into the abbatoir for 11th august (might be the 12th depending on al's work but most probably 11th).
I'm dreading the actual day itsself, as i know i'm going to be bawling my eyes out :cry: - even though i've always known where they're destined, it hasn't stopped me from treating them like overgrown pet dogs (big mistake lol)
But i'm actually looking forward to knowing EXACTLY where my food has come from and how it's been treated - i'm even tempted to label the freezer bags with 'g' or 'm' for garry and minty lol
They're 5 months old at the moment (we've had them since they were a teeeeeny tiny 8 weeks old, and they're now huge fat monsters lol), and we're sending them away at 6.5 months.
If anyone wants to see garry and minty in action i've got 3 videos of them on my youtube channel (see sig) playing with the hose
My mum's refused to have anything to do with them as she said it's too upsetting to know where they're going to end up... yet mum and dad still buy cheap bacon/sausages go figure LOL
Anyway.... red days here i come