March Ram meets his maker.Well the mobile butcher came today from Moonbi and a few local sheep were
turned into carcasses (pre-chops).
A local neighbor had organised the visit and he had two sheep, my
southern neighbor had three Merinos and my eastern neighbor had 3 cross
breeds and I had March Ram.
They were shot in the head (.22) and their throats cut before they were
skinned. That process was much the same as skinning a rabbit, except
they're larger. The butchers trailer contains a cool room to chill them
down for a week and he'll return next weekend to carve them up. The
trailer also had a rail that the beasts were hoisted up on a gambrel to
skin. Once skinned and gutted they were weighed (23Kg for March Ram)
before they moved into the cool room. His live weight would have been
probably 50Kg.
The merinos were all under 15Kg dressed weight while the other sheep
were meat or cross breeds and were noticeably larger.
The cost will be $1.70/Kg and we divide the butchers fuel costs between
us. His weight once chopped up will be probably around 10Kg. So in the
end it will be a bit cheaper than buying it at the shops, but probably
not by much. But we know it's good meat and he had a peaceful life (of
11 months).
Waiting for tomorrow
Dressed to kill (actually afterwards).
P.S. Of course last night we had a fierce thunderstorm and the power was off for 4 hours. Hopefully they were all chilled down enough for it not to be a problem.
