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| Wednesday, we butchered two young rams that hadn't been castrated last Spring. I have kept them with the cows (and separate from the ewes) all year, so it was time to put them in the freezer, because I like putting the sheep flock with the cow herd during winter. I shot the first ram, and K7 shot the second. |
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| K8 rigged the block and tackle pulley. |
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| We invited our mountain man friend over to teach the boys how to butcher. |
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| K6's strength came in handy for both capturing the rams and then hoisting them up. |
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| This photo should have come first because the boys actually sharpened their knifes before we went out to start the process. |
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| Each boy gained valuable experience on how to take meat from "pasture to plate". |
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| The temperature was in the 40's when we started, so we worked in the barn and locked the dogs outside. |
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| Most folks de-boned the meat at the counter while K6 wrapped and labelled packages on the dining table. We had fried lamb steak for lunch. Yummy! The dogs got plenty of fresh scraps afterwards. We will be putting "Stewie", the big castrated young ram, in the freezer during Thanksgiving week, and then a cow on 29 November. |
I have a better appreciation for animal products now. To be that close when the life has left them and to take them apart one piece at a time. Well done boys!
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