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lambs over 50 KG

  • 29-08-2011 07:58PM
    #1
    iron man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 210 ✭✭


    what can i do with 6 lambs that are weighing over 50KG plus but dont have enough flesh on... i cant take them to the fractory cause they are overweight and i will be penalised. you cant trust the butchers in our area.... they mightnt be telling you the right weights...... i cant get to the mart for a few weeks due to work commitments.......

    suggestions....


Comments

  • #2
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 13,083 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    put an ad in the local paper 'lamb for freezer'??

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #3
    johngalway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,271 ✭✭✭✭johngalway


    Would a neighbour bring them for ya?


  • #4
    Cran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,285 ✭✭✭Cran


    what breed are they, under fleshed lambs Suffolks or Charollais would be lucky to kill 42-44% Texels might kill better. 44% would be a 22kg carcase which is fine.


  • #5
    sea12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,244 ✭✭✭sea12


    You might be aswell to bring to the factory now as if they are ram lambs they are not going to get any fleshier if anything they may go back a little. If they are wethers you could try dose them and fed them a bit of meal to flesh them out and bring as butchers lambs to the marts.
    If there ewe lambs hold onto them for another month and they will still sell well.

    How did you let them go for so long?


  • #6
    iron man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 210 ✭✭iron man


    they are scotch ram lambs that i didnt squeeze. i had an idea of keeping them for hogget rams but i have changed my mind. i have a load of others but they are not uo to 40 KG yet. i can put flesh on them fine.


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  • #7
    flatout11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 609 ✭✭✭flatout11


    if you are too busy for a few weeks i would just factory them, if they are not well fleshed the wont kill out that heavy anyway - check what the factory is paying up to - most of them will be borderline


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