Cecill, I've had all my hides processed at Buck County Fur Products, Box
204, 220 1/2 N. Ambler Street, Quakertown, PA 18951 215-536-6614.
Depending on the size of the sheep, it costs around $35 plus shipping. They
use a method of tanning that supposedly allows the tanned hide to be
washable. I'
Hi Cecil,
I'm near Kansas City and I would like to find some place for tanning as
well! The places I have checked into were not close. The cost of shipping
and tanning was more than I could sell the tanned hide for! Good question
and I hope someone has an answer for us.
Mark
-Original Mes
That's very interesting, Ray. When you were in the sheep business, was it
with hair or wool sheep? Yes, I suppose that there is an appropriate method
to just slitting animal throats. I think back to the very first animals God
used to make "clothes" for Adam and Eve and have often wondered how
I have found a processing plant for my sheep and the labels for my cuts
have been submitted for approval by the state board of Ag. I have
scheduled processing for 12 lambs the friday before thanksgiving. I had
to agree to take all the offal, hides and heads back to dispose of due
to the BSE
At 08:07 AM 10/8/2006, Barb Lee wrote:
>Rick,
>The last time the custom slaughter guy was out here, he did not shoot
>the animal, but instead simultaneously cut its throat and broke its
>neck. Death was instantaneous. I couldn't watch but Bob did and he
>said the animal never twitched, unlike
At 11:27 AM 10/8/2006, Stephanie Parrish wrote:
>Carol,
>Does he just cut the blood vessels? Or is he severing the spine(?)
>which I think would be difficult to do quickly, even with a very sharp
>knife. Does he cut the windpipe as well?
>Stephanie
He's probably just cutting the jugular. It m
A few years back when I was in sheep in Oregon. We had the Aribbra
come to are place to buy there sheep and the butcher the right
on the place we set it all up for them and they just lay them down and
said a belssing over them and cut there throat and bleed them.
They gave some to me and
Hi Rick,
It is understood in the hair sheep world that Dorper are not a pure hair
breed. Indeed, the description on the OK site says, "The Dorper is an easy
care breed which requires a minimum of labor. Its skin covering which is a
mixture of hair and wool, will drop off if not shorn to keep it
