Re: [Blackbelly] band saw for meat

2009-05-25 Thread Julian Hale
At 01:14 PM 5/24/2009, you wrote: Of course the ram lamb had to get himself killed Saturday evening of the three-day Memorial Day weekend. My custom slaughter guy wasn't home. The meat packer was closed. It's 6PM and I'm looking at the 60-lb lamb lying bloated in the pasture, soon to be a siren

Re: [Blackbelly] band saw for meat

2009-05-25 Thread Stephanie Parrish
I know this has probably been discussed before, and there are lots of different opinions on it - but do you feed bones and all to the dogs? Cooked or raw? There are plenty of folks who feed raw meat to dogs (and from my own sheep, I'd not worry about contamination anyway), but I have had

Re: [Blackbelly] band saw for meat

2009-05-25 Thread Carol J. Elkins
Hi Julian, Absolutely brilliant! Let me ask another question, though. Do you freeze or partially freeze the carcass before you saw it? If not, do meat and bone chips fly all around the room when you saw? Also, if I've already cut the legs and rib cage off the carcass and have them lying flat

Re: [Blackbelly] band saw for meat

2009-05-25 Thread Julian Hale
At 08:43 PM 5/25/2009, you wrote: I know this has probably been discussed before, and there are lots of different opinions on it - but do you feed bones and all to the dogs? Cooked or raw? There are plenty of folks who feed raw meat to dogs (and from my own sheep, I'd not worry about

Re: [Blackbelly] band saw for meat

2009-05-25 Thread GARLAND STAMPER
celk...@awrittenword.com To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] band saw for meat Hi Julian, Absolutely brilliant! Let me ask another question, though. Do you freeze or partially freeze the carcass before you saw it? If not, do

[Blackbelly] band saw for meat

2009-05-24 Thread Carol Elkins
Of course the ram lamb had to get himself killed Saturday evening of the three-day Memorial Day weekend. My custom slaughter guy wasn't home. The meat packer was closed. It's 6PM and I'm looking at the 60-lb lamb lying bloated in the pasture, soon to be a siren call to every coyote in the