the bacon day dilemma
We weighed the pigs last weekend (movie of pigs, buckets of food, upside down garden table and industrial scales comming soon...). Minty is an impressive 86kg, but little Gary is a 'must try harder' 64kg.
I'm very keen that we only go through the whole experience once. Not only to minimise the detress to one pig left on its ownsome, but also to minimise the stress to us with the trip to the abbatoir, the butchering session, getting all our kitchin equipment out etc etc. But Sam is keen to do Minty now and keep Gary for a few more weeks to get him up to a decent size. He figures that any distress to Gary being on his own will be outweighed by the joy of getting the food bowl all to himself, as Minty does bully Gary and ends up with more than his fair share of the grub.
We've asked our favourite forums and although a lot of people agree with me, they also agree that Gary is a tad too tiny to send to the bacon factory now.
I don't think there is a right answer....
I'm very keen that we only go through the whole experience once. Not only to minimise the detress to one pig left on its ownsome, but also to minimise the stress to us with the trip to the abbatoir, the butchering session, getting all our kitchin equipment out etc etc. But Sam is keen to do Minty now and keep Gary for a few more weeks to get him up to a decent size. He figures that any distress to Gary being on his own will be outweighed by the joy of getting the food bowl all to himself, as Minty does bully Gary and ends up with more than his fair share of the grub.
We've asked our favourite forums and although a lot of people agree with me, they also agree that Gary is a tad too tiny to send to the bacon factory now.
I don't think there is a right answer....
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