We taped Pork Chop again last night and she weighed in at 215 lbs. She is technically ready for slaughter. Everything I've read says you should ship them to the butcher anywhere between 200-300 lbs. Obviously the taping method is a rough estimate, but gives us a good indication she's ready.
The only problem is that we still have no way to get her to the butcher. I started building a crate last night that we plan to put her in for the trip. We haven't yet solved the problem of how to get the crate into the truck bed once she's in. If she weighs 200+ lbs and the crate weighs at least 50 lbs, we'll need at least 4 people to lift it in. We don't have 4 people, so my proposed solution is to attach casters (swiveling wheels) to the bottom of it and roll it up some boards into the truck. I have no idea how well this will work.
Right now the plan is to finish the crate this weekend and take her to the butcher on August 24th. The butcher says I have to make an appointment a week out. We'll report back on how butchering day goes.
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Is she too big for the crate that Rizo came with? If anything, it weighs less than one you make. Or, could you get her into the back of your pickup and tie her in for the trip? Just thinking out loud. Mom
Yes, she's too big for our dog kennel. That's what I picked her up in, but she only weighed 30 lbs then. We talked about making boarded sides for my truck and just closing her in it, but I figured it would be just as heard to get her to go up a ramp into the truck as it would be to get the crate in the truck. We'll figure something out.
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