Pendergrass Ranch - Big changes!
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Bridgemoof
Overrun with beasties
The goat raker 
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PendergrassRanch
Loving the herd life
Oh Jesus. I remember that thread....
Such is life
I do what needs to be done!
Such is life
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PendergrassRanch
Loving the herd life
I am tired. Didn't really do a whole lot today except the buck but I'm so ready to go to bed and its only 6 pm.
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PendergrassRanch
Loving the herd life
Can I just post the link to the tutorial that i put on the raw fed forum?
I'm way too lazy to repost it here
I'm way too lazy to repost it here
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PendergrassRanch
Loving the herd life
Guess I'll post it later. When I'm not so tired 
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PendergrassRanch
Loving the herd life
I forgot to take a photo of where we shoot them so instead I took a photo of one of the goats we did recently. You can clearly see where the bullet went through, it angles down towards their nose. They don't even know whats going on when you do it. They drop down and barely kick and make no noise.
Then we hang them up on the gambrel and bleed them out. Then we cut through all the flesh around the neck. Following a line behind the ears.
Once you cut through to the neck, you can twist the head and it will literally pop off. In this photo you can see where they separated. This is the easiest way IMO to get the head off.
Then you give the head to the chickens
: I bleach the skulls and hang them up so the chickens get to eat the meat off.
Then you do this, and skin it. I leave the penis and scrotum there and take them off later. My line goes down the belly, up the inside of each leg, around the ankles and along the back of the scrotum. Then its just a tedious job of peeling and cutting and pulling.
So around the back side you come to this little gem. The anus. I just cut across it and then cut through the tail bone. I find it easy. I save the hides to use for stuff, some people just leave the hide on or whatever.
Here you can see where to cut through the end of the intestine and the tail. Then you just keep peeling it off...
End result of the hide. I get the bits of meat off and salt them, and store them for later.
Then you are left with this. He is not bloated like you would think he would be. It is just food and natural gases. I lower the gambrel to gut it.
When you cut down the belly CAREFULLY (!!!) you will find this poking through. Be gentle and try to not pop it yet.
As you cut down, it will fall out naturally. I use a plastic barrel sawed in half as a catchall for gross stuff. At this point I let it hang and cut open the bottom of each stomach to empty the contents. Then I separate the stomach from the intestine. The intestine goes down into the barrel and the green tripe goes to the dogs.
Normally the animal will have a full bladder, then you pinch off the top like a balloon and cut it out and empty it safely. This guy (shockingly) had a totally empty bladder. It is the pale vein-y bag thing in the upper right corner of this photo. It was empty so I just left it alone and the dogs can eat it some time. The photo shows how I pull the intestine down and cut it off. You can see the goat nuggets in the intestine, I always make sure to squeeze those down so they all go away nicely.
Then it all pretty much shows you where to cut and tear it out. It is thin membranes so its very easy. I just let it fall into the tub and help it out by feeling for tight membranes to cut.
You will automatically see one kidney. That is the first "goodie" I cut out. The other is usually hidden and comes later.
The other kidney, you can see where I throw everything, into the wheelbarrow!
Then I cut the liver out and pop the bile sack and drain it into the barrel of nasty stuff.
Yummy liver!
Then we hang them up on the gambrel and bleed them out. Then we cut through all the flesh around the neck. Following a line behind the ears.
Once you cut through to the neck, you can twist the head and it will literally pop off. In this photo you can see where they separated. This is the easiest way IMO to get the head off.
Then you give the head to the chickens
: I bleach the skulls and hang them up so the chickens get to eat the meat off.
Then you do this, and skin it. I leave the penis and scrotum there and take them off later. My line goes down the belly, up the inside of each leg, around the ankles and along the back of the scrotum. Then its just a tedious job of peeling and cutting and pulling.
So around the back side you come to this little gem. The anus. I just cut across it and then cut through the tail bone. I find it easy. I save the hides to use for stuff, some people just leave the hide on or whatever.
Here you can see where to cut through the end of the intestine and the tail. Then you just keep peeling it off...
End result of the hide. I get the bits of meat off and salt them, and store them for later.
Then you are left with this. He is not bloated like you would think he would be. It is just food and natural gases. I lower the gambrel to gut it.
When you cut down the belly CAREFULLY (!!!) you will find this poking through. Be gentle and try to not pop it yet.
As you cut down, it will fall out naturally. I use a plastic barrel sawed in half as a catchall for gross stuff. At this point I let it hang and cut open the bottom of each stomach to empty the contents. Then I separate the stomach from the intestine. The intestine goes down into the barrel and the green tripe goes to the dogs.
Normally the animal will have a full bladder, then you pinch off the top like a balloon and cut it out and empty it safely. This guy (shockingly) had a totally empty bladder. It is the pale vein-y bag thing in the upper right corner of this photo. It was empty so I just left it alone and the dogs can eat it some time. The photo shows how I pull the intestine down and cut it off. You can see the goat nuggets in the intestine, I always make sure to squeeze those down so they all go away nicely.
Then it all pretty much shows you where to cut and tear it out. It is thin membranes so its very easy. I just let it fall into the tub and help it out by feeling for tight membranes to cut.
You will automatically see one kidney. That is the first "goodie" I cut out. The other is usually hidden and comes later.
The other kidney, you can see where I throw everything, into the wheelbarrow!
Then I cut the liver out and pop the bile sack and drain it into the barrel of nasty stuff.
Yummy liver!
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PendergrassRanch
Loving the herd life
Next is the lungs/heart/trachea. They come as one bunch. The follow photos show how to move the lungs forward with my fingers to cut down the back, then I reach in and pull the trachea up, and just cut it off.
See? One nice little bunch.
Then we take the front legs off. Its really easy to just pull the leg back and cut up the "armpit", follow the shoulder blade up and around and sort of peel if off. The shoulder is not attached by any joints so you just cut around through the muscle and tissue.
Then we take a saw to the ribs. Sometimes a cleaver, sometimes a saw.
Then you get this!
I took the backstraps off just because. Good practice for deer season :smile:
To remove the hind legs, you follow the same protocol as the head. Cut around the hip joint and the pop it out. My knife is pointing at the joint.
Then we saw the back piece into a few 8 inch chunks and freeze!
See? One nice little bunch.
Then we take the front legs off. Its really easy to just pull the leg back and cut up the "armpit", follow the shoulder blade up and around and sort of peel if off. The shoulder is not attached by any joints so you just cut around through the muscle and tissue.
Then we take a saw to the ribs. Sometimes a cleaver, sometimes a saw.
Then you get this!
I took the backstraps off just because. Good practice for deer season :smile:
To remove the hind legs, you follow the same protocol as the head. Cut around the hip joint and the pop it out. My knife is pointing at the joint.
Then we saw the back piece into a few 8 inch chunks and freeze!
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PendergrassRanch
Loving the herd life
Doggies love warm green tripe
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PendergrassRanch
Loving the herd life
I wrote this tutorial up for raw feeding people who do not raise their own meat but are curious about the idea of buying whole animals and processing. Please excuse the obvious instructions
