At-Home Hog Slaughter - SDSU Extension
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Steps for Hog Slaughter Check the weather. The cooler the temperature is outside, the quicker the carcass will chill. Start early in the morning and try to avoid exceptionally hot days. Heat the water. If you chose to scald the carcass, get the water heating. Set up your equipment. Move the hog into the area where you will stun it. Securely hang the hog upside-down using strong hooks or gambrels connected to its hind legs. With a sharp knife, create shallow incisions around the pig's ankles and just below the hocks. Make additional cuts along the inside of each leg and around the genitals if you prefer to remove the skin. Step 1: Check the weather. The cooler the temperature is outside, the quicker the carcass will chill. Start early in the morning and try to avoid exceptionally hot days. ... Hang the pig: Securely hang the hog upside-down using strong hooks or gambrels connected to its hind legs.
Check the weather. The cooler the temperature is outside, the quicker the carcass will chill. Start early in the morning and try to avoid exceptionally hot days.
Heat the water. If you chose to scald the carcass, get the water heating.
Set up your equipment.
Move the hog into the area where you will stun it.
Securely hang the hog upside-down using strong hooks or gambrels connected to its hind legs.
With a sharp knife, create shallow incisions around the pig's ankles and just below the hocks. Make additional cuts along the inside of each leg and around the genitals if you prefer to remove the skin.
Step 1: Check the weather. The cooler the temperature is outside, the quicker the carcass will chill. Start early in the morning and try to avoid exceptionally hot days. ...
Hang the pig: Securely hang the hog upside-down using strong hooks or gambrels connected to its hind legs.
DA: 90 PA: 10 MOZ Rank: 70
