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Slaughter and Clean a Sheep - PEP BB animal.straw.slaughtersheep

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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in Animal Care.

For this BB, you will slaughter and clean a sheep.

Related Articles:
- How to Butcher a Lamb
- Sheep and Goats - Humane Slaughter

Before Animals Feed Us, Animals are to be Raised with Care and Dignity:
- Best Sheep Breeds for Homesteaders
- Raising Sheep: A Complete Guide




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For this BB, the minimum requirements are:
-Start with 1 Live Sheep
-Killed in a humane manner
-Processed and properly stored within an hour

To document your completion, provide proof of the following as pics or video (less than two minutes):
-Living Sheep
-Sheep after slaughter, depicting the method used
-Organs separated into suitable for human consumption / not suitable for humans consumption
-Sheep hide
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This was my first time slaughtering a sheep myself - usually I have a mobile butcher do it.
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Living Sheep
Living Sheep
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Sheep after slaughter, depicting the method used
Sheep after slaughter, depicting the method used
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Organs separated into suitable for human consumption
Organs separated into suitable for human consumption
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Organs separated into not suitable for humans consumption
Organs separated into not suitable for humans consumption
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Sheep hide
Sheep hide
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Ready for the BBQ
Ready for the BBQ

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This is a 6 month old lamb



I am using a knife to harvest  


I cut one strong cut.


field dressing.  I am keeping the meat clean by keeping it on the hide


legs removed



cutting open rib cage


making a cut in the spine to make a roast size piece


here are the portion sized parts  legs, ribs,chops and sternum


we will eat the liver and heart.  I will add the windpipe to a bone broth


here is the offal pile with the gallbladder on top


here are the organs on the hide


meat in the cooler done in 45 min!







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Guys!! I was able to butcher a sheep today!! 😃 my friend, Landon had 6 to butcher and I helped him do "mine" (his sheep that I slaughtered and cleaned that counts for the bb) plus more.

Landon butchered one at the same time and showed me what to do as we went along. We used my Taurus 9mm to dispatch them while they fed. Two bullets to the head. In a second it was done.

Then we hung them by their back tendons on this handy little stand. I skinned my sheep and then removed the internal organs.

The sheep will be hung for aging before final butchering.
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Living sheep. Mine was the one in the left
Living sheep. Mine was the one in the left
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Just dispatched sheep hanging by me is mine. I used the 9mm I am holding in my hand
Just dispatched sheep hanging by me is mine. I used the 9mm I am holding in my hand
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Organs separated out. Liver, heart, kidneys and stomach wrapper on the bottom, intestines and stomachs on the top. I know they are edible with additional processing. But I do not care to clean them.
Organs separated out. Liver, heart, kidneys and stomach wrapper on the bottom, intestines and stomachs on the top. I know they are edible with additional processing. But I do not care to clean them.
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Finished lamb, ready to be hung
Finished lamb, ready to be hung
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Two hides for me to take home!!
Two hides for me to take home!!

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