Behind the Scenes at a Slaughterhouse | Small Animals like Pigs and Sheep | The Bearded Butchers

PETA really mad lol

Can u show the finished chop on the grill? Yum!

My dog is afraid of bubble wrap from an Amazon package. This facility looks like something out of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. If I were to put my dog down, I'd want him relaxed and free from stress. The animals you butcher, should feel the same.

Great video. I am just wondering whether there's no better way to make that door safer, though.

You make amazing videos .I'm from the UK and I'm a big fan of your work.

Be nice when humans go through this process!!!

Ouch

Dangerous for you or for the animals, bud?

Thank you for showing this without Animals. People would get sickened by even the "Electric" SHOCK procession of Animal. Very human. YES very Dangerous work.

i love your Videos guys and you have an amazing product and the quality is superior ✨️ but there is one issue the way you slaughter the animal im not saying its not good but i am a muslim man and as a muslim i cant eat the meat that came from a cow or a sheep was slaughtered like that there is a way in islam how we slaughter animals you can search it if you like but im just saying you could gain a few extra customers by doing this way 😊 ❤️❤️

You guys are terrific. Thanks for such interesting and thoughtful content.

Ouch 😣

Hey, Batter! Batter!
I'll bet that cow planned that escape attempt.

This is the worst method of slaughter because the blood remains in the sacrifice and causes severe harm

Will that stunner work on cattle? It was alluded to but not stated directly. Where might I find one?

I work for a custom shop, and got hit the same way, the only thing that saved my face was A I was holding the gate, we have a drop pin but B the wall behind me was 5 feet away so it kicked me back, felt like getting hit with a car, but my buddy was still in the way of the cow getting out, I got up got the gate closed and he kept asking for the pin that I had in my hand after I got the gate closed but was so shell shocked I didn't hand it to him for seconds I was just thinking I have to hold this door, big animals are like riding a Rollercoaster with no seat belt now, exciting

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No doubt this has to be the worst part of the whole process... I'm glad you guys do this yourselves. One at a time. I'm sure this reduces their stress and fear. I've heard a lot of the bigger slaughter operations even deprive animals of food and water for days prior. I imagine that still being able to comfort yourself with at least food and water when stressed out makes things easier for them. 💖

Wow,I bet that stung,phew!!

sorry you went through this trauma Scott but you came out of it 👍👍and thank you for sharing the video, bless to all of you 🙏

Why not shoot em in the head like we do? And others? I don't get why slitting their throats is a thing instead of a one single .22 to the head...

"low stress" LOL. They know something is going on. Dont kid yourself.

It's great to see a community based butcher shop thriving. Up here in Ontario many of the local livestock processors are gone.

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OUTCH! OOOOOOOPSY!

Damn. Sorry to hear about that. I'm a old ex farm boy too. And yes, the power of cows is amazing. I've felt that power too.

I lost my front teeth by a dead cow, we were busy one day and were trying to get a lot done, I was the knocker, and I hit the cow, and opened the kill cage and went to hook him up to the hoist, and didn't wait long enough for him to stop convulsing and when I went to wrap the chain he kicked and caught me right in the mouth lol, stupid, but it happened🤷‍♂️

Wow never knew you could use electricity to kill the animal great video thanks for explaining things and you guys keep a very clean work area keep up the great work

Why dont you guys show a live kill on a pig a sheep .a lamb .a cow. A chicken nice to talk about but show how its done in the real

Awesome! Just one question. What is done with all of the carcasses?

Great video of an awesome facility! 🐂🐖🐑

really appreciate the, "Behind the Scenes" - great for kid's to know where our food comes from and how it's prepeared rather than a Supermarket tray; I remember how funny my son thought it was when I told him a chickens egg comes from a chooks bum, "Oh daddy you're silly" -- "Behind the Scenes" helping dad's appear not so silly.

Impressive. Back in the 70's I worked for a few months at a large commercial packing house as the plant draftsman working on a redesign of the entire plant. I saw a couple of disturbing things while there....like pigs being driven to a gate, the other side of which was an electrocution device...they would be panicked knowing something bad was happening, and I saw one pig get it's snout stuck against a post beside the gate....a worker came over and repeatedly kicked the thing until the snout came free (and bleeding)...then as the pigs went through a second gate they were electrocuted....however as the pigs were not of uniform size, the current was set to stun....but low enough as to not overdo the smaller pigs...several times I saw larger animals come to, dangling from hooks, and squealing in terror as they went through a flame that burned the hair off of them. I didn't eat pork for a long time after that experience.

im scared to watch this

Love the videos. Setting up our own lil operation. Where can I find designs or "blueprints" or a how to build a knockbox. Wanna do it right the first time.

Total respect I have worked in this industry for over 27 years in abattoirs here in Ireland on kill line for lamb pigs and beef not easy work so my hat is off to you guy's keep up the good work and stay safe 👍

You have a way cooler story about how you lost your teeth than I do. Mine was neglect, pure and simple. And only a few at a time, not all at once.

Your story of your teeth knocked out by a steer reminds me of a story my parents told me of a friend of theirs who went to a hockey game and a puck flew over the glass and hit him in the mouth. Not only did the puck knock out all his teeth but it knocked the person out cold. He had to be fitted for all new choppers. Scary

I wouldn't have put on a catchers mask. I would have changed the gate. I would have build a different latch that was either automatic locking or could be locked without bending over.

I find it very refreshing watching tradesmen work and the processes used to get the end results . In this case food to our table, everyone should watch these videos to see where it all comes from . I really appreciate what you guys do for us .
Thanks

You guys should invest into some slam latched for that gate instead of just a chain.
Using slam latches that latch as you close them will eliminate any more teeth being kicked out!

Just a thought.

what effect does stress have on meat?

I would rather buy from a butcher that knows what meat they are cutting, however commercial slaughterhouses have put them out of business here in the Midwest. Smoking meat twine to mask the scent of dried blood while we shoveled the sawdust from the floor to the tote of boned meat to get processed into soap and lard. That was back in the early seventies and I still had my foolish dream of being a boxer , and go into the cooler and do a few rounds with a half side of beef . We were doing that back into the sixties long before Rocky B brought it to the movies. LOL

its really nice that u guys used this format to educate where there fricking pork chops come from this generation is clueless as to how its done nice job !!! and its done with respect

The attention to the animal's well being is nice and cool how you separate them by pens, most people dont look qt detail like that

Do you slaughter other people's beef, and if so how long is the wait? I'm told most slaughter houses are booked 2 years out (at least for beef). Thanks!

You still look handsome

When I was a child, my grandfather still raised hogs, and while they had done hog killings before, it was the first one i was involved in. It was much more different to this. A .22 round between the eyes killed that hog in the blink of an eye. We dipped him in boiling water to help get the hair off. We made sausage out of all by the best cuts. I remember it being delicious. I also remember grandma would come out there and add the seasoning to it and go back inside to help pack the actual cuts. Granddaddy and them (my dad/uncles) would watch her go back inside, and the moment that door closed they'd pop the top off that seasoning and add a lot more.