Putting a Hand on Them – How to Tell When Your Lamb is Finished
Posted on July 23, 2019
Do you market lamb directly to consumers? Learn to use your hands to tell when a lamb is finished! Companion fact sheet available at https://attra.ncat.org/product/putting-a-hand-on-them-how-to-tell-when-your-lamb-is-finished/
Learning to master correct live-animal evaluation of fat lambs will help you provide a superior, differentiated product to your customers. It also can reduce the overall cost of producing a premium lamb by more accurately determining when the animal is finished, thereby better controlling feed costs.
Whether you’re a producer or you raise lambs for your own consumption, this video will answer the question, “When is my lamb ready to be butchered?”