05-25-2018, 02:57 PM
When we have a larger livestock animal die (goat, sheep, etc) I drag it to the back of the property. Either the flies eat it over several days, or the pigs eat it more or less overnight.
"Er....wouldn't some dismemberment be appropriate? Speed the process."
Some people like to save the skulls/horns. I had read that you can cut it off and put it in a wire cage (like a sturdy wire dog kennel) and the flies will pick it clean but the pigs won't be able to destroy it. The pigs leave VERY little behind, sometimes just larger vertebrae or the thick part of a jawbone, and nothing else.
"Er....wouldn't some dismemberment be appropriate? Speed the process."
Some people like to save the skulls/horns. I had read that you can cut it off and put it in a wire cage (like a sturdy wire dog kennel) and the flies will pick it clean but the pigs won't be able to destroy it. The pigs leave VERY little behind, sometimes just larger vertebrae or the thick part of a jawbone, and nothing else.