How to Butcher Half A Pig At Home & How Much it Cost to Raise Pigs for Smallholding Self Sufficiency

This year's butchering a pig video demonstrates how to butcher half of one of the two pigs raised here on our homestead. It includes how to make your own bacon, how to prepare brine for gammons / hams and a special focus on the full breakdown of costs showing how much it cost us to raise our own pigs. If you are a meat eater and looking to buy your own half a pig from the butcher or raise your own and want to do home butchery then this video should help! Please Note: If you are sending your pig to a butcher, you can add an average of £1.20 per kilo for the butcher to cut and package the meat for you. We obviously can't cover every question all of the time, so if you have further questions, leave them below and we will do a follow up Q&A. Thanks as always, Steven and Tracy. How to tie a butchers knot: https://youtube.com/shorts/AI9_akeh3M0?si=gsfYzW_wRfropq_n Long form How to butcher a pig video: Butchering Pigs At Home - | UK Smallholding https://youtu.be/Ef0Z_cXG3zo Dry Cured Streak Bacon Recipe: https://www.rivercottage.net/recipes/dry-cured-streaky-bacon River Cottage Pork Book for Hams: https://amzn.to/4gVAiIP Mincer: Andrew James mincer - no longer available but similar to this: https://amzn.to/4em0U3T Links are affiliate so we make pennies if you purchase via the link (no cost to you).