A home kill and custom butchery service at 26 Merton Road in Fernside, a couple of minutes west of Rangiora off Oxford Road. The business has been run for five years by its owner, who has more than 30 years of combined experience in the trade across the team. It processes cattle, deer, pigs, sheep, alpacas and llamas, and can take other animals on enquiry. Animals can be slaughtered on site, or collected deceased. To use the service the animal must have been looked after by the customer for at least 28 days, or belong to a farmer, or be wild game. Orders must be placed on the day the animal is killed, by phone or on the website.
Services include a drop-off option for stock, advice on breeds and stock numbers, a Hampshire boar for hire, and spit roast hire for family functions. Cuts are processed to the customer's choice of style, size and seasonings, and can be gluten free or MSG free. Meat is aged for at least seven days, then labelled and sent frozen. Smallgoods include manuka smoked saveloys, sausages in several seasonings, dry cured bacon and hams. Sausage flavours are made in batches of at least 5kg, and salami in batches of four. Deliveries reach collection points as far away as Hanmer Springs, excluding local areas.