Handy Ant Provides Quality Homekill & Meat Processing Throughout The Rodney Area

With over 27 years of butchery experience, Handy Ant has been operating as a homekill butcher in Rodney for over ten years.  We are serious about making sure our customers receive top quality cuts, exactly how they like it, as well as exceptional service from our team.   Our process offers a simple and easy way for you to organise the slaughter and butchering of your beasts, for the best results and value.

We raise calves ourselves and know the effort that goes into rearing animals (fencing, draining, hay making etc) and that’s why we want to offer the best possible processing service.

We believe in reducing as much stress as possible for the animals and that’s why we only provide on-farm slaughtering option.  This means the animals stay in their familar surroundings  and completely avoid being pushed from one place to another in the yards or being tightly packed for stressful truck journeys.

There’s something to say about homekill meat – it just tastes better.

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Handy Ant Beef Cuts

Quality Homekill Service & Butchery

Professional Service

Humane, experienced slaughterman and expert quality butchering.  Every time.

Cut To Your Specifications

Like 2 inch steaks?  Prefer to have your lamb legs boned?  However you would like your meat cut, we can accommodate.

UV Lighting

The holding chiller has UV lighting which keeps bacteria out as well as keeping your meat from drying out.

MPI Registered

We keep every clean and washed down and have current MPI Registration.

Salami, Sausage & Bacon Specialists

We are known throughout the district for the quality of our salami’s and sausages.

Quality Ingredients

We use clean, fresh bore water and you can select a gluten/preservative free option for your sausages if you prefer.
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How Our Homekill Process Works

  • 1. Call to Book

    The first step is a phone call to Handy Ant to book in your job.  If the phone line isn’t answered please do leave a message and Anthony will return your call by the end of that day.

  • 2. Confirm the date for Auckland Homekill to Visit

    Once you are booked in, the team from Auckland Homekill will be in touch with you directly to set up a suitable time for them to come out and dispatch the beast (you will pay them directly for this).

  • 3. Animal arrives to Handy Ant

    We will hang the beast in the main chiller and on the 7th day will be touch with you to confirm cutting instructions.

  • 4. Processing

    All meat is cut and packaged in clingwrap and blast frozen, ready for pick up from our premises.

  • 5. Pick up

    Let us know your preferred time to pick up and we will have everything ready.  You can pay by cash or cheque on pick up.

Handy Ant Testimonials

James, Waitakere

We have used Handy Ant meat processors for 7 years, and can highly recommend them as meat processors.  Handy Ant arrange for the animals to be killed at our property, then transported to their processing facilities, which makes it very easy for us.  Our animals are organic and it is important to us that our meat processor is trustworthy so that we can have confidence that we get our organic meat back – and all of it!  Ant is easy to deal with and understands our organic approach, and prepares our meat accordingly which is great.
Handy Ant Testimonials

Jacqui, Kaukapakapa

Handy Ant has been our homekill butcher of choice for several years. We have always been happy with the quality of his cuts for both beef and sheep. His sausages and salami are fantastic and full of flavour.
Handy Ant Testimonials

Leo, Muriwai

We have used Handy Ant for the past 5 years and found the service and communication really great.  The quality of the packaging and his attention to your requirements is really great, we down sized our family from 4 to 2 this year and Handy Ant packaged our meat to suit.  the sausages and mince are to die for and you will never go back to the supermarket again.
Handy Ant Testimonials

Richard, South Head

I have used Handy Ant for many years processing our family’s beef, lamb and venison products – his work is always consistent and of good quality as are his salamis and sausages.

 

Handy Ant Testimonials

Candace,

We have had delicious salami, sausages and bacon made from our animals by Anthony. He listens to us each time we send our animals to be processed and always is helpful with suggestions on what to do with them. All of the animals we have sent have always comes back well butchered, labelled and packaged. Candace and Family.

 

Handy Ant Testimonials

Juliette, Muriwai

We have been using Handy Ant Homekill for 2 1/2 years. Anthony does an excellent job with our meat, our gluten free sausages are delicious. Ordering salami is a must, everyone who tries our salami loves it. Not only are we very happy with our home kill, when I collect our meat Anthony is more than happy to answer any stock/land questions I may have. Nothing is a problem for Anthony!

 

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09  420 2848

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