== Ewes and lambs. Ardikia ==
The mutton from the ewes is known as ''ardikia ''(Zeanuri-B) and from the ram ''zikirokia'' (ValcarlosNValcarlos-N). Mutton was frequently eaten in many areas of the country until forty or sixty years ago, but that is much less so today.
=== Slaughter ===
Traditionally, eating rabbit was linked to festive occasions, such as special celebrations, guests to be given special treatment or the mere fact it was a Sunday or a festivity to be celebrated.
A primeros de siglo, y aún en décadas posteriores era común, sobre todo en el área atlántica de Vasconia, el sacrificio doméstico de novillos o vacas. Esta matanza tenía lugar en el otoño; sus carnes magras, ''arakie, ''eran conservadas en sal y servían de condimento a los caldos y cocidos, durante todo el año.== Poultry ==
Así mismoKeeping poultry, con ocasión de los grandes acontecimientos familiares como bodas y otras fiestas colectivasparticularly hens, eran frecuentes las matanzas domésticas de animales vacunos; su carne fresca constituía la base principal de estas comidas festivascapons, ducks and doves, and turkey to a lesser degree in some inland areas, dates back to earliest times. However, their meat was not regularly eaten, but rather only on special occasions and linked to celebrating certain festivities or events. === Hens, chickens, capons and cockerels === Hens, ''oilo/ollo'' (common) are slaughtered when they stop laying eggs. Their meat is only eaten relatively frequently in rural areas, as the marketing of their meat is not as intensive as chicken meat. Hen meat, as well as the stock obtained, ''oilosalda'' or ''oilozopa ''(common), was highly sought after in the past and was enjoyed on high days and holidays.{{DISPLAYTITLE: IV. MATANZA DOMÉSTICA DE ANIMALESDOMESTIC SLAUGHTERING OF ANIMALS}} {{#bookTitle:Alimentación doméstica en vasconia Family Diet in the Basque Country | Alimentacion_domestica_en_vasconia/en}}<div class="subindice">Apartados:=== [[Matanza_del_cerdo|Matanza del cerdo]] ====== [[Ovejas_y_corderos_Ardikia|Ovejas y corderos. Ardikia]] ====== [[Cabras_y_cabritos|Cabras y cabritos]] ====== [[Ganado_mayor|Ganado mayor]] ====== [[Conejos|Conejos]] ====== [[Aves_domesticas|Aves domésticas]] ====== [[Carnes_de_caza|Carnes de caza]] ===</div>
