Friday, April 9, 2010

The Prospecting of pigs

This year we might be getting a big, black, PREGNANT sow!!!!! So we would have to help deliver the piglets, and we'd have to get the boy pigs castrated! That would be an... Interesting learning experience! This way we would have quite a few piglets, as well as a breeding stock that we would have to take over winter. Since we had such luck with the Tamworth's we would still do a couple of them just to compare the meat(?) and because we like them anyway. It has been very hard to find piglets this year though! Which is why we want a pregnant sow as it is a lot better bang for the buck (we hope) and a lot easier to come by. Hopefully this way the pig hut we have will be big enough for the one (or three) pig(s) when it is still cold, and by the time they get too big, it won't matter! This is the new plan, although some people aren't overjoyed with is, it seems like the best course of action, and therefore plausible to happen! I will post more when we reach a final decision and are sure of which pigs we're getting!

4 comments:

  1. the prospect of a castration party is just too much. way over the top.

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  2. Yeah... It's definately the most outrageous thing we've ever done... And I'm not sure if I really approve! Maybe I'll just leave for a couple days when the time comes...

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  3. The new puppy and pigs are so cute! are you going to take more pictures!

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  4. Of course! I love taking pictures, and they do a bunch of really funny things! You have to come meet them though, they're much more fun when they're not just pictures!

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