Is this a good deal?

[botebum]

--------------------------------------------------------------------------Sorry for double posting this but I wanted to reach a wider audience so I'm reposting here:

I don't spend much time on the "Pigs" forum because I wasn't planning on doing pigs for another year or two. I'm learning chickens right now and going slow is best....but....My neighbor's sow panicked and killed all but two of her piglets(sows) during our last storm. He wants us to take the piglets(sowlets?) and raise them to BBQ size(100lbs or so). He gets one and we get one. He's got the fencing for us and will help putting it up. We don't have a lot of land (2 acres in total, 1 acre open) and the pigs will have to be penned and fed. We don't have a garden in yet(just moved in this summer) but he will help out with scraps(plenty) from his acres of farm and fields. Even if I have to buy feed(worst case scenario), is this still a good deal? Oh yeah, He butchers, I help.

Please post answers in the pigs forum. Thanks.

Doug
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[Beeman]

Originally Posted by botebum

--------------------------------------------------------------------------Sorry for double posting this but I wanted to reach a wider audience so I'm reposting here:

I don't spend much time on the "Pigs" forum because I wasn't planning on doing pigs for another year or two. I'm learning chickens right now and going slow is best....but....My neighbor's sow panicked and killed all but two of her piglets(sows) during our last storm. He wants us to take the piglets(sowlets?) and raise them to BBQ size(100lbs or so). He gets one and we get one. He's got the fencing for us and will help putting it up. We don't have a lot of land (2 acres in total, 1 acre open) and the pigs will have to be penned and fed. We don't have a garden in yet(just moved in this summer) but he will help out with scraps(plenty) from his acres of farm and fields. Even if I have to buy feed(worst case scenario), is this still a good deal? Oh yeah, He butchers, I help.

Please post answers in the pigs forum. Thanks.

Doug
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Free is good especially with help. It won't take long to get to 100lbs if that is the goal. You say barbecue size so I guess these will be one shot pig roast pigs instead of butcher and process pigs. They will have an odor so with 2 acres placement will be a consideration.

[Wolf mom]

Sounds like a great deal - a pig and a mentor

[BlueHeronFarm]

I'm with Wolf Mom -- I'd do it...what a great way to learn.

[Snakeoil]

It's a fair deal, do it.