Anyone Have Guinea Hogs in Arizona

[Rogo]

They're starting to look interesting to me but can't seem to find them here. I don't care if they're not registered.

[CrashTestRanch]

Rogo,

Closest I could find:

CALIFORNIA

John & Rebecca Hallett
Redwing Ranch
Woodland, CA
530-669-1344
www.redwingheritageranch.com
redwingrancher@yahoo.com
Sue Loyd
Morningstar Farm
Vacaville, CA 95688
707-673-7277
www.morningstarfarm.webs.com
susanyloyd@gmail.com

James & Onna Perkins
Black Oaks Ranch
Viola, CA
530-474-4404
www.blackoaksranch.com
joperkins7@frontiernet.net

NEW MEXICO

Shalali Infante
Pint-Sized Farm In the Land of Milk & Honey
3115 El Pinon SW
Albuquerque, NM 87105
505-417-1366
shalali.infante@gmail.com

American Guinea Hog Association, Inc.

[Rogo]

Thanks so much, but it's not worth it to me to travel. And after reading up further about them, I've decided against them.

[highlands]

Rogo, I would be curious about what attracted you to them and what made you decide against them. -Walter

[Rogo]

Walter, I don't know where I'm going to be living but would still like to keep my porkaholic body happy. Since the small pigs are considered pets in this country, I could easily raise them anywhere. And being older, I'm no longer feeding a family daily so don't really need hogs. The meat will be fresher due to butchering more often.

I liked the build of the guinea more so than the potbelly. But I've since seen some longer PBPs.

And although I know it's the fat that flavors the meat and I've been known to eat the fat off of everyone's plate when cleaning up after a meal, the guinea seems to be overloaded with fat. I do realize that how the pigs are raised will determine that outcome. But what finally convinced me against the guinea, aside from not being easily available, was the price! -G-

Found some PBP meat breeders here. One is selling piglets for $25 and the other for $50. Either price is do-able.

I keep telling myself that it should be the same with the little pigs as it is with the big hogs -- keep a boar and 2 or 3 sows and your family will never be hungry!

[Mare Owner]

It's too bad you're so far away from MN as I will have some unregistered piglets I'll be selling for lower prices this fall. The Guineas dn't get loaded with fat unless you overfeed them, it's a balancing act. The flavor is AMAZING though, and everyone who's tried pork from my hogs has wanted more, cooked and eaten with no seasonings because it tastes so good you don't want to ruin it with any spices.

[Rogo]

Go ahead, Mare Owner, tease me! You probably know of a mule for sale in your area that's just what I want also! Nope, don't wanna hear it!

-LOL-

I'll have my PBPs next week (I hope) and who knows, perhaps the guineas are in my future, perhaps not.

[Rogo]

=== The flavor is AMAZING though, and everyone who's tried pork from my hogs has wanted more, cooked and eaten with no seasonings because it tastes so good you don't want to ruin it with any spices. ===


That's the true test of ANY meat. I remember the first time I tasted grass fed beef. A rancher had donated steaks to a cookout. No seasonings were used. You could cut the steaks with a fork. I thought I had died and gone to heaven! Haven't eaten grain fed since when I can avoid it.

[pancho]

Many years ago, when I was a kid, we raised guinea hogs. Back then we raised them for their fat. The meat wasn't that great compared to the hamps. We rendered lard and they were great for that. They could be fattened on very little feed or could be free ranged and they would get so fat they could hardly walk. They never had many pigs. 6 was a large litter.
They were great at free ranging.
When people didn't need hogs for fat production they became unpopular. They were cheap and never brought much when sold.

Times sure have changed. The hogs we just about had to give away now brings a premimun price.