Which Heritage breed??

"SPIKE" · #21 01/17/12, 02:17 PM

I guess I like my AGHs well enough. I've never raised any hogs before this, so I do not have anything to compare to. I will be butchering one soon and that will tell me alot more about how much I may like them.
Being small, it does not cost a lot to feed them and they are good at foraging for a lot of their food. I have a lot of oak trees that made a lot of acorns this year. I also planted rye and wheat in a few small plots to help get they through the winter and until spring pasture starts growing.
Since they are small and do not cost a lot to feed, I like keeping my pork on the hoof until needed. That just seems to make sense to me.

SPIKE

pancho · #22 01/17/12, 03:49 PM

We had some guinea hogs but didn't really care for them. They were small lard hogs. Not much call for lard hogs now. When we sold them they didn't bring as much as the other breeds. They were easy to keep, ate less than other breeds, but were smaller and had fewer babies.
For eating hogs they weren't near as good as the hamps.
That was before they became a fad breed.

lonelyfarmgirl · #23 01/17/12, 05:06 PM

I have tamworth and I love them. The boar is for the most part tame, and they are great outside pigs. They forage well, and stand up to the winter cold no problem. Our pigs are very lean when butchered, and our bacon is awesome.
I would agree with whoever said it, prone to getting out. They have been out many times. Our sow has no issue with putting her front feet on top of the gate when you are coming with the feed.