[njenner]

After much anxiety over timing, we scheduled one of our gilts for freezer camp on dec 4th. She is about 195 (by string measure). She is AGH/Berk cross. I am now giving her lots of fruit (guava, persimmon, tangerines, ) plus pumpkins. This will be our first home raised pig - Hoping for good tasting pork from this diet!!

 

[Pig in a poke]

njenner, remind me how old she is at this weight?
Our AGH/Berks are just under 4 months. I haven't tried the string method on them, as I'm not t sure how reliable it is on younger pigs. We're feeding lots of pumpkins too.

 

[njenner]

She is about 10 1/2 months. We haven't fed any commercial hog feed either so I expected it to take longer for her to size up. This picture was take a couple weeks ago. I think she likes her pumpkin.....

 

[myheaven]

what breed is she? She looks fat and happy.

 

[njenner]

American Guinea Hog/Berkshire cross

 

[Muleman]

Certainly looks like you got a fine hog there. whatever you are feeding you must have done something right, cngrats.!!

 

[njenner]

she's been on a mixed forage pasture (clover, alfalfa, grasses) plus free choice alfalfa hay, butternut squash in summer, green beans, some oranges and tangerines and now persimmons, pumpkins (3 BIG pumpkins a day) beet tops, turnip tops. All the veges came from our garden but we did buy a truck load of pumpkins for $30.

 

[3acres]

I'm anxious to see if the butcher comments on her tremendous scurvy free status....hehe....

I bet you'll love what you get back! I'm hitting my barrow hard that I just got back....and I sadly had a gilt get hurt when both my boar and sow mounted her during her heat. It worked out to where I took her also to the butcher with my barrow and had her done up in all pork sausage and burger...yummy!