We are in the process of raising our first two piggers. From what we understand, they are by nature foragers. We gave them a fairly large area which they have already destroyed so we have been giving them weeds and grasses from the garden as well as kitchen scraps such as peelings, salad stuff etc. They prefer the greens to the grower. They still get their grains but they eat it second, attacking the greens first. They are also quite active in their behavior which we figure should make them healthier and healthy pig should make healthy pork.
However we are wondering if feeding them greens will affect the taste and if so in what way? These are common garden weeds such as amaranth, plantain, dandelion, purslane, pigweed etc. Also will all that exercise make them tough? I keep reading about people keeping their pigs for years and still having good meat from them. These will probably be about 8 months or so when they meat their destiny. Yes pun intended, I know, I'm bad.
However we are wondering if feeding them greens will affect the taste and if so in what way? These are common garden weeds such as amaranth, plantain, dandelion, purslane, pigweed etc. Also will all that exercise make them tough? I keep reading about people keeping their pigs for years and still having good meat from them. These will probably be about 8 months or so when they meat their destiny. Yes pun intended, I know, I'm bad.
