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Idaho Pasture Pigs
Machias:
Picked up 5 Idaho Pasture Piglets last week. 3 registered gilts that are 8 weeks old. A barrow, which we castrated when I picked them up, he's 8 weeks old and a registered boar who is 11 weeks old. They are already pretty friendly, except the boar was a bit skittish at first, but he knows who feeds him and is already allowing back and side scratches. We named the boar, who is cream colored, Hamlet. The girls are Ginger, Pattie and Juliet. The barrow is Romeo. Will separate the boar and the barrow in a couple of weeks from the gilts. Then breed the gilts in Jan and butcher the barrow in Feb. I'll post some photos in the next couple of days.
bigdave:
Nothing like homemade bacon!!!
One of my earliest memories is of my dad helping my grandpa castrate piglets. They put me in the feeder so I would be safely out of the way. The sow was separated from us and kept angrily charging the feeder trying to rescue her squealing little pigs. It could have traumatized be for life....but my dad said "Are you hurt?" I said through tears "no sir" ....then he said "then quit your bawling you sound worse than those pigs". HAha that one stuck with me.
Machias:
:chuckle: :chuckle:
The one we castrated when I picked them up was not too happy and the sow blew out of the paddock he had her in. So we ended up moving well away from the barn area and castrated them up by the house.
HUNTIN4SIX:
Have you ever butchered these before?
KFhunter:
I roped and castrated a 5-600lb boar with huge cutters, its hard to keep a rope on a hog, they slip the noose.
--- Quote from: KFhunter on December 02, 2015, 12:06:33 PM ---
He's hanging!
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