GBov
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I have a young pair of Juliana Pigs, white with black spots. Very small and really, really stupid. :lol: Not suicidally stupid, just not able to remember who feeds them (me) and very flighty. The boar got loose in the yard though and did no damage whatsoever, no rooting up or eating the vegetables, he just hung out with the dogs. Surprised the dog, that did.
The reason I am offering them is that they are the easiest keepers of any small breed of pigs I have ever had. They stay fat on a ration that would have a pot belly skin and bones.
As you can guess, we don't keep small pigs as pets, they are a living larder for us and the easier the keeper, the better job they do.
It seems a shame to just eat this pair without giving another micro-homesteader the chance at home raised pork.
Being so small they are easy to keep in even a light pen made of bent to shape hog panels and they fit easily into even a yard as small as ours - 100 feet by 80 feet.
They do not give lots of pork (about 40 pounds of near boneless from an adult) but if you are butchering on your own, a small, easy to handle carcass is a bonus. I can scald the young pigs - up to about 16 to 20 weeks - in my kitchen sink to roast whole on special occasions and the adults I can hang on my own to skin. A serious plus. And they fit into the fridge to chill down before packaging them up for the freezer.
This will be this sows first litter and she should be due in just under three months.
$150 the pair.
The reason I am offering them is that they are the easiest keepers of any small breed of pigs I have ever had. They stay fat on a ration that would have a pot belly skin and bones.
As you can guess, we don't keep small pigs as pets, they are a living larder for us and the easier the keeper, the better job they do.
It seems a shame to just eat this pair without giving another micro-homesteader the chance at home raised pork.
Being so small they are easy to keep in even a light pen made of bent to shape hog panels and they fit easily into even a yard as small as ours - 100 feet by 80 feet.
They do not give lots of pork (about 40 pounds of near boneless from an adult) but if you are butchering on your own, a small, easy to handle carcass is a bonus. I can scald the young pigs - up to about 16 to 20 weeks - in my kitchen sink to roast whole on special occasions and the adults I can hang on my own to skin. A serious plus. And they fit into the fridge to chill down before packaging them up for the freezer.
This will be this sows first litter and she should be due in just under three months.
$150 the pair.