a probably 3 month old pig walked into my yard..now what?

[babsbag]

My pigs loved acorns...so do my goats.

 

[Baymule]

A scar on the belly is not where castration occurs. For a pig, the cut is made on the testicle sac, testicles are pulled out, dabbed with ointment and turned loose. The scar, if any would be on the rear part of the pig.

Personally I wouldn't worry about castrating the pig. Just butcher it at about 6 months.

 

[heckerdy]

darn It sure looks like a BAD neuter scar but what do I know about pigs anatomy ..guess I will learn as Bacon grows

he is so big in just a couple of weeks here! I just feed him everything hope that is ok but we eat a really healthy diet so I figure that and some chow he is good to go ..and lots of eggs and I do toss raw garden veg into his

I am wondering how people who live with pigs are able to butcher them ..this is not going to be easy
ducks and chickens do not bug me but then again I do not do it ..my husband does and I do not get attached to poultry for some reason ..I love them but they are fine in soup

this pig is different ..he is very smart and adorable and wow

my husband said I will get to a point where he looks like food again to me for sure

 

[goatgurl]

i would be willing to bet your husband is right. by the time they have knocked you down a couple of times and weigh 300# they aren't so cute anymore.
if he has castration scars they should be on either side of his bottom, kind of on either side below his tail. and for obvious reasons there should be two. lol

 

[heckerdy]

ok nowwwwww I am feeling like a complete dork fish here, not knowing the anatomy of a pig and spending so much time looking at this guys backside trying to figure out where his testicles are! Seriously I finally googled it but not knowing what to google ? ..( "where are pigs testicles?" worked but the stuff I had come with it ) they really are up in the back end more and not at the base where dogs are … I know human anatomy as an RN but not sure about pig and wow I was way off LOL!!!

my husband has never been around male pigs who were not castrated and I have not been around pigs in general ..except the one who walked in my friends back yard six years ago (see original post on the thread ) and he went from baby like Bacon to a guy the size of a fridge in 10 months (she wanted lots of lard! I would like it too but can not imagine keeping a big here that long ?

there they are we finally found his "set" (we think LOLOL) of tiny ones up under his tail ..but when my husband had him relaxed and was ready to look close he rubbed up against the electric fence and zapped himself and Bacon ..that was the end of that adventure! ..he said though he thought he found two tiny ones before the zapping (we are such pig NUBES!!! we have never had an electric fence but watching everyone get accustomed including my pit bull has been kind of funny actually )

whatever we will be butchering at 6 months and are not going to castrate him, even the farmers who do it said they are doing it less and less because the trend is to leave them intact now for the "boar meat" I swear it is a "thing" here now and I keep being told " don't worry just leave him be" and you will love the bacon from this pig..I was given some boar bacon and will try it later and let you know what I think if you are interested…

I feel like the meat will be great I am not at all worried and will report back on that as well

I am going to feed him as many nuts as I can acorns especially that is what Italians do get good ham

I love making bacon and ham and have done this for years this will be the first time I do my own from a pig that we raised ourselves I am so grateful and what a strange thing to have happen.

I can NOT believe it took us this long to figure out his man parts LOL silly us

 

[Latestarter]

Picturing hubby exploring Mr. Bacon's nether regions and finally grabbing hold of the old peanuts just in time to hit the electric fence! LMAO! <---really! too funny. Seeing smoking bacon with my inner mind's eye Love watching everyone experience hot wire for the first several times... Can be a real hoot!

 

[goatgurl]

oh heckerdy you gave me my laugh for the morning. poor bacon turned up with his bottom exposed and zapped. and your poor hubby. hope you piggy adventure turns out well. keep us posted

 

[Ferguson K]

Oh lord! Hot fences and pigs are the way to go. At least your husband tested it and you know it works!

 

[heckerdy]

I was cracking up to you guys it was hysterical! he put up so much fencing I am done going in the back yard and watching the antics from the safety of the window now!

I am absolutely shocked at how big Bacon is in just 16 days since I posted this!

I will take a photo and post it I am sorry we are remodeling as I think I mentioned and it is all DIY so life is kind of random right now ..to say the least

our bucket list included finishing our home!

 

[Latestarter]

just re-reading, and it got me laughing again! Thanks! It's really helped brighten my entire day.