Baymule’s Pigs 2018 HEREFORDS!

[Simpleterrier]

Did u get a live weight also

 

[Baymule]

Did u get a live weight also

No, they don't have a live weight scale.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Found this that says a pig that has a hanging weight of 180 lbs was about 250 live weight. (If hanging weight is the same as "dressed" weight?)

Around 28% of a hog’s live weight is inedible product removed during the slaughter and dressing procedure bringing our 250 lb. live hog to 180 lbs. dressed."

https://www.oda.state.ok.us/food/fs-hogweight.pdf

 

[Simpleterrier]

Oh most around us have scales u run across right after u unload

 

[Baymule]

Oh most around us have scales u run across right after u unload

The other place we use has scales and they are weighed when they are unloaded. I like knowing live weight.

 

[Baymule]

We picked up the meat a week ago and got it delivered. We took half a hog to Carthage, 1 1/2 hours away to a friend's house. They also bought 10 pounds of lamb. We traded 10 pounds of lamb to our hay guy and we gave some chops, leg of lamb and burger to our DD and family. We are left with leg of lamb, ribs and some chops.

@farmerjan we kept a package of pork chops and fried them. They were good!

 

[Mike CHS]

It seems we gain one fan of sheep meat one person at a time. I cooked some of our sheep chops to our butcher's wife yesterday and she was amazed at how good it tasted. This is from a butcher shop that has been in business for 20+ years and they raise sheep.

 

[Baymule]

It seems we gain one fan of sheep meat one person at a time. I cooked some of our sheep chops to our butcher's wife yesterday and she was amazed at how good it tasted. This is from a butcher shop that has been in business for 20+ years and they raise sheep.

It makes you wonder, doesn't it?

 

[Carla D]

I found 2 Hereford boars 4 1/2 months old on Craigslist. We went and got them today. I have long admired Hereford Hogs and am delighted to find these! As usual, I have no hog pen ready and won’t be putting them in the pasture we sprigged with Bermuda and Bahia. So I guess we better get busy! @misfitmorgan

We went to Como to pick them up and made new friends. The couple that sold them has registered Herefords, ours are 3/4 Hereford. What nice people! It was like meeting a sister I didn’t know I had! I called @Devonviolet on our way home. Would have loved to stop and visited with them, but in the pouring rain, we just wanted to get home.

We stopped at Tractor Supply and three people stopped to admire the pigs! They are beautiful.

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They are very pretty Herefords. I’m curious. Do you have a collection of different animals, love bacon, run a rescue, or not particular on the breed of pig. You have shown some pictures of very nice looking pigs, but there seems to be a nonspecific preference. You don’t have to answer if you don’t want to. I just found it interesting.

 

[Latestarter]

Bay is a "seek and ye shall find shopper"... She finds "deals" that many here dream about, and takes advantage of them. So if you can get feeder pigs at below market value and raise them up for the freezer, many/any of the breeds will do.