Baymule's Pigs 2017-2018

[Baymule]

I am soaking the corn now with no pellets. They've been corn fed all their lives and didn't take kindly to pellets. So I have 7 buckets working, they get 2 a day. I use a cup to take some water from a already soaking bucket to start the new bucket. I also put a little lime in the bucket, corn is soaked in lime water for tortillas, it is supposed to release more of the corn nutrients. I put a gallon of whey in the first batch of buckets and a beer. They also get scraps from the house.

I measured the sow today, using the formula from @NH homesteader. I can't get that close and personal with the boar. Her heart girth is 54", her length is either 54" or 50", depending if her head is up of down eating.

Girth 54x54=2916x Length 54=157,464/400=393.66 pounds

Girth 54x54=2916x Length 50=145,800/400=364.5 pounds

The boar is a lot bigger than the sow, so we estimate his weight to be 400 to 425 pounds.

I made an appointment for the boar November 6 for slaughter.

We bought them October 1, the sow was in heat. I don't know if they bred or not. I'll know if she comes back in heat the week of the 22nd. That will be his last chance before he goes to freezer camp. We'll see....

 

[Bruce]

I guess they don't "eat like pigs"!

 

[Baymule]

Then you would guess wrong!

 

[Jeanne Sheridan]

Seventy five dollars!! How could I pass that up?

Amazing price for the pigs!

 

[Bruce]

Then you would guess wrong!

I don't know, they sound sort of picky to me! Aren't pigs supposed to eat almost anything?

 

[Baymule]

They are supposed to, but these pigs just have to be different. @Devonviolet and her sweet husband came to visit today, and brought kiefer, cheese and whey. I am going to use the whey for the pigs. I called the pigs up so Devonviolet and her husband could see them, they were impressed by how healthy and lean they looked......and how much they resembled bacon, chops, sausage........

 

[Mike CHS]

You are definitely going to be in good shape for pork!

 

[Baymule]

Swimming in Sausage?

 

[Simpleterrier]

Do u can your sausage? If so how do you do it

 

[Devonviolet]

I am going to use the whey for the pigs. I called the pigs up so Devonviolet and her husband could see them, they were impressed by how healthy and lean they looked......and how much they resembled bacon, chops, sausage........

Those are a couple of good looking pigs!!! They are both solid, healthy looking pigs. And they have the coolest ears!!! I know that has no bearing on the quality of the meat. But, being an artist, things like that jump out at me.

I know DH has asked that we postpone raising a feeder pig, so we can get unfinished projects completed. But, after seeing these beauties today, I'm really hoping that the sow is prego, and when she has her piglets, DH will change his mind.