What to Use For a Hog Pen?

[Baymule]

1 pork chop in the skillet at a time.

1 pork chop covers the whole plate. When I cook them, my husband and I split one.

Since I had rendered lard from previous hogs and had plenty of quart jars of snowy white lard, I gave Wilbur's fat to a friend.

 

[Baymule]

Put the pallets on the outside of the pen so the pigs don't chew on them. What breed of hog are you getting? I prefer to get heritage breeds, the modern day "lean" hogs meat is dry and tasteless to me. The heritage breeds take a little longer to finish, but the meat is marble with fat, usually darker in color and has FLAVOR.

 

[CowboyClayt]

Put the pallets on the outside of the pen so the pigs don't chew on them. What breed of hog are you getting? I prefer to get heritage breeds, the modern day "lean" hogs meat is dry and tasteless to me. The heritage breeds take a little longer to finish, but the meat is marble with fat, usually darker in color and has FLAVOR.

I bought pigs that were a mix between two different kinds. Can't remember what off the top of my head... hampton-something maybe?
Payed $75 each (female, all they had left) for 3 of them and they are about 70 pounds. Hoping they turn out well, especially since I have 3 new customers for pork!

 

[Baymule]

Hampshire probably. Sounds like a good buy. Post pictures!