Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:21 am Post subject: We must really be farmers now!
I love gardening and this year I have ambitious plans to really expand my plantings. I have a small flock of chickens that will soon grow due to the perseverance of my little broody hen. We have a herd of horses. But yesterday we became real farmers when we bought not one but two PIGS! Yes, we have ventured into the world of swine. Pigs are nothing new to DH and I. We both grew up raising a pig each year to put in the freezer. But this is the first pig adventure for our DGS. Both the pigs are young. One is a sow and the other a boar. We are not sure of their contributions yet. We may eat one and sell the other. Or sell one, breed the other and sell and eat the offspring. It's all up in the air at the moment. They are definitely not pets though they will be treated with all kindness and will be very much appreciated for what they add to our lives.
So, without further ado (sp?) I give you Spare Rib and Pork Chop.
I saw this darling picture and was going to comment when I decided to lighten it up a bit. I saved it on my computer and then dragged it into Picassa and worked to get just the riht light on it. After I did that and sat back to admire the picture I promptly forgot to comment. That is how it is with us senior citizens.
Knock looks like he is having about as much fun as the pigs.
Pigs will be fun to raise and good in the freezer and frying pan too. They will love burrowing in all that straw! Do they have an outside yard as well as the stall? Pig smell is something that in my opinion, needs a lot of fresh air!
We have raised a few, never had a sow and piglets tho. I bought them directly from a farmer who had a lot of sows of different mixtures, except one time I got 3 piglets from somebody who had bottle raised them. They were maybe 3 weeks old and only about a foot long from nose to tail, and about half as tall. I think they had been handled too much, they were the most agressive little guys.
For a large part of my life, I thought that domestic pigs were bald. As an adult, I finally got up close to some at a county fair and saw that they do have hair. I guess all of you country folks are laughing at me now. _________________ So they will be called oaks of righteousness,
The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
Isaiah 61:3b
Pigs are very smart. They are said to be smarter than dogs. Ours are doing well. The horses seem to be getting used to them. We have a wire kennel we are going to put them in outside the barn but are waiting for the weather to get nicer. We are expecting a snow and ice storm tonight and into tomorrow. There was no school today. May not be the rest of the week unless the weather misses us.
I let Shaq out of his stall today to roam the barn hall while I cleaned his stall. He was able to see the pigs and now he is satisfied that they are not grizzly bears.
Somebody told me our pigs are what are called Blue Butts. I had never heard of the breed. They are colored like my horse, Gypsy. Here is a picture of her blue butt.
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