Pigs

[olhillbilly]

Bought myself a couple pigs today. Dont ask me what kind. Only thing I know is one looks like a slab of bacon an the other looks like a rack of porkchops.

Hmm, I think that mite be their new names. Bacon and Porkchop. lol

They're weanin age and prolly bout 35 pounds giver take. Im buyin one for Barnwoodjim an one for me. He's supplying half the feed an helpin me butcher when the time comes. I'll take pics after I pick them up next week. I got em from an Amish friend. Whom I'm fryin fish for next monday night an havin supper with em. Good folks they are.

Im gonna havta get me a bigger freezer. lol

[joyce]

I'm jealous. You know the little devils will root like crazy. Ya better put some rings in the noses to keep from doing that.

[olhillbilly]

But I want em to root. Lil four legged tillers, they are. lol

[mahjong]

Hill,if you know of any dairy-farmers and can get some colustrum milk from them,thats puts weight on pigs fast.The pigs love it,all natural and the meat tastes better. I use to do that with a farmer,and I gave him a pig,he would give me 250 gallons a day,the pigs would line up waiting for me to get it to them.

[joyce]

250 gallon a day...... That's alot of colostrum. Just my thinking I ain't for sure just seems like to much of that would give them diarrhea

[mahjong]

Its not that much when you have 150 pigs.lol

[SpyderLady]

Cute lil piggies...can't wait to see pics of them. I just know I would end up making pets out of them. I love pork, but I don't think I could raise them and then butcher them. I am a countrified gal, just not a farm gal.

[califgirl]

I agree spyde, I would get attached. I guess a farm girl I'll never be.

[joyce]

That wouldn't bother me. We raised hogs when I was at home. Once they get grown that ain't that cute.

I been thinking about checking with the Mennonites that live up around Paris. They actually have a meat processing place where you can either go buy their meat already fixed or you can carry your own and have them process it.

I'm thinking it might be cheaper and definitely easier to go and buy some beef and pork already packaged up.

Talked with a man that went up there and bought $500.00 worth of beef. He got home and it filled an entire upright freezer he said. Now that's alot of beef.

[olhillbilly]

Well, I went an got em yesterday mornin. Wild they are. gonna take some time gettin em tamed down. Helped the feller chase some goats an got anuther five bucks off. I'll get some pics as soon as I can get em to hold still long enuff.
And no, MJ, I'm not gonna find a dairy to get 250 gallons of colostrum for em either.

[SpyderLady]

Can't wait to see em hb! I bet that was fun, chasing goats in the heat.

[mammyof4]

[olhillbilly]

Rat! and just what is wrong with chasin goats in heat?

Very Funny Mammy! That aint gonna save the lil piggy tho. ;D

[SpyderLady]

[califgirl]

I like that spyde!!!!!

[buzzard]

I keeps lookin' fer pics of the little piggies, trying to figger if they's big enough to fly back there fer. HURRY UP HB!!!! I'm hankering fer some babyback ribs and all the ribs in the stores out here are more fat than meat.

[joyce]

ratman said:

hilly, I just don't wanna know what you with the goats after ya catch 'em.

My mind is as clean as the virgin snow, so don't corrupt me any more than I already am!

Hummmmmmm....who has stolen the Ratman I know. Mind as clean as virgin snow, yea right.