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Barnyard, Hogs, Livestock

Pigs for Rachel Fall 2017

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Rachel had 9 piglets in Oct 2017, her first litter.   They are typical American Guinea Hog colors – mostly black ones with some pink with black spots.   Those are called “red” – go figure.    They like to squeeze through the hog panel fencing and run around in the woods with Jack the Goat.   Sadly, the smallest one was crushed while feeding. The Mom Pig has to roll over every 45 minutes when she nurses, to keep from going lop-sided.  Rachel may have rolled over on the little one.  Here are the rest:  “Pigs at Home with Mom Rachel”

American Guinea Hogs are perfect for the small homestead. Full grown they usually top out at 150 – 200 lbs, not as heavy as regular hog breeds. They are quite easy to socialize. Even our “Big Daddy”, Alexander Behemoth, is quite docile.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The pigs are for sale, $40 each.  We have males and females in two sizes – small and medium.  Come by and visit … take a pig home!

Happy Homesteading,

T.

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Hogs, Livestock

Piggies First Two Weeks

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Here is Sweetie’s first litter  – the first two weeks.  There are four males and two females.   The females are smaller than the males. We’ve found to be true of the other animals as well: ducks, geese, chickens, rabbits, and tilapia. Males are bigger than the females. Not so much the goats, at least the dwarf milk goats that we have, the males are not necessarily bigger than the females.

Rachel is also “with pig” and should give birth around the end of Sept. Hope she’s as good a Mom as Sweetie.

Happy Homesteading,

T.

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Livestock

New Piggies for Sweetie – Aug 2017

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Our American Guinea Hog, Sweetie,  finally produced her piggies.  And they are so cute. Have a look…

 

and here’s another look at the piggies a week old.

Remember that our last hog, Cheerio, was not a good Mom. Well, it may have been the fact that we left Alex, the male, in the pen. Sweetie is making up for it. The runt piggy got out through the hog fence, and Seth picked her up to replace her and Sweetie got very upset. Grunt, grunt. Now, that’s a good Mom. Do you grunt when someone commandeers your child?

Well, that’s rhetorical…you live and learn. The piglets will be weaned and available for sale around mid September. American Guinea Hogs are perfect for small homesteads because they don’t get as big and heavy as regular pigs. Sweetie probably tops out at 125 lbs. when she is not “with pig”. Alex, the Dad, weighs about 150 lbs.

Happy Homesteading,
T.

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