Advice - Keeping pigs?

[Hitcher]

wow, i'd love to have animals... sadly i dont own any as im still living with my folks and they dont want any pets it would be lovely to have a german shepherd or a border terrier or a nice cat....

but when i move out, i'll be sure to get animals.. I love them... and one day i will be nursing them back to health...

I thought you were a vegan?

[Big Dave]

I thought you were a vegan?

Doesn't count if you eat them raw.

[Goblin]

I'd go with Mom's suggestion of Kune kune pigs. They are relatively small, friendly and have the most delicious meat. If you feed them on apples a few days before killing, the meat is even sweeter. They look really cute with their little tassels too.

[Krusti]

Biggest thing with pigs is they need ad lib clean water. They also have a tendency to gorge themselves so keep an eye on feeding them large quantities of fruit etc. Apples in big helpings can be fatal due to bloating, ie don't throw a whole bucket of apple peels to them.

Make sure they are vaccinated for Lepto.

If you want as much meat as possible go for one of the longer body types but if you only want a pet that you are not going to eat a Kunikuni would be good.

Don't forget that they grow BIG and have the intellegence and ability to find and get through very small holes in fences.

[yod]

what...no honda jokes??

you guys are slipping....

[Biff]

I thought you were a vegan?

Woww. I thought they were pretend, like in Star trek. Cooooooool.

Nanoonanoo.

[mstriumph]

.................... but soon, hopefully my vet nursing course will help me in that area at least a little...

ahhhhhhhhh so THAT's why you've hooked up with Indy!!




yes - i AM taking the piss ........... but it was too tempting to resist

[Curious_AJ]

I thought you were a vegan?

I'm a vegetarian dude... not a vegan.. its different... but i dont eat eggs that much... coz chicken periods .. eww...



as for the "THATS why you're with indy" comment, yep, you got it spot on

[kiwifruit]

fttp!!!!!!!!!!

[Curious_AJ]

fttp???????????? and that means... something which AJ doesnt know...

[Mom]

I'd go with Mom's suggestion of Kune kune pigs. They are relatively small, friendly and have the most delicious meat. If you feed them on apples a few days before killing, the meat is even sweeter. They look really cute with their little tassels too.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO you dont eat them!! they are the cutest of all.........LOL....they make the best pets..............do they really taste good too?

[Goblin]

NOOOOOOOOOOOO you dont eat them!! they are the cutest of all.........LOL....they make the best pets..............do they really taste good too?

Yeah ya do! Ernie an Burt were delicious!! If ya lucky enough to have some land to keep pigs, sheep, cows, chooks etc. there's no point in keeping them until they die of old age. They're meant to be eaten. Saves a fortune at pac'nsave and it tastes better too! Some people are just too sentimental and get emotionally attatched to their animals which is sad really....for both the animals and their owners.

[The Stranger:Me]

We have a decent size pig pen and are going through the process of trying to figure out what breed of pig/s to keep and some of the pro's and con's of keeping them.

Any advice from ppl who have kept pigs before would be much appreciated.

We have enough room to keep three or four pigs, but have not yet decided whether to keep them for pork/bacon only or to get a male and female to breed and sell the offspring.......


G

Damn shame both Dover and Sixpack are in teh sin bin. I am sure they could help on this one.

[chris]

http://www.lifestyleblock.co.nz/forum/default.asp

[Reckless]

I'm not knockin it!! But a damn strange thread for a biker forum. Some of the answers gave me a good laugh though.

lol keep it coming

By the sound of it. Don't get anything too cute, you won't want to KILL IT !!!
get something really PIGISH.