The Poultry Keeper The Independent Forum for Poultry Keepers    FAQ   Search     Register   Log in  Pigs!!! Goto page 1, 2  Next          The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Smallholder animals Author Message Issy Joined: 22 Nov 2005 Posts: 371 Location: somerset Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:41 pm    Post subject: Pigs!!! We have some Middle White weaners coming in two weeks - I have always wanted some of them but couldn't (until now) find any close enough to here. So have spent the last two days re-enforcing the pig pen and sorting out the electric fencing for them. Back to top CP Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 14994 Location: Hampshire Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:45 pm    Post subject: Oooo, nice to get something you've been after for ages! Are they for eating? Back to top nigel Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 2339 Location: Skåne, Sweden Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:47 pm    Post subject: Middle Whites are my favourite, I love their dished faces. Back to top Issy Joined: 22 Nov 2005 Posts: 371 Location: somerset Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:56 pm    Post subject: The three coming are for pork with the possibility that if it is as good as it should be we can buy a couple to breed from in the autumn. Back to top CP Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 14994 Location: Hampshire Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:00 pm    Post subject: Don't name them!!! Back to top Issy Joined: 22 Nov 2005 Posts: 371 Location: somerset Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 2:08 pm    Post subject: We have - sausage, bacon and crackling like the last lot We only give meat names to the ones we are eating. Back to top stephen Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 4970 Location: Billinge, Skåne, Sweden. Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:40 pm    Post subject: Are you taking note, Nigel? Back to top milkmaid Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6973 Location: isle of lewis Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:53 pm    Post subject: same here ,breakfast and dinner suz Back to top Issy Joined: 22 Nov 2005 Posts: 371 Location: somerset Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:32 pm    Post subject: We find that naming them as meat helps keep the distinction between food and pets for our son and his friends - also if we don't call them something they tend to name then anyway and it is much harder to kill molly then sausage! Back to top stephen Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 4970 Location: Billinge, Skåne, Sweden. Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:33 pm    Post subject: I can imagine. I reckon that's going to be the hardest single thing for us in Sweden Back to top Issy Joined: 22 Nov 2005 Posts: 371 Location: somerset Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:01 am    Post subject: What do you think - cute or what! It's a good job they grow out of that fairly quickly!! Back to top debcat Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 8465 Location: Isle of Lewis Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:23 am    Post subject: gorgeous Back to top nigel Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 2339 Location: Skåne, Sweden Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:39 am    Post subject: just look at those juicy tender hams YUMMY Back to top CP Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 14994 Location: Hampshire Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:58 am    Post subject: Look at that face! Sweet or what? I couldn't do it, I know I couldn't. Bad enough with the cockerels. (wimp) Back to top milkmaid Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6973 Location: isle of lewis Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:43 pm    Post subject: they are lovely i've cancelled mine for this year suz Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Smallholder animals All times are GMT + 1 Hour Goto page 1, 2  Next Page 1 of 2 Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group