Posted by Texasmark1 on January 28, 2012 at 08:40:50 from (67.142.164.27):
In Reply to: educate me on pigs... posted by jose bagge on January 27, 2012 at 14:10:40:
BTDT. Duroc, reddish color American seed. Feed them Corn, not Milo. Texture and flavor of the meat is very different.
If you have a smoke house available near by, use it. Injection of the hams and all is ok, but smoke is better. If you haven't had cured pork chops you have been missing a truly fine meal.
The Duroc is a lean hog and a real treat to eat. Tried Yorshires (black-white band)and Poulan Chinas (white). The York's were ok the Poulans were too fat....lard hogs.
I got piglets and raised to 200-220 hoof wt. Had in a pen with about 10'x15' per hog. I tried to keep fresh water in front of them and they refused. Every time I did they would "flavor it" before I could get out of the pen.
So I decided to outfox them. I put a snout activated waterer with a little cup on one of the fence posts about 6-8" off the ground thinking that I could have "unflavored" water available.
Kid you not, one day I am on my way out to check on them and sure nuff, one was backing up to the little cup and flavored it while I was watching......I said XXXX with it and let them do as they chose.
Urine and feces are pungent and getting either on your clothes will get you run out of the house cause the whole house will stink like hogs.
The end justified the means and was worth the effort.
If you put them out to graze they will plow up the field where you turn them out. They like roots and dig everything up.....but you have some nice loose (uneven) soil when they have finished.
Smart too. If you put a hot wire around the field, they will walk the wire and if ever it happens to accidentally quit, they know it and will be out of there in a heartbeat.....smart critters.
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