lottie
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mini pigsJust been looking at minipigs on the bbc news site----anybody seen/know of any for sale?
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hedgewitch
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Don't know anything practical about them. But I thought they were rather nice  Are you thinking of getting one (or more)?
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lottie
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| hedgewitch wrote: | | Don't know anything practical about them. But I thought they were rather nice Are you thinking of getting one (or more)? |
Yes---but I might have to wait for the price to fall---Kunekunes were very expensive at first but they're not now---perhaps o.h. and me could get each other one each for xmas 
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NeathChris
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Are they £150 a pig?
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lottie
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| NeathChris wrote: | | Are they £150 a pig? |
Like I said---I'll probably have to wait for the price to fall 
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hedgewitch
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ooooh! They look interesting to keep £150 though  Definitely wait for the next release 
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NeathChris
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I would say that is cheap! I have paid four times that for some pigs. Have also heard of german micro pigs, may useful for you.
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hedgewitch
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| NeathChris wrote: | | I would say that is cheap! I have paid four times that for some pigs. |
But didn't yours have the potential to grow a lot bigger? I don't think you'd need much time to process one of these little chaps. "Pig in half an hour" rather than "Pig in a day" I suspect.
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lottie
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| hedgewitch wrote: | | NeathChris wrote: | | I would say that is cheap! I have paid four times that for some pigs. |
But didn't yours have the potential to grow a lot bigger? I don't think you'd need much time to process one of these little chaps. "Pig in half an hour" rather than "Pig in a day" I suspect. |
That's the attraction to be honest---I could breed and process my own at that size perhaps.
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Contadino
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But don't weaners get sold by the kilo? I'm preparing for pigs in January, and I'll be paying EUR 3.50/kilo for the weaners. Choice is a bit limited, but I've found a masseria that will sell me two white/cingali (boar) cross sows, somewhere between 12 and 15 kilos each.
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