Posted: Wed Apr 14, 10 7:25 am Post subject: The Little Swines.
The boys are home. Blind Pugh and I fetched these last Saturday morning from a farm just a few miles up the road. They are wild boar crossed onto a Large Black sow and at just twenty pounds each, hopefully we can't go wrong.
Pugh and Gordon To avoid any confusion, I feel that I must out that Pugh is the one on the left. By the way, Gordons full name is Gordon Brown. After all, he is Brown and rather a smug little pig to boot.
We fleetingly thought about calling this one Derek Trotter but settled for Harry. Do you get it? Harry Trotter as in Harry Potter? :cred:
Last but not least.
Tiger Woods. For obvious reasons, we thought that young Tiger would be better off living with two other guys and without female companionship.
There new home.
Harry, Gordon and Tiger
Grub up. Note the rather spiffing bit of Axminster.
Its been a good fifteen years or more since we kept pigs here and I'd like to thank you lot for having lead me astray.
Shan
Joined: 13 Jan 2009 Posts: 9075 Location: South Wales
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 10 8:21 am Post subject:
Lovely looking pigs. Those snouts look like they were born for some serious digging!
Tavascarow
Joined: 06 Aug 2006 Posts: 8407 Location: South Cornwall
We had a choice of fourteen from the litter. There were all sorts of colours available, the mum originally had sixteen piglets.
pookie
Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 4984 Location: Mid-Wales
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 10 9:26 am Post subject:
they look great Bodger!
T.G
Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 7280 Location: Somewhere you're not
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 10 10:31 am Post subject:
Axminster! ... you're spoiling them ambassador
seen a fair few wildboar crosses - mind you when we enquired and asked for a male piglet the price suddenly tripled ... needless to say we didn't purchase one
alison Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 12918 Location: North Devon
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 10 10:40 am Post subject:
Well done Bodger.
We had a Del Boy one litter. He sprained an ankle coming out of the trailer and limped for a couple of weeks, so as he had a dodgy trotter he became del boy.
Nicky cigreen
Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 9715 Location: Devon, uk
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 10 11:12 am Post subject:
they look great
mochyn
Joined: 21 Dec 2004 Posts: 24585 Location: mid-Wales
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 10 11:23 am Post subject:
Wish I could see the pics.
How long are you looking at growing them on for, Bodge? I've heard that wild boar crosses are slower growing than 'straight' rare breeds.
gardening-girl
Joined: 25 Feb 2009 Posts: 6024 Location: Somerset.
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 10 11:47 am Post subject:
Very jealous!
Showed other half,who is now seriously interested in more pigs
How long are you looking at growing them on for, Bodge? I've heard that wild boar crosses are slower growing than 'straight' rare breeds.
We obviously wont chop them until we think that are ready but Karen and I will have been hitched for 30 years in August. It would be nice if one of them could come to the party.
Jo S
Joined: 13 Jan 2009 Posts: 5174 Location: Somerset
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 10 2:22 pm Post subject:
They look lovely. "Adventurous" is how I've heard wild boar crosses described in the past. Your three look as though that fits the bill perfectly
To avoid any confusion, I feel that I must out that Pugh is the one on the left. 
By the way, Gordons full name is Gordon Brown. 
After all, he is Brown and rather a smug little pig to boot. 
needless to say we didn't purchase one
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