We always bought piglets from friends. They were usually Spotted Poland Chinas. That said, I raised a pair of Duroc Gilts for FFA/ Ag class in highschool for showing at different fairs one year.
Called it Pig Chain when I did it. They gave you a gilt that was pick of the litter from one of the previous year participants. One kid had a boar. Everybody had to raise and show em. Then you paid a breeding fee to the one with the boar. And when it was time to wean the pigs they took the best one and it started over. Still got my FFA jacket somewhere. Won't come close to fitting though.We always bought piglets from friends. They were usually Spotted Poland Chinas. That said, I raised a pair of Duroc Gilts for FFA/ Ag class in highschool for showing at different fairs one year.
Mine is packed away somewhere too. And no, please don't ask me to put it on.Called it Pig Chain when I did it. They gave you a gilt that was pick of the litter from one of the previous year participants. One kid had a boar. Everybody had to raise and show em. Then you paid a breeding fee to the one with the boar. And when it was time to wean the pigs they took the best one and it started over. Still got my FFA jacket somewhere. Won't come close to fitting though.
I knew of a family that had a small child went head first in a slop bucket and suffacated...been 50yrs. ago.....we raised ours. Yorkshires mostly and once in a while we might cross with a Hampshire boar. Ain't no telling how many pigs we sold at 15 to 20 a piece. The sow would often have 10 or 12 pigs, and once they hit 6 weeks old, we would separate out the best 4 or so, and sell the rest. It helped pay for some pig food. We would feed scraps from the house ( slop ) and kept a slop bucket that we emptied every evening. That is why Daddy called it slopping the hogs. The food we bought was a mash, and we would stir in water enough to make a thin slurry. That was the water and feed for them. We raised them out in a 8 x 8 floored pen that the was sloped so we could keep them cleaned out
We always bought piglets from friends. They were usually Spotted Poland Chinas. That said, I raised a pair of Duroc Gilts for FFA/ Ag class in highschool for showing at different fairs one year.
One man can do it but it’s a chore and you better pick your days where there a 2-4 day cold spell and keep the coffee flowing.My wife is about to drive me crazy wanting a few. I've never participated in hog killing, but based on what kin told me it was multi person event and not a one man job, or one man and one woman. I'm having a hard time convincing her that this is not what she wants for her anniversary present.
I have on a couple of occasions. Not impressed either way, good or bad.Just wondering if any of y'all ever ate hog brains with eggs scrambled in the day after a hog killing. We did at times my Aunt and her family loved hog brains and eggs but I never cared for them. But back when I was growing up you ate what was put before you unless you wanted to go hungry. There was no hardee's or mcdonalds back then.
One of my Daddys favorite foods . My Uncle raised hogs and first cold day we went to help with the processing and the next morning Daddy had them .Just wondering if any of y'all ever ate hog brains with eggs scrambled in the day after a hog killing. We did at times my Aunt and her family loved hog brains and eggs but I never cared for them. But back when I was growing up you ate what was put before you unless you wanted to go hungry. There was no hardee's or mcdonalds back then.
My grandmother used to scramble eggs and squirrel brains. I read an article awhile back somewhere that had linked that to dementia patients.Just wondering if any of y'all ever ate hog brains with eggs scrambled in the day after a hog killing. We did at times my Aunt and her family loved hog brains and eggs but I never cared for them. But back when I was growing up you ate what was put before you unless you wanted to go hungry. There was no hardee's or mcdonalds back then.