tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post6207773937411212399..comments2023-11-02T05:18:38.925-05:00Comments on Antiquity Oaks: Welcome, Julia Child!Deborah Niemannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10754242197245805551noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-59995700706052587922010-11-11T19:54:30.965-06:002010-11-11T19:54:30.965-06:00And yes, I will be selling breeding stock. Julia s...And yes, I will be selling breeding stock. Julia should be farrowing in spring!Deborah Niemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10754242197245805551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-72281975783319591322010-11-11T19:53:57.264-06:002010-11-11T19:53:57.264-06:00Mr. and Mrs. Hoosier Homesteader -- From what I...Mr. and Mrs. Hoosier Homesteader -- From what I've seen at other farms, they don't take up a lot of room. Quite a few people use livestock panels and move them across the pasture similar to the chicken tractor concept. They take two 16-feet long panels and bend them to make a 10 X 6 pen that they move daily. At Julia's previous home, some of the pigs were in open pasture, and it looked a lot better than our walnut grove where the Tamworths spent their last eight months.Deborah Niemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10754242197245805551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-16163739284941640212010-11-11T19:39:09.104-06:002010-11-11T19:39:09.104-06:00How much space do you find these take up compared ...How much space do you find these take up compared to the Tamworths? Will you be selling breeders?Mr. and Mrs. Hoosier Homesteaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940020256219007377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-61135387353064973922010-11-11T15:36:54.518-06:002010-11-11T15:36:54.518-06:00Susan -- it's great to hear from someone who h...Susan -- it's great to hear from someone who has raised them for meat. Did you feed them grain? Corn especially would make them put on more fat. One of the reasons I'm interested in them is because I want animals for which we can produce all the feed, which would not include grain.Deborah Niemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10754242197245805551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-30959648289722531262010-11-11T13:06:52.717-06:002010-11-11T13:06:52.717-06:00I raised two Guinea hogs and loved them. You are ...I raised two Guinea hogs and loved them. You are so right about their lovely personalities and nice, manageable size. I did find they lived up to their history as lard pigs - the meat was VERY fatty. In every other aspect, they were a wonderful pig.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573143203599624833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-46889617010383839162010-11-10T22:13:07.087-06:002010-11-10T22:13:07.087-06:00Troublemaker!
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(I just emailed Nancy...)Troublemaker!<br /><br /><br />;-)<br /><br /><br /><br />(I just emailed Nancy...)Nancy K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06061265740359266798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-19217097772637685082010-11-10T21:38:22.771-06:002010-11-10T21:38:22.771-06:00Amy -- forgot to give Katherine credit for the pho...Amy -- forgot to give Katherine credit for the photos! I took the piglet photo with my cell phone, but she took all the photos of Julia.<br /><br />SkippyMom -- No, we won't be eating Julia. If we name future meat, it gets appropriately named, such as Chop, Suey, Ham, Bacon, etc. We had a steer named Stew several years ago.Deborah Niemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10754242197245805551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-80334909790461959082010-11-10T21:33:36.829-06:002010-11-10T21:33:36.829-06:00As long as you don't name the ones you are goi...As long as you don't name the ones you are going to eat or sell - that is pretty cool with the chefs' name thing.<br /><br />I just wouldn't want to be looking down at Julia on my plate.SkippyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479661523059481730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-43633066723868515812010-11-10T21:20:04.312-06:002010-11-10T21:20:04.312-06:00When I was looking, there were three breeders in t...When I was looking, there were three breeders in the area. Each one of them priced their piglets at $350.00 each. In some cases, there were waiting lists! People around here are getting much more into the homesteading thing, so that's probably why they're priced so high. Did you have new photos taken? They're very nice. :-)Vegetable Garden Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01641599988061148892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-76381067174351851682010-11-10T21:03:12.222-06:002010-11-10T21:03:12.222-06:00What a price difference! It seems everyone in and ...What a price difference! It seems everyone in and around Illinois is charging $150 each. They will ship by air, but after adding airfare, I think you'd be back up to your local price. Maybe the price will go down in your area when they're not quite so rare.Deborah Niemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10754242197245805551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-91292707181667032082010-11-10T20:51:59.819-06:002010-11-10T20:51:59.819-06:00Your new piggy looks so sweet. We considered the A...Your new piggy looks so sweet. We considered the American Guinea hog too, but just can't see coming up with the amount of cash that is wanted for them ($350 Each!). We now have a mixed breed piglet, he looks very similar to yours but is nowhere near as friendly. He's warming up though.Vegetable Garden Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01641599988061148892noreply@blogger.com