How Our Pigs are Doing
Remember these 2 little girls who arrived in mid May??
This is what they look like on September 1st.
This spotted gilt will be our freezer pig come early October.
They’ve both filled out nicely.
This is her littermate, also a gilt. This is the one we will sell.
They were pretty skittish when they arrived. We guess they weren’t handled gently where we got them from. They have calmed down a lot and we can now walk in their stall without them bolting in terror. We can walk right next to them, and sometimes they even come up to us, for a sniff.
And of course, they find all the activity, if done when it’s cool outside, very interesting and needing supervision.
But mostly they spend their time in their mud wallow, as it’s been very hot here all summer.
Woah, they look awesome!
At what point do you consider them big enough to process? Is it a certain size or age or what?
The ideal weight for butchering is between 200 -225 lbs. My guess is they are around 175 right now.