Hi Guys, I have kept both Saddlebacks and GOS, the saddlebacks are lovely baconers, there was a guy selling SB X Pietrain in Glos near me was very tempted but restrained myself, apparently the Pietrain boar does not give the piglets any of his colour the piglets only carry the colour of the sow how that works I'm not to sure. Lovely hams on the pietrain, may not be able to resist in the summer and give it a go or maybe AI one of my sows. I am big GOS fan find them lovely and calm and very friendly they do take a little longer but well worth it the sausages are delicious.
Hi Barrett.
My Saddleback x piglets all look like pure Saddlebacks, colour-wise anyway. The boar was Saddleback, as you know Meg my OSB was mum. My understanding is that the clour coding for Saddleback colouring is extremely dominant; I've been told that if you get any variation from that in a first cross then the Saddleback parent was not pure Saddleback!
A friend has an OSB sow and usually puts her to a GOS as it's convenient. I've had some of the pork and it's lovely. The sausages are superlative.
This time she has used a Pietrain boar and yes, the hams are extraordinary. I had heard that the Pietrain could be rather stressy, and even die from heart failure, but they tell us this litter are really laid back friendly little pigs.
Whatever you do - let us know! And good luck to Porscha, you'll have a New Year to remember!
Sally x
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