Author Topic: Hi from Mangalitsa heaven! (Read 3329 times)

Eldorhog · « **on:** October 13, 2014, 03:41:30 pm »

Hi, to introduce ourselves, we are a mangalitsa farm that have been breeding the woolly pigs for 4 years now and we love them! We sell piglets and slaughter our fattened adults for meat. Our pigs are free range and are like piggy Rotavators working away turning and fertilising the land. We do not use chemicals on our land or in our pigs and use natural remedies for any sign of illness. We are in the process of finishing a straw bale barn for our little darlings and they are wandering around the edges getting impatient! Looking forward to meeting people on this forum!

benandjerry · « **Reply #1 on:** October 13, 2014, 07:36:53 pm »

hello & Welcome

devonlady · « **Reply #2 on:** October 13, 2014, 07:44:44 pm »

Hello from me

There are a couple of Mangaliza near us. They are VERY big girls!

Lesley Silvester · « **Reply #3 on:** October 13, 2014, 09:47:26 pm »

and welcome from Shropshire. I'd never heard of mangalitsa before so I googled them. Love them. Do you shear them like sheep or do their fleeces not grow?

Bionic · « **Reply #4 on:** October 14, 2014, 07:41:16 am »

Hello and welcome to the forum. Are you the people that were on the TV recently?

kelly58 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 14, 2014, 09:39:41 am »

I soooooo envy you

I have had Mangalitzas and they were great pigs, really friendly, sorry to see them 'go off'
Real characters !

Eldorhog · « **Reply #6 on:** October 14, 2014, 11:13:13 am »

Hi Folks!

Thanks for the welcomes and no we haven't been on telly with them but we've been in the local newspapers quite a bit

No we don't shear the pigs they moult in summer like dogs do and the wool just disappears until we've got a bald pig for a while before it grows back!
They do grow large, we have slaughtered males so far and they were up to 150 kilos with tusks, so it's good to be on speaking terms with them when getting them into the trailer!!