i wouldn't want to eat kunes.
How can you say that when you haven't ? Don't knock 'em til you've tried them Windymiller
Obviously, I have to disagree
Okay, the stats on my Kune for pork experiences so far,
Kune Kune Berkshire (for comparison) Both were around 10 months at slaughter)
Cost to feed 67.50 187.50 (you've obviously got to add in fruit & veg & stuff like hay etc)
Deadweight (Kg) 38 58
Amount of pork(Kg) 33 42
That's the numbers (which really can't be argued - they're cheaper to keep & rear
)
As to the taste & flavour - I have no Kune Kune pork left in my freezer
Once folk try it, they come back and ask for it over anything else I have (unless they want bacon cos I do have to admit that they're just not really big enough for that) It is wonderfull pork.
They
might dig - some of them can be quite good at it when they are young
But generally it's only if there is very little grass and being short nosed they don't make craters the way Tamworths do
Avoid castrated males if you're wanting to eat them - castration can stunt their growth - so gilts or full males for the freezer, but not mixed sex groups as they become sexually active as early as 4 months.
Don't overfeed them (soooo common with KK's) if they have access to grass/hay/hayledge then 1lb of pig nuts (or 2 if it's really cold) per day is ample to rear them - any more than this and they will just get fat. But you can give them as much fruit & veg as you can get your hands on and as much space for grazing as you have available.
All of mine have been great to work with - it's all in how they are treated. Generally most folk breeding Kunes are breeding for temprament as well as conformation so it would be ususual to have a genetic predisposition to aggression, more likely to be as a result of how they've been handled. If you start them off with a daily belly rub they'll not give you any hassle
Good luck with them