The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: robert waddell on November 23, 2010, 08:19:48 pm
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The proud paremts!!
(http://i1111.photobucket.com/albums/h478/johnwaddell2/DSC00220.jpg)
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Saddleback and....??? Not familiar with all the breeds yet!
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no no no no no no no no no!!!!
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Hampshire and welsh or landrace i think.
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one right
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Hampshire and british lop ?
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well done the piglets are hamlops we were hoping they would be like the hampshire but blue/grey a well next litter????
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They've got lovely markings Lillian, like you say, maybe next time you'll get one or two truer looking Hampshires, but I'm sure they'll still taste great no matter how they look ;)
Lop's were a breed that I thought about but wasn't sure how well they'd cope on my cold, wet and very exposed hillside ??? How is she generally and when farrowing ? Are they as nice, calm and docile as I'm led to believe ?
It'll be interesting to find out if you get them to weight by 14-18 weeks and how tasty they are :yum:
Oh hubby's rolling his eyes and complaining about sore back, legs and head - he know's I've got the fencing and arc building head on now lol! ;) ;D ;D ;D
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berkshires are regarded as a ladies pig then lops must be childs pig s she was brill at farrowing did not burn in the summer roots and is petted she was putting on half a kilo aday and the hampshires were putting on a kilo per day when running together the biggest weighed 4lbs and the smallest was 2lbs 9 born 9 todate due to get weighed thursday
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Saddleback and....??? Not familiar with all the breeds yet!
Your thread was titled....the answer to the breeding....I was asking a question...not answering!!!lol
But lovely pigs all them same!:)
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Lop x Gos is another superb cross. Very tasty.
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sorry sarha when the original thread reached 300 views i posted the pic to help everybody the only thing the saddleback has in common with the hampshire is being black and white well thats my oppinion ?????
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I always thought the Hampshire was one of the breeds that was crossed to become the wessex, that was then crossed with the essex to become the saddleback....................... just thinking out loud again (maybe I shouldn't ;) lol!)
My first saddleback was a 'feart' wee pig, scared of her own shadow, but your Hampshire boy looks a bit more prick eared (and perhaps more bolshy ?)
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Hi Happyhippy this is the official description of the hampshire as taken from the BPA web site. Hawk eye was shown at Westmorland Show in September this year and for a first time exhibitor got second and was a little gentleman, easy to work with, pure hampshires are expected at the beginning of January 2011.
The Hampshire Breed has been developed in the United States of America and is now one of the World’s most important breeds.
In some respects the Hampshire can be regarded as a ‘British Native’ Breed, as the original breeding stock was imported from Wessex, UK in 1832, the date being recorded in the “Hampshire Blue Book” published in 1928. The book records the complete history of the breed and its origin.
From the time of its arrival in the USA until 1890 the breed was called “The Thin Rind” breed, due to the abundance of lean meat it produced.
At a meeting of American breeders in 1890 the breed was renamed the Hampshire, as the original pigs were imported from a farm in Hampshire, Wessex, UK. A Breed Society was established at the same time and herd book recording can be traced for more than 100 years.
The Hampshire is used extensively as the sire of cross bred pigs for the pork and manufacturing markets in the USA and many other countries. It has the reputation of being the leanest of the North American Breeds and the majority of carcase competitions in North America are won by Hampshires and Hampshire crosses.
The first Hampshires in the UK were imported from the USA in 1968 by the ‘Animal Breeding Research Organisation (ABRO). The import was a ‘random sample’ of the breed. The pigs were extensively performance tested prior to being released to British breeders.
The next major importation was in 1973 when 40 pigs from many different USA bloodlines were imported from Canada (import restrictions prohibiting direct imports from the USA at that time). This importation was very carefully selected and included a boar that was grand champion at the 1972 Toronto Royal Show. This same boar was breed champion at the English Royal Show in 1975.
British Hampshires very soon became popular worldwide and in a twelve month period August 1978 to August 1979 more than 600 head were exported to 14 different countries.
The British Hampshire, both pure bred and crosses, have won many interbreed championships at the Royal Smithfield Show, London for carcases and live pigs.
During the 1980s and 1990s several new blood lines have been imported from the USA by embryo transfer and boar semen.
In the world of commercial pig production there is certainly a place for the Hampshire, still regarded by many as the best terminal sire breed for all purposes.
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So he's showing great potential then ;) Good luck with the piglets (can't wait to see the pics) and I hope the snow stays away ! But I'm assuming, like me, you've got sheds at the ready for winter farrowing ;) (I've a litter due at the end of January and I'm praying for an early winter, or one with no snow ::) - as if !)
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two gilts are sold already yes perky will be farrowing inside along with a tammie hope it is not minus 17 as last year