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Title: OSB gilt seeks boar for fun times
Post by: SallyintNorth on March 30, 2011, 01:27:48 am

Well I am not at all convinced I can tell when Meg is in season, so I think I will have to find a boar she can visit.  We're lambing now so time is not on my side.

I am between Carlisle & Hexham. 

Any suggestions? 

Title: Re: OSB gilt seeks boar for fun times
Post by: bigchicken on March 30, 2011, 09:10:00 am

Pimping for a pig !  ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: OSB gilt seeks boar for fun times
Post by: HappyHippy on March 30, 2011, 09:21:49 am

Here's a breeder from the osb club http://www.oxfordsandypigs.co.uk/boars-at-stud/northern-england-and-scotland/ (http://www.oxfordsandypigs.co.uk/boars-at-stud/northern-england-and-scotland/)
HTH
Karen x

Title: Re: OSB gilt seeks boar for fun times
Post by: Fowgill Farm on March 30, 2011, 09:32:29 am

Sally
If your gilts not fussy i have a young GOS boar aged 9mths, he's busy for the next couple of weeks with one of my girls but thereafter if you can't find a boar local you could if you want to pop your girl across the pennines give me a call 07979858757 We're near Northallerton.
HTH
Mandy :pig:

Title: Re: OSB gilt seeks boar for fun times
Post by: SallyintNorth on March 30, 2011, 04:11:21 pm

Mandy, Karen, thanks very much.  Either would be lovely (as would Thornielee, who you had suggested earlier, Karen) but all are a couple of hours - or more - drive away, which means a most-of-the-day trip out, which ordinarily I would love but was hoping I could avoid while we're lambing.  We'll be lambing until 9th May this year, though we may get a few quietish days later in April before the last batches (the first timers) kick in. 

Anyone got a nice, experienced boy - any breed - available nearer to Carlisle or Hexham?