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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Fowgill Farm on May 10, 2011, 12:20:13 pm

Title: Boars for bacon
Post by: Fowgill Farm on May 10, 2011, 12:20:13 pm

Don't know if this ones been covered before if it has point me in the right direction.

We have always sent gilts for bacon but this year all the gilts sold and i got left with 4 boars. They'll be six months old end of July. I want to send one of them for bacon, gammons etc and wonderd if anyone else had sent males off and how they got on.
Thanks in advance
Mandy :pig:

Title: Re: Boars for bacon
Post by: JulieS on May 10, 2011, 12:32:08 pm

I've just made some bacon and gammons from 7 month old boars that I sent off.

Obviously a lot smaller rashers and gammons, but look and taste great.  (I usually make bacon and gammon from year +  gilts)

I dry cure mine, not sure if that makes a difference.

Title: Re: Boars for bacon
Post by: Fowgill Farm on May 10, 2011, 12:46:17 pm

thanks Julie thats a big help, we dry cure too.
Mandy  :pig:

Title: Re: Boars for bacon
Post by: gavo on May 10, 2011, 02:36:26 pm

It is almost always boars we send off never had any problems boars usually around 11 months old.

Title: Re: Boars for bacon
Post by: Tudful Tamworths on May 10, 2011, 04:22:02 pm

I've just done streaky and back bacon from a boar and it was fantastic. Got repeat orders from customers. Go for it!

Title: Re: Boars for bacon
Post by: loosey on May 12, 2011, 10:51:26 am

We had bacon from a 6month Large Black boar last year. Faily small rashers and not anywhere as good as our big gilts we keep back but still good to eat .... we just had to eat more rashers! ;D :yum:

We sent one off at 7 months a couple of year ago and had some taint.