The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: feldar on October 13, 2011, 02:45:27 pm
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My mad proffessor boss has asked me for some pig hair; the long stiff back hair or neck hair for his flies ( fly fishing)
Do i brave a hole in the wellies and pluck them out of my sow or can i collect them any other way?
Got visions of having to chase her around the pen with a pair of tweezers!! hubby's gonna love this, bet he gets the camera, things i will do to get a promotion
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How about a nit comb ;D ;D ;D
I can just see you now! ::) ;D ;D
You could tell him to come and choose which hairs he wants ;)
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easiest way is go to a slaughter house and collect after them being scrapped of it would need to be the long ones at the back of the neck
trade them for a new pair of wellies :farmer:
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HaHa perhaps i should give him the tweezers and show him where the sow is. Our girl is quite friendly but i'm not sure she will take to a stranger plucking her neck hairs hmmm could i wax her?
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I could get in touch with my ex missus ..........after she waxed he'd never know the difference.
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would the hair of a kune kune work????
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Just brush her at this time of year they're losing their summer coats and getting their winter ones so use an ordinary hairbrush and you'll get loads
HTH
Mandy :pig:
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We had a fisherman staying in the holiday cottage earlier in the year that wanted some of the pigs hairs. I just cut a few off at that time.......hairdressing for pigs :) :) :) :)
I agree with Mandy though, at the moment you can just brush, or run your hands over their hair and you'll get some.
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That sounds much easier thanks
And i think a kune kune may be a bit soft? not too sure, they are soft to touch aren't they?
He said he needed bristles to make a shrimp???? ::) he is a professor and they are always a bit strange ;D
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IME A PIG PLUCKER, IME A PIG PLUCKERS SON, AND I'LL KEEP PLUCKING PIGS TILL THE PIG PLUCKINGS DONE ;D ;D ;D and pheasants as well
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Harry you are like a breath of fresh..... hair... ;D i mean air ;D
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you could wait untill your pig is feeding and just cut the hairs as close to the neck as possible :pig:
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When you feed her just lean over the fence give a good tug with your hand on her hair and you will probably get a good dozen hairs. She may not notice that you have taken them.
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Cheers for all the help going to pluck my pig this evening when she's having a feed, ;D ;D shall let you know how i get on
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Got the hairs :D we fed her nuts then cut some long neck hairs with scissors. i gave her a brush as well and she loved that made happy pig grunts at me.
Prof was happy too, said he would let me take a picture when his shrimp is finished :o Don't think i will get a promotion though
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Oh god, shes going to examine her bosses flies, ...........
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HaHa i wouldn't go near my bosses flies with a ten foot pole!! but his shrimp, :o well that's another story :P
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Oh my goodness I wouldn't bother with his flies if he's only got a shrimp anyway! :o
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;D ;D
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:D ;D ;D
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Well that bought a smile to my Wednesday morning face ;D ;D ;D
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Oh some people! he still thinks the hair is too soft needs boar bristles and seeing as we A I our girl we can't provide, so no shrmps or maybe limp shrimps!! perish the thought ;D
Need to find someone with a boar pig nice enough to cut some bristles off.
if i go to another farm or get some sent in the post am i going to have to fill out a MOVEMENT LICENCE shock horror it's not the whole pig just a bit of pig ( only kidding )
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Felder if you have to go to another farm and ask someone to give you some Boar hair I fear the lack of shrimp will be the least of your worries ;D do you have a reputation were you live?.
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Reputation ; lost it years ago! :o You never know my boar hair exploits might catch on and i could market boar hair shrimps for desperate fly fishermen.
You can tell it's been a long day ???
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I would happily post some Kune Kune boar hair to you - just pm me your address (it's ginger though ;)) :thumbsup:
As a wee aside, traditionally wild boar bristles were (and possibly still are) used for making the best hair brushes money could buy - now there's a thought ;)
Karen :wave:
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what breed ware yours felder? tammie hairs seem quite coarse. u are welcome to pluck dorothy aslong as i can video it for utube lol
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feldar is in hampshire so i dont think your video will be a goer ;) :farmer:
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Thanks everyone, Yes i'm in Hampshire and my pig is a Saddleback.
Thanks Happy Hippy i can send you a stamped addressed envelope to save your postage, don't see why you should pay for my boss! i must say i am interested to see his shrimps now, it's the talk of our coffee room ;)