The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: kitchen cottage on July 15, 2012, 08:41:49 am
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http://www.freeads.co.uk/uk/freestuff/buy__sell/pets/farm,_smallholding__livestock/pigs/16186369/micro-x-kuney-kune-pigs/view (http://www.freeads.co.uk/uk/freestuff/buy__sell/pets/farm,_smallholding__livestock/pigs/16186369/micro-x-kuney-kune-pigs/view)
House pigs? really?
Its amazing how many "micro pigs" in need of homes there are....
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:o :o. The photo gives the totally wrong impression of these pigs >:(
Hope they get somebody who will give them a decent pigs life and not some other stupid ass who think they can keep it as the picture suggests.
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there is nothing micro about these pigs just another mug that has fallen for the trend and the cuttsie factor :farmer:
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I scan alot of adverts for pigs and it really grinds my gears seeing these "micro pigs" advertised, the money they ask for is a scandal so many people have jumped on the band wagon.
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sadly.... I did think they were almost right for a small hog roast..... You get the feeling that she's moving the problem by suggesting these are domesticated.
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Oh dear - I fear there are always going to be gullible people out there willing to fall on this bandwagon!
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We have them in France too >:( http://loire.angloinfo.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=31086 (http://loire.angloinfo.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=31086)
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I'm not even starting this one again :-X :innocent:
It's appalling >:(
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i thought the same about hog roast...
am i a naughty boy? ;D ;D ;D :pig: :pig: :pig: ;D ;D ;D
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Oh dear ... when will folks wake-up to this ???
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That size at 6 months is hardly "micro" :-\
Why would you give them away instead of having yourself some sausages??
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Why would you give them away instead of having yourself some sausages??
So maybe the heading should be "free sausages"!
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I'm the chairman of our local city farm. We got given a "micro" pig from a TV programme, The Only Way is Essex (its in Harlow)..... he was a "micro" pig...... He weighs 108kilos..... we did a "guess the weight" at one of our fun days.. Oh, and he's got a horrible temperament
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I'm the chairman of our local city farm. We got given a "micro" pig from a TV programme, The Only Way is Essex (its in Harlow)..... he was a "micro" pig...... He weighs 108kilos..... we did a "guess the weight" at one of our fun days.. Oh, and he's got a horrible temperament
You've said it all KC & actually 108kilos is fairly small for a "micro" ::) He's definately an "advert" for the reality of this ridiculous craze >:( :(
:love: :pig: :love:
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Two of our Kune's were originally sold as micro house pigs to their original owners. Luckily for them, they ended up with us leading proper piggie lives. I do know our the biggest one was owned by an alcoholic lady who used to take him to bed with her :o :o :innocent:
I guess it takes all sorts. Anyway, he seems to have reverted to Piggie lifestyle very well!
I think much of the problem with pigs as house pets is that when people hear micro pig they think "Babe" size and staying that size. Most people have never actually stood next to a commercial fully grown pig of any breed to see how enormous they really are. They don't understand that Kune size is actually relatively small for a pig!
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If they are micros, I will eat my hat. it looks as if they have osb in them maybe. Like one post suggested, she realises they are not going to be micro and is passing on the problem pronto. The only place they are suitable for is the freezer me thinks
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Most people have never actually stood next to a commercial fully grown pig of any breed to see how enormous they really are.
i did this week for the first time, all adult commercials and blimey they were big, tall and very wide. id say 4 times the size of my adult tammies. huge.
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I have had people come on our courses and decide against keeping pigs when they have stood close and personal to them, they have been scared
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I've lost count of the number of people who've looked really shocked and said "Oh, that's a big pig" when we show them the adult Kunekunes, it's then fun to walk them down to see the Large Blacks, now that is a big pig :D :D :D
I think there's a general misconception that pigs are knee high, little things - what most people think of as a pig, is actually a 6 month old porker going to slaughter rather than a fully grown sow or boar. ;)
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ha ha karen, OSB are bigger, our boar was 7ft long
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these commercial pigs were like a shire to an arab - to even our dorothy, who is a big girl. noone wonder they finish them so young.
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Haha I have a 4 year old large white boar he's as high as a 5 bar gate people are stunned when they see boris but not as stunned as they are when my 5 year old lad says he's my pig and pats him on the nose, their faces sure are a picture!! :D
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yes large whites are rather large aren't they. i have never been close and personal but you can tell from pictures
hence their name I suppose :)
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Yes he is huge i bought him and his brother in as a couple of weaners to see which would be best for breeding, i've been extremely lucky with him he's never missed a service and i can handle him with ease he has a very good temperment, he has never produced litters less than ten at the moment we are growing one of his sons on for the future!
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love to see one up close, not many smallholders have them as they are commercial