The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Button End Beasts on August 05, 2012, 09:00:43 am
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Soon I need to do the difficult task of splitting up our 3 OSBS gilts, :'( ,2 are going for pork, 1 we want to keep. We recently got 2 GOS weaners that I thought would be company for the OSB. Stupidly, I got boars as i wasnt even thinking of them getting randy at an early age, I think robert said they might try it on at 3 months?
So will I be able to keep the gilt in a separate pen next to the boys? Or will the gilt coming in to season drive them mad? They will be separated by stock fencing with a strand of electrric on either side. The GOS are 9 weeks now and will go for pork at approx 6 mo.
The other possibility is that we could take our OSB gilt to a neighbouring farm where he has 2 Kune Kune gilts to keep ours company. But this would probably be quite stressful for her?
Any suggestion gratefully received!
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iv found my tammie boy weaners will start to try it on about 4mths ish if they get a chance, not saying they r mating successfully but certainly trying to mount. at the minute, due to their age differences, surely they will not b able to reach anyway. but u dont want hormones/stress affecting the meat either.
we have kept solitary sows in their own park (admittedly pregnant - or post weaning) with no problems. they have been in sight of other pigs for some of the day, just depends where abouts in the field they r if they can see each other, but no signs of distress ref loneliness.
if the pelt from electric is strong enough, im sure itl keep em back.
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I've got the opposite probs with my KKs - the boars stay put (SoS is such a softie, he won't even go near the fence, even when it's off ;D ) - it's my matriach Portia that walks through the electric fencing 3 days in a row, every 3 weeks :o - little hussy ;)
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