The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: nelson on September 24, 2012, 03:19:15 pm
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I know there was a thread on x meat but cannot find it - so has anybody crossed the GOS with OSB and what was the carcass like?
Many thanks
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Hi :wave:
There's been a few threads where GOS x OSBs are mentioned - if you go into the SEARCH on the green bar above & put in "OSB cross GOS" you should be able to pick most of them up :thumbsup:
:love: :pig: :love:
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I've eaten OSB x GOS (GOS boar.) Bought a half-a-one off a farming friend. It was more fatty than the butcher would sell, but not at all bad - less than 20mm backfat, I'd say - and the taste and succulence was excellent, really excellent. :thumbsup:
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Thanks
Well AI failed with our GOS sow so it is a choice between the OSB and our Berkshire Boar - I thought the OSB might be leaner.
PS Sally did you get any bacon? or was it just pork joints.
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nelson sorry to hear your GOS didn't take to AI, we did an OSB/GOS cross and as sally said watch the fat, ours were a tad late being booked in at the butchers :innocent: and went at 31wks and had an inch and half back fat but by god it were right tasty. ;D
mandy :pig:
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HI Mandy
Going to try the AI again as getting a registered GOS boar here in France in unlikely. Not sure why it didn't take - maybe we didn't catch her on the right day - the semen didn't travel well - we have been successful with AI ing our Berkshires so :fc: for the next time.
Meanwhile I think I will let her go with the OSB, and thanks will watch the fat.
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PS Sally did you get any bacon? or was it just pork joints.
Just pork from this cross.
Pure OSB bacon was stupendous - had to have it as middle, just a 60kg deadweight pig, but oh, the flavour. :yum: In fact, we only gave 1 of 12 packs away - once we'd tasted it we knew we'd want to eat all of the rest of it ourselves!!
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Thanks Sally
I think our OSB gilts are ready to go with Mr OSB this week... so a little wait for the bacon - but it sounds worthwhile.