The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Berkshire Boy on June 02, 2013, 08:04:27 am
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My boars seem to be in great demand this year, usually they only go out to friends. Increasingly the people are friends of friends so I'm thinking that I should be having a simple contract stating what should happen if he is ill etc.
I also need to have a price that is fair to both me and the other person.
What do others do, I would be intersted in your experiences.
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Tbh BB, I've never thought about this :o - but then my boys have only ever been used by friends or folks who've had gilts from me. But it's probably something I should consider, so if you hear of any I'd be interested ;)
As for £ (I send the boars to them, not bring sows in) I ask for the price of a piglet for a 6 week stand.
:love: :pig: :love:
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We had pimped out our Kunekune boar a couple of times, until he came back having had a bit of a doing after one such jaunt :rant:
We couldn't prove it, but to see a pig who usually had to be rubbed and scratched for at least 10 minutes before food time, suddenly recoil from an outstretched hand and actually run away from my OH was too much for me :'( :'( :'( Now he very seldom goes out (only to very trusted people) and instead we take visiting sows and gilts here and that works better for us :thumbsup:
Sorting out the practicalities with a written agreement would definately be the way to go - something that states price and the responsibilities of the hirer (feed, vet care if needed etc etc etc) but think carefully BB - I've heard stories of stud boars moving from farm to farm til it ended up that the owner didn't actually know where he was :-\ If you have a seperate area that you could have approved as an 'isolation unit' it might be worth going down the visiting sows route instead ?
When we have a visiting sow we charge for service (as Lynne says, the price of a piglet) and the price of feeding and on the occaisions we've hired boars from others we pay a service fee for each pig he serves and are responsible for providing his feed while he's here - we've never had occaision to call a vet for any visiting pigs, but I think it would depend on the nature of what was wrong as to who's responsible for it, I guess it would be the hirer if the boar was in good health when he left your holding - but suspect you'd need a vet report stating that to be able to claim any recompense if something did happen ???
HTH a bit ?
Karen
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I pimp my boar and do an email stating what I believe is fair terms if you want a copy Pete im your email and I'll send by return I don't make money out of it. In fact I probably make a loss at my rates, but that is not the reason I do it. My boar would have his own tribe in the wild and provide his services for free. I only have two sows and it would be unfair for him to tie a knot in it for six months.