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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Eldorhog on October 13, 2014, 03:41:30 pm

Title: Hi from Mangalitsa heaven!
Post by: Eldorhog on October 13, 2014, 03:41:30 pm

Hi, to introduce ourselves,  we are a mangalitsa farm that have been breeding the woolly pigs for 4 years now and we love them!  We sell piglets and slaughter our fattened adults for meat.  Our pigs are free range and are like piggy Rotavators working away turning and fertilising the land.  We do not use chemicals on our land or in our pigs and use natural remedies for any sign of illness.  We are in the process of finishing a straw bale barn for our little darlings and they are wandering around the edges getting impatient!  Looking forward to meeting people on this forum!

Title: Re: Hi from Mangalitsa heaven!
Post by: benandjerry on October 13, 2014, 07:36:53 pm

hello & Welcome :wave:

Title: Re: Hi from Mangalitsa heaven!
Post by: devonlady on October 13, 2014, 07:44:44 pm

Hello from me :wave: There are a couple of Mangaliza  near us. They are VERY big girls!

Title: Re: Hi from Mangalitsa heaven!
Post by: Lesley Silvester on October 13, 2014, 09:47:26 pm

 :wave: and welcome from Shropshire. I'd never heard of mangalitsa before so I googled them. Love them. Do you shear them like sheep or do their fleeces not grow?

Title: Re: Hi from Mangalitsa heaven!
Post by: Bionic on October 14, 2014, 07:41:16 am

Hello and welcome to the forum. Are you the people that were on the TV recently?

Title: Re: Hi from Mangalitsa heaven!
Post by: kelly58 on October 14, 2014, 09:39:41 am

I soooooo envy you  :pig: I have had Mangalitzas and they were great pigs, really friendly, sorry  to see them 'go off'
Real characters !

Title: Re: Hi from Mangalitsa heaven!
Post by: Eldorhog on October 14, 2014, 11:13:13 am

Hi Folks!

Thanks for the welcomes and no we haven't been on telly with them but we've been in the local newspapers quite a  bit  ;D 
No we don't shear the pigs they moult in summer like dogs do and the wool just disappears until we've got a bald pig for a while before it grows back! 
They do grow large, we have slaughtered males so far and they were up to 150 kilos with tusks, so it's good to be on speaking terms with them when getting them into the trailer!!   ;) 

Title: Re: Hi from Mangalitsa heaven!
Post by: ladyK on October 14, 2014, 12:08:17 pm

hello and welcome for North Wales!  :wave:

Title: Re: Hi from Mangalitsa heaven!
Post by: Marlin.45 on October 14, 2014, 01:26:55 pm

Welcome from South West Wales  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Hi from Mangalitsa heaven!
Post by: pigalicious on October 17, 2014, 03:17:58 pm

Welcome ! :wave: