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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Gregoz on October 11, 2016, 07:26:33 pm

Title: 2 year old Berkshire gilts??
Post by: Gregoz on October 11, 2016, 07:26:33 pm

I have a couple of two year old saddleback gilts coming
I'm guessing they are too old to put to the boar but will they be ok to eat??

Title: Re: 2 year old Berkshire gilts??
Post by: devonlady on October 12, 2016, 08:57:52 am

They'll make lovely sausages!

Title: Re: 2 year old Berkshire gilts??
Post by: Jullienne on October 12, 2016, 03:11:55 pm

yea definitely good to eat, like devonlady said bacon and sausages :)  :yum:

Title: Re: 2 year old Berkshire gilts??
Post by: Gregoz on October 12, 2016, 05:48:27 pm

Cheers, would the pork not be any good at all?

Title: Re: 2 year old Berkshire gilts??
Post by: GribinIsaf on October 12, 2016, 07:18:41 pm

We recently took a three or four year-old cull sow - dead weight 400lb - to slaughter and then an experienced butcher friend of ours did the cut. Some bacon but we choose to have mince, which we use a lot of, instead of sausages.  However he also made us a lot of roasting joints - we have had a couple - very slow roast and they have been absolutely delicious.