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Community => Marketplace => Topic started by: powispigs on July 28, 2010, 11:56:48 am

Title: looking for pietrain gilt
Post by: powispigs on July 28, 2010, 11:56:48 am

HI all, have heard good things about the meat production of a pietrain so would like to try and breed from one with our British lop boar. Has anybody got anything available local to me in Shropshire?
Thanks :)
Would be happy with good pietrain x

Title: Re: looking for pietrain gilt
Post by: Daisys Mum on July 28, 2010, 12:42:37 pm

Hi sorry cant help in your area, I had 2 pietrains which were reared free range and the meat was excellent and absolutely tons of it, very lean and crossed with a British Lop I am sure will be amazing. I did consider getting more but plumped for natives instead.

Title: Re: looking for pietrain gilt
Post by: powispigs on July 28, 2010, 01:04:18 pm

thanks, we have mostly natives too but thought it would be worth a go!

Title: Re: looking for pietrain gilt
Post by: JulieS on July 28, 2010, 01:17:53 pm

Have you tried the BPA website?

www.britishpigs.org


You can search for pigs on there by area.

Good luck  :)

Title: Re: looking for pietrain gilt
Post by: powispigs on July 28, 2010, 05:44:46 pm

thanks, will give that a try!

Title: Re: looking for pietrain gilt
Post by: Daisys Mum on July 28, 2010, 10:07:40 pm

There is an ad on the Preloved web site for pietrain x large whites in Oswestry

Title: Re: looking for pietrain gilt
Post by: powispigs on July 28, 2010, 10:53:20 pm

thanks, have looked and there are also some GOS x pietrain too

Title: Re: looking for pietrain gilt
Post by: JulieS on July 28, 2010, 11:12:05 pm

I know someone in Cornwall who has crossed piedtrain with GOS and apparently the meat is amazing.

Title: Re: looking for pietrain gilt
Post by: powispigs on July 29, 2010, 09:50:16 am

thanks for that, do you think if i then cross with a british lop boar it would still be good???