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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: hoggsbreath on February 28, 2011, 10:40:17 pm

Title: market
Post by: hoggsbreath on February 28, 2011, 10:40:17 pm

i live close to the beds bucks and northants borders.does anyone know of a livestock market that sells pigs anywhere nearish.?.

Title: Re: market
Post by: oaklandspigs on March 01, 2011, 09:15:23 am

Google "livestock market" and a location

Just did "livestock market northants" and got

http://www.laa.co.uk/market_details.php?RID=210 (http://www.laa.co.uk/market_details.php?RID=210)

who appear to do pigs on saturday.

I would repeat my caveat in the other thread - you can get a bargain or a problem, and if you have other pigs, isolate any you buy in for a few weeks to reduce the risk that you don't introduce something.

Yes you can in many cases you can salvage a poor specimen, but having had a bad start it can take a long time and lots of food to get it to slaughter condition.  In some cases if its initial growth was stunted or it had a disease that checked it, it will never make it fully up.

Title: Re: market
Post by: hoggsbreath on March 01, 2011, 10:32:06 pm

thanks.

Title: Re: market
Post by: littlelisa on March 02, 2011, 04:43:39 pm

i got a £2 bargain yesterday :)

Title: Re: market
Post by: Hairy Hogs on March 02, 2011, 07:35:17 pm

You must be very near us then Hogsbreath!

Where abouts are you based?
Regards
Jason

Title: Re: market
Post by: hoggsbreath on March 03, 2011, 01:34:24 pm

newport pagnell.how about you.