The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: nutterly_uts on November 16, 2014, 09:29:26 pm
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Stupid question, but do pigs have a list of acceptable names and you can only use them? Am seeing a lot of <herdname> <repeated name> <number> - eg Shutevale Lucky Lass 761 and Tudful Lucky Lass 72 (Sorry to use them, was just a webpage I was looking at - hope its ok) and wondered if there was a reason?
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you have your own prefix, then the bloodline, then the pigs own number. the gilts take the sows line and the boars take the boars line. then there should be a list of litters born to that pig, which I think says how many farrowed and how many survived.
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Ok so if I buy a pig called A Amy 1 and breed her to B Ben 1,
my female piglets would be nutterlyuts Amy 1/2/3/4 etc and all my male piglets nutterlyuts ben 1/2/3/4?
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That's the idea.
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I think what you're asking is what you can call your herd (i.e. your prefix) - mine is Tudful, the Welsh spelling of Tydfil, and I chose it in honour of the town where I was born.
[/size]Lots of people choose their farm name - or a derivative of it - but others choose something completely abstract. It's really up to you - and the BPA. The BPA has to approve it's an okay name to use. When I was choosing a herd name, I was told that I couldn't choose the name of a person, nor a town or village. Apart from that, you have a pretty free reign, although, of course, profanities wouldn't be allowed.
[/size]As to how you name pedigree offspring, it can take a bit of time to get your head around, but your breed reps will help.
[/size]This is a bit I wrote for the Tamworth Breeders' Club website:
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[/size]Pedigree pig names have three components. The first part is the herd name (prefix) of the breeder, the second the bloodline (which is the same as the dam/mother or sire/father) and the third, the pig’s individual number. For example, you might have Myfarmname Dreamboy 96 (male), or Myfarmname Jacqueline 97 (female).[/size][/color][/font]
[/size][/color]All pedigree pigs are given a particular bloodline name which is passed down to their offspring. Female piglets inherit the dam’s bloodline and male piglets inherit the sire’s bloodline.[/font]
[/size]As you spotted when you visited my website, I have pigs with my own prefix (Tudful) and pigs with other prefixes, (e.g. Shutevale - the prefix of the late, lovely, excellent pig breeder Nick Hunkin) which I have bought in.
[/size]I hope this helps. If you want to message me or email me, please do.
[/size]Good luck with your breeding.
[/size]Liz