[Button End Beasts]

Hi,


Got a question about identifying piglets. My pedigree OSB recently had 7 piglets. I have a buyer for 2 of them but I think she just wants meat pigs. We were going to keep the remaining 5 for ourselves for meat.


Now, 4 of the 7 could be good enough for breeding, although as I said, they will most likely all be meat pigs. So if I birth notify the litter, do I need to tattoo/notch all of the piglets? Or do I give them all numbers but only tattoo/notch the 4 ones that might make breed standard?


Thanks in advance!


Beki

[Berkshire Boy]

Birth notify the whole litter and just notch the ones you may keep.

[Button End Beasts]

Thanks BB. So just to be sure here, I birth notify the whole litter giving them all a number on the birth note form? Ta!

[kja]

we always birth note and identify each one that way buyers know they are buying pedigree birth noted weaners and in doing such can sell on pedigree pork.

we tend to mark them all up as we check them over for registering.

[Hassle]

If you tattoo all and keep a record of each one against breed standards, if they come back saying i bought this pig of you and want to use for breeding you can check your records to make sure if sold as a breed standard of just for meat.

[HappyHippy]

I'd also ID all of them (even if they'll end up in the freezer) it keeps you right and saves any confusion on numbers/ID's for the next litter.
Notching really isn't that bad