your pigs are approx 5mths old(from your first post) the main thing with any animal is to give it the best life it can get yes there are tough economic times and feed does cost £300 a ton pigs are a great choice of animal but caution should be exercised as with any stock
the amount of animals purchased what your intentions for them are and a good understanding of what you are buying pigs are being offloaded around the country creating future problems it is easier to keep 2 than 22. gilts or castrated males are better than entire males
i am struggling to be kind and diplomatic on this both for yourself and others that are in a similar situation the only entire males that we sell are for breading that is our choice and experience
your short venture into the happy world of pig keeping has been a learning curve and hope it does not prevent you or others from having pigs ask questions before you buy pigs even if the questions seem stupid the amount of questions we have been asked when selling pigs has been huge
now the diminishing returns fed correctly they double there weight every few months(i weight record my pigs and when completed with the pigs this year will post on here)i have posted the weight and growth of butch on here take care and happy pigging about