You've guessed it
They grow to about 24-30 inches in height - the average of mine is about 25 inches though & my heaviest gilt is about 105 kilos - well, she was until she went down to Happy Hippy to meet her boyfriend in March
she'll be coming back with a new "slimline & fit mummy to be" look
She was too tall for my young stud boars at the time, but they've been busy on the girls back at home
I also have an older castrate who keeps one of the stud boars company, he's fully grown at 29 inches & 108 kilos.
So they don't get HUGE, but they are so easy to keep - they are really friendly & docile - love tummy tickes (roll over & go to sleep - useful if you need to inject/trim feet/ear tag etc), you can make real "pets" out of them - teach them to sit for a treat. But yes, while the grass is growing during the spring/summer/early autumn the adults don't need concentrates - unless they are in the last stages of pregnancy & lactating. I do give mine a couple of handfuls a day or the odd bit of veg/fruit or a couple of slices of bread, but that is more to encourage them to come "to call" so they can be checked-over every day. They also get their wormer powders in a jam sandwich (no waste, no mess & they each get the correct dosage).
Even the boars are easy to handle - aggression is not tolerated in the breed (sausages for ANYONE showing that trait
) They need about an acre of grazing to 6 Kunes, so you can divide it up (we use electric horse tape on a battery powered energiser) so you can rest the grazing on rotation if you are relying on grass only, obviously less if your going to feed them.
As you can tell - I
my KKs
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