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Roxy

  • Joined May 2009
  • Peak District
    • festivalcarriages.co.uk
My Kune Kunes
« on: September 09, 2011, 10:51:08 pm »
are coming up for a year old now.  The ginger one has always been a bit bigger, but now, its a lot longer, and taller, and fatter too than the other.  The other is fat, and about the size of what I expected a kune kune to be, but the ginger one looks enormous.

I was at a show a few weeks back, and there was a really large kune kune wth 13 piglets.  The owner said that one was on the larger end of the scale, and it looks like my ginger one will be too.

Sylvia

  • Joined Aug 2009
Re: My Kune Kunes
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2011, 01:52:35 pm »
Big, small medium, they have become the only pigs for me ;D

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: My Kune Kunes
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2011, 02:39:53 pm »
Never fancied keeping them - but HappyHippy's KK sausages were lovely and we're having the KK pork on Sunday, so I may be converted  ;D

HappyHippy

  • Guest
Re: My Kune Kunes
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2011, 02:40:45 pm »
Is it a gilt & a castrated boar you have Roxy ?
I find that the castrates stay pretty small and dumpy  ;)
13 piglets eh ? That's a huge amount for the poor mum  :o

I'm with Sylvia - they're not the only pigs for me as I have other breeds which I love too - but they are absolutely the sweetest natured, easiest to manage and most affectionate of all my pigs. Add to that the lovely pork they produce, the lower feed costs, lower impact on your land and it's easy to see why I love 'em  ;)

Let me know what you think of the pork Rosemary  :wave:

little blue

  • Joined Jun 2009
  • Derbyshire
Re: My Kune Kunes
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2011, 06:36:58 pm »
HH, they are two gilts... cos I know where they came from!  :D

Their mum is a big kk (her sister is much smaller but had Ginormous piglets this time round!)

pictures please Roxy!
:wave:
Little Blue

Roxy

  • Joined May 2009
  • Peak District
    • festivalcarriages.co.uk
Re: My Kune Kunes
« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2011, 10:49:55 pm »
Now, who did I get the two girls from? ;D 

People keep asking me if we are going to eat them - must be cos they are so round looking.  Oh, no .....they are my friends, and I talk to them and scratch them.  Tonight, they rushed forward expecting a scratch, and dropped down in the mud with a thud ....splashing my face with thick mud.

Will take a pic of the little darlings ....complete with mud ;D





little blue

  • Joined Jun 2009
  • Derbyshire
Re: My Kune Kunes
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2011, 07:28:43 pm »
pigs aren't pigs without that slight covering of mud .. especially the "ripe" smelling stuff!
And they good at splashing?!

They enjoy a good chat too...  :D  ;D
Little Blue

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: My Kune Kunes
« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2011, 08:16:15 pm »
The KuneKune pork was just fabulous - incredible.  :pig:

HappyHippy

  • Guest
Re: My Kune Kunes
« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2011, 08:21:34 pm »
The KuneKune pork was just fabulous - incredible.  :pig:
I'm glad you enjoyed it  ;D We love it, but are probably completely biased  ::) :D
Now, I'm sure you've got a little corner you could sneak a couple into without Dan noticing  ;) ;D ;D ;D
Karen  :wave:

Roxy

  • Joined May 2009
  • Peak District
    • festivalcarriages.co.uk
Re: My Kune Kunes
« Reply #9 on: September 11, 2011, 11:08:14 pm »
A retired pig farmer came and had a look, as he had never seen a Kune Kune before.  I think he was quite taken with them, but said their faces looked flat compared to pigs he had.  I know what he means, cos when we pass neighbours pigs, their snouts look incredibly long now!!

 

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