Thank goodness at last, i love osbs and have tried to turn them into a business(use it or lose it) unfortunateley they have been a little inbred with the shortage of numbers and boars. I have been from Aberdeen to Wales to Dorset and have got my herd together i am passionate about them. They have been bred and registered just for the sake of selling them and some of the poor things i have bought i should never have done! But what i have done is breed the bloodlines that i see are not too close and have maybe registerted the odd one here and there with the best confirmation and the closest markings to the breed requirements. I am quite pleased with the results, i have got the colour right the conformation almost right they can see because their ears dont cover their eyes completeley and therefore make motherhood easier because they can actually see their piglets.
This is one native breed we should not loose they hold everything that nature is about they dont really need us humans. Given a bare hut on birth night she will dig a hole in the floor deep enough to give birth in comfortably, when the job is done she will venture out for a drink, on returning to feed her newborns and there is usually quite a few she will push them down into the hallow so doesnt crush them then she will lie round the edge where she can display herself and talk to them telling them to feed. I have seen this so many times but i still have to take time to stand by and watch at the wonder of nature given her freedom. Arl
The Harswell Herd xxxx
Topic: OSB now officially a Rare Breed (Minority Status) (Read 9081 times)
