[HappyHippy]

Is KuneKune pork fat at all?  I have never eaten it but have freinds who we would be able to obtain piglets from in the future if we feel the need, however, we prefer our pork on the lean side and have always been led to believe that this breed runs to fat.

They'll get fat - if you let them 
We raise ours on 1lb of pig feed per day (split into 2 feeds) they graze when the grass is good and get hay/hayledge when it's not (or if they're inside) They generally go at around 10 months (75Kg liveweight) and I don't find ours overfat at all 
But we have seen some very fat Kunekunes (we even bought a couple thinking we could slim them down  doesn't work  ) but if you don't let them get fat in the first place it's not a problem. The pork is great 
HTH

[artscott]

Thought I would put our cost down for the two we raised this year.  Was the first time with pigs and it was really good keeping them.  The meat is absolutely delicious, I don't think we could got back to the supermarket stuff now.
I didn't do any bacon yet as I have been busy working on our ramshackle house but have saved some cheeks and belly to make some when I have time.


 

04 April 2012 Pig Ark, second hand £200.00 10th April 2012 Electric fence kit, plus some wooden posts £96.00 20 April 2012 2 pedigree Tamworth Pigs ar 8 weeks £100.00 20 April 2012 local shop feed 3 sacks 20kg @ £8.50 £25.50 20 May 2012 2 sacks Farmgate (from bulk buy friend) 20Kg @ £7.08 £14.16 22 May 2012 10 sacks Farmgate (from bulk buy friend) 20Kg @ £7.08 £70.80 08 July 2012 10 sacks Farmgate (from bulk buy friend) 20Kg @ £7.08 £70.80 15 August 2012 3 sacks Farmgate (from bulk buy friend) 20Kg @ £7.08 £21.24 06 September 2012 transport Diesel + trailer loan £10.00 06 September 2012 Scotch premier slaughter costs £65.30 13 September 2012 West End butchers butchery costs £60.00 September grass seed for paddock reseed £15.00 total cost two pigs £748.80 Approx 120 kg meat Cost per KG (inc housing & fence, that will be used next year) £6.24 Leg, shoulder, sausages, chops, mince

[hexhammeasure]

It all very well to say you spent all that but you forgot to add back in the items you still have left over.. ie pig ark and fencing so £296 stock is still owned say 20% depreciation  leaves £236 ish subtract that from your costs and your meat value is reduced to £4.27 per kilo

[rispainfarm]

pigs eat weeds, type in google isle of islay and pigs and cloe randall, spelt wrong on both names but google should pick it up. She has written papers on managing forests and moorland using pigs.