Hey you guys, Kunekunes
are proper pigs
Proper tasty and proper easy to keep too
Kune translates to 'fat & round', so Kune kune means VERY fat and round apparently, but this is because as a breed they were used by sailing vessels to provide food when everything else had run out. The pigs were fed up so fat that their skin was almost bursting (apparently, this is all anicdotal stories from many moons ago
) they were then loaded onto the ships going on long voyages, the pigs survived on just a handful of scraps and by the time they got to their destination the pigs had slimmed enough that they could be eaten. Having said all that, we don't like them to get too fat becuae of the huge range of health implications it has (and same goes for all our pigs, proper ones too
)
Gavin, I feed approx 1 pound of standard sows rolls per Kunekune per day (split into 2 feeds) we bulk it up with a little bit of soaked sugar beet, fruit & veg and give them some hay when there is no grass. When the grass is growing give them as much space as you can - they do better that way
So for your 3, give them 1.5lbs in the morning (weigh it out so you see exactly what it looks like, then find a container that holds that amount - that way you'll not be tempted to overfeed them
) and another 1.5lbs at night. If the weather gets really cold or they seem to be losing lots of condition you can up it a little, but only a little (don't let those pleading piggy eyes deceive you
) Keep feeling them - you should be able to just feel their backbones and ribs, if you can't - then they are too fat.
Here's a link to the BKKPS website, great selection of articles and loads of advice
http://www.britishkunekunesociety.org.uk/articles/kunekunekeeping.aspxHTH
Karen
Topic: feed (sorry) (Read 3495 times)
