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Wethers66 · « **on:** November 14, 2009, 10:57:35 am »

Hello new to the forum, I am a realtively inexperieced small holder, we have been keeping animals for about 5 years and have sheep, horses, chickens and have recently got back into pigs having had kune kune's before. Have reasonable experince with sheep am a novice with pigs. Looking for advice on what age to slaughter our GOS boars. also we are getting 4 OSB shortly and had heard that these can go longer before slaughter is this correct.

ukag0972 · « **Reply #1 on:** November 14, 2009, 11:27:50 am »

I usually slaughter boars at around 6 months, but I don't castrate!
You can keep them longer but slaughter them around the 100 kg weight.

You can put your new pigs in with your other ones but if there is a big age difference then you may encounter bullying amongst them. They have to fight for "pecking order". The larger ones may also dominate the feeding and sleeping areas.

gavo · « **Reply #2 on:** November 14, 2009, 11:55:02 am »

Welcome we don't slaughter our boars tams and osbs until 11 months they stay in a group away from females we have never had boar taint. They are both slower to mature and gain size than some of the other traditional breeds especially if reared outside[ the only way in our opinion].

sandy · « **Reply #3 on:** November 14, 2009, 12:07:08 pm »

Hello!!! Welcome from Central Scotland (loads of us on here!) No pig's, only Chickens a Duck and a Drake as I just have a garden although I do like pig's!!!
P.S Most things I post contain deliberate spelling mistakes

little blue · « **Reply #4 on:** November 14, 2009, 12:20:57 pm »

hello and welcome from Derbyshire.
We have kunes... getting v exciting about piglets... but they're not even mated yet, need a few more weeks!!

JulieS · « **Reply #5 on:** November 14, 2009, 01:37:49 pm »

Hello and welcome from North Devon

Rosemary · « **Reply #6 on:** November 14, 2009, 04:28:31 pm »

Hi and welcome!

marigold · « **Reply #7 on:** November 14, 2009, 08:40:00 pm »

Hello and welcome. You don't sound inexperienced to me.
Many of us here are keen but haven't quite fulfilled our smallholding potential yet.
I am looking forward to getting my first pigs in December. Stuck on the lack of fencing and funds to get fencing at present. Just got a variety of lovely poultry just now. hens, ducks and geese.
not to mention the veg.