A Gloucestershire Old Spot gilt and a Saddleback Boar are now set up in the old pig pen at the bottom of the field. I am not allowed to name them. They are meat pigs...so it's no 12 and no 21 from now on!
Number 12 and Number 21
A Gloucestershire Old Spot gilt and a Saddleback Boar are now set up in the old pig pen at the bottom of the field. I am not allowed to name them. They are meat pigs...so it's no 12 and no 21 from now on!
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Oh nooooo! Say it isn't soooo... John, darling, you've gone astray. Pigs?
ReplyDeleteCan't you bring back your goat?
I know... I know... I don't get a vote. Drats!
Farmer
They are gorgeous...I couldn't bear to eat them, I know, I'm such a townie!! Love your Blog, and love Plank!!
ReplyDeleteJo xx
Pigs are just so intelligent, how could you bear to care for them and then kill them?
ReplyDeletesorry I know I'm a softie....
Briony
Here we go.
ReplyDeleteThey are lovely, especially the Old Spot. John, we know that you will treat these pigs with respect and great care and that at the time of their harvest you will also give them their due respect. That's the difference between eating port from large processing plants and "home raising" your own. xoxoxoxo
ReplyDeleteHee hee - I said, "eating port" instead of "eating PORK". I must be into the wine again...hic... tee hee.
ReplyDeleteBest ground clearer's in the world, pigs. Could do with a couple to clear my plot.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it'd be o.k. to name them...
What about 'Pork-chop' and 'Sausage'?
I can;t believe you won't name them :-D
ReplyDeleteOne's "Ribs" and the other's "Sauce"! LOL!
ReplyDeleteVery nice looking 'oinkers'.
ReplyDeleteYou know yer gonnah name them!
"Oops...a Happy Birthday Early!"
ReplyDeleteThey're handy in the apple orchard. They clear up all the railroad worms.
ReplyDeleteThey are very cute. Also very tasty. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteHow about Streaky and Scratchings?
ReplyDeleteThose were the names the girl next door gave to her Guinea Pigs when I was little.
Please don`t eat them ? xx
ReplyDeleteIt was always my job to bottle feed the runt piglets, it has just dawned on me, I never asked where they went after they were up to the portly weight, now I'm sad.
ReplyDeleteNumber 12 and number 21...I hope their numbers never come up.
~Jo
You could always name them Bacon and Pork Chop...
ReplyDeleteYes, they're lovable, but they taste so good alongside home raised eggs.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to you and bad news for the pigs. There is no way I could develop a relationship with an animal and then kill it for food. Don't know how you do it.
ReplyDeleteI have not yet lori!
ReplyDeleteJohn, I hope you know me well enough to know what I'm thinking about 12 and 21......I'd make a terrible farmer........ :-))
ReplyDelete12 and 21 has a certain symmetry (I guess its a palindrome of sorts) even if they aren't names.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh!!! Cuteness!!! I would so love to get pigs! But given I don't eat meat and honeyman has yet to eat any animal we have raised, well pets?
ReplyDeleteI just love pigs!
I have told honeyman if he wanted to get pigs to raise for food I was good with that. Oh I know I would cry like a baby when the time came but I would love to raise them. I do believe small farm raised meats are so much better for honeyman and the animals get a much better life than the big business animals get.
Be sure to post lots of pics of your piggies! They are so cute!
If you want a name suggestion though I know your not suppose to name them but why not call one of them baconbits tee hee ... okay thats just darn cute. You have to name one of them baconbits :O)...
The spotted one name it baconbits!
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering now how long we have to change your mind about 21 and 12becoming lunch?
ReplyDeleteOK. Now I want pigs too! Let's see if I can arrange something on the roof of the duplex... Mmm, I think city hall won't allow it anyways! Darn!
ReplyDeleteThose are very handsome hogs. As a child growing up in Killingworth, CT we bred and raised our own hogs for meat and sold off extra litter as necessary. It is hard not to become attached. My Da put a bowling ball in their pen for their entertainment and they formed their own football league.
ReplyDeleteGood for you John. Isobelle Golightly is right. Raise these pigs with care and respect and when their time comes despatch them humanely and cleanly. They are gorgeous intelligent loveable animals and they deserve to have a good life, unlike their unfortunate factory farmed counterparts. Anyone who bleats on about how cruel it is to raise pigs for meat but still enjoys their factory farmed bacon for breakfast is a hypocrite.
ReplyDeleteYes, Tom, here we go!
ReplyDeleteYears ago, my sister and her family raised a pig for eating. Her name was "Piggy Sue", I didn't think Glor could do it either, but Piggy Sue was butchered and I am told, was some mighty good eating!
ReplyDeletevery proud of you , you pig farmer you !
ReplyDeleteStars and Stripes! What a team they'd make in a year, colorful porkers pulling a cart through town, carrying the dog man while the doggies trot along behind. Except for Constance, she'd have to ride on top too. And everyone decorated in red ribbons. They seem small now, but in a couple of years when they haven't been butchered and they weigh 600 lbs each, they'll be a striking sight to see.
ReplyDeleteRoom for one more suggestion? How about Esther and Ezra!
ReplyDeleteif it was up to me cro
ReplyDeleteyou have won it
What is it with these people? Don't they understand what farming's about?
ReplyDeleteOh well done you! And welcome to the world of piggies! And introducing these piglets into your petite ferme means that you are taking ever more responsibility for what you eat, plus you will get a lot of enjoyment from keeping them.
ReplyDeleteHi lovely john,
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pigs, the saddleback is very handsome.
If you recieve an email from me please delete it, I got hacked and spam or worse has been sent out.
xx
Mmmmmm Bacon in egg butties, tis time you made your own bread me thinks...
ReplyDeleteSee you Tuesday my good man.
John
I can hear the bacon sizzling in the pan!
ReplyDeleteGod, I love pigs. But then, I love bacon. And ham. And crackling.
ReplyDeleteOoooh gorgeous pigs.
ReplyDeleteI'm too soft to be able to care for them and then eat them. I couldn't even eat the eggs our hens produced when we had them. Defeated the object somewhat....lol!!!
What a great birthday present!
ReplyDeleteHope you have a large deep freeze!
Meat pigs... oh no.............
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Sweet Man!!! xo
OMG how v. brave of you, we have pigs, little pet pigs, 2 so called micro pigs and two kune kune. They are such characters I don't really know how people manage to eat them!Good luck.
ReplyDelete(Oh and my pigs have their own blog - http://littlepetpigs.blogspot.com)
Definitely best to not name meat animals.
ReplyDeleteAlthough we did break the rule with some ducks once, the were "l'orange" and "Pekin"
I also think you're wise not to name them, although a friend who raised two cattle for beef called one "Sir" and the other "Loin."
ReplyDeleteI got a half a pig this past autumn from a local farmer who raised happy pigs. I am so thankful she can do it and i can help her to continue being a farmer. I also gratefully bow my head in thanks to the piggy.
megan
They are gorgeous. And happy birthday, too!
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