How heavy
- Thread starter farmboy
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ShooTa
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- Location
- Denbighshire - In the vale of Clwyd!
ooh id say as heavy as a fair sized pig.
Suffolk Serf
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- Location
- Bury/Thetford
70kg
Be ready in a month then?
Old Boar
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- Location
- West Wales
Are they far away or near?
Suffolk Serf
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- Location
- Bury/Thetford
If fed properly- ie adlib proper pig finisher diet.
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Picture taken from the house
Thanks, not got enough experience in judging pig weights! There’s a five week wait time at the abattoir so just trying to gauge when to book
Measure them ,there is a pig weight calculator online ,measure just behind front legs,and from ears to tail
It depends what you want to do with them I guess. Are they just for personal consumption?
I cant really tell without seeing them in the flesh, but to me they look near ready, especially if there is a 5 week waiting time for the abbatoir.
Be a fair freezer full if you are using it all yourself!!
I cant really tell without seeing them in the flesh, but to me they look near ready, especially if there is a 5 week waiting time for the abbatoir.
Be a fair freezer full if you are using it all yourself!!
d williams
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65/75kgs get them booked in if a 5 week weight
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
I'd be booking them in for 5 weeks.
caveman
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- Location
- East Sussex.
I would think they're in Dorset.
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book em in.
Old Boar
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- Location
- West Wales
You can change a pigs weight hugely in 5 weeks and they can run to fat quickly. They look good at the mo so keep feeding as you have been. They tend to store fat in their jowels so keep an eye on that bit.
I wont tell you the old way to judge the fat of a pig....
I wont tell you the old way to judge the fat of a pig....
- Location
- Near Colchester
They need booking in now and cutting back a bit on cake or changing the ration to something less fattening as @Suffolk Serf says or else the backfat on the eye muscle will dwarf the meat if they really can't go for 5 weeks, those boars will be big by then and may already be called Roger and will annoy the gilts soon too.
They look good sorts though so it shouldn't be too hard like it would with a rare breed.
They look good sorts though so it shouldn't be too hard like it would with a rare breed.