Odd looking pig

[Pan mixer]

I have run a closed pig herd since 1986 only buying in semen for replacements, we have several large white x landrace pigs about.

In a pen of 80 pigs all 8 weeks old I saw this today. Never seen anything like it before. It is the only one in the pen i.e. no brothers and sisters look the same.

Any ideas? throwback to Meishan?

It is a boar so it will go the way of the others, had it been a gilt I would have kept it to see.

@Suffolk Serf

 

[Suffolk Serf]

I've never seen anything quite like that!
Is it from breeding too close? i.e. inbreeding.

 

[Pan mixer]

I've never seen anything quite like that!
Is it from breeding too close? i.e. inbreeding.

Shouldn't be, we buy semen from a couple of places and are pretty careful about that.

 

[Suffolk Serf]

Was it sired by a terminal sire or a damline?

 

[Dry Rot]

One of Nature's experiments.

Breed a strain that breeds true, give it a fancy name, and you'll make your fortune!

 

[RushesToo]

Has it got any eyesight? looks like wrinkles all over.
It looks like its not thriving as well as the others, but if it can't see I shouldn't be surprised.

On the brightside - more crackling, down side, might have hair left in the wrinkles..

 

[Wink]

Has it always been like this or just developed, as you say saw today?

Only condition that sprung to mind was "greasy pig syndrome"

 

[Pan mixer]

Was it sired by a terminal sire or a damline?

I don't know, lose track of anything but notched gilts and boars after farrowing house. Probably terminal though as damline too pricey to put about willy-nilly. So to speak.

Has it got any eyesight? looks like wrinkles all over.
It looks like its not thriving as well as the others, but if it can't see I shouldn't be surprised.

It can see fine I think, certainly was rushing about with the rest and followed me to the door, not too bad size wise for the pen average

Has it always been like this or just developed, as you say saw today?

Only condition that sprung to mind was "greasy pig syndrome"

Greasy pig was my first thought but the skin is not like that (which I have seen a very few times over the years) He was like this when born although not quite so extreme.

 

[Cowcalf]

put a picture on one of the dating stes and see how many punters you get !

 

[borderterribles]

Throwback to a Meishan ancestor, somewhere in the dim and distant?

 

[Christoph1945]

One of Nature's experiments.

Breed a strain that breeds true, give it a fancy name, and you'll make your fortune!

As a somewhat farm ignorant towny, that was my first thought! £££££££

 

[Dry Rot]

As a somewhat farm ignorant towny, that was my first thought! £££££££

Thinking like a farmer though!

 

[TripleSix]

Is it crossed with a Shar Pei?

 

[Pan mixer]

Is it crossed with a Shar Pei?

no.

 

[Christoph1945]

Closely monitored, this little critter could provide you with enough material for a saleable story. Is it accepted by all the other piglets?

I once heard tell that pigs are quite clever creatures and there was talk of using one pig to control and supervise the others. No; I wasn't reading George Orwell's 'Animal Farm'. Having said that; are pigs self aware, like chimps
and our selves?

 

[Pan mixer]

He is completely accepted and at home with his fellows.

Pigs are extremely aggressive to strangers usually, we try not to mix pigs at all, however in a group of over 40 with plenty of space anything but mature boars will get along happily as they can't remember who they don't like I suppose.

 

[Tim G]

Daughter has a similar one here........

Bit smaller maybe.

 

[Mr Mackay]

I thought the thread starter had been watching parliament again !!

 

[renewablejohn]

If you could get some DNA testing done it could explain a lot and maybe worth a fortune for cross breeding.

 

[Danllan]

...Any ideas? throwback to Meishan?

It is a boar so it will go the way of the others, had it been a gilt I would have kept it to see.

Looks like something to do with Meishan. I'd not be too quick to see him go though, all those wrinkles mean more crackling.