Odd looking pig

[renewablejohn]

I would certainly not be quick at letting him go as if it has a high percentage of Meishan they are now an endangered species and I am sure a breeder would pay a premium.

 

[Stewart Setter]

little more wrinkled than a Meishan piglet. I think it's awesome, can't wait to see what it looks like as an adult.

 

[Pan mixer]

He is getting bigger but has developed a hernia, not too big at present fortunately. He is a little smaller than his peers now

 

[Pan mixer]

Odd looking pig joined the food chain today.

Not a brilliant photo I know but there was plenty to do at the time and he wasn't very cooperative.

 

[yellowbelly]

Odd looking pig joined the food chain today.

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Not a brilliant photo I know but there was plenty to do at the time and he wasn't very cooperative.

I expect he'll taste pretty much the same

 

[Pan mixer]

I expect he'll taste pretty much the same

His body had smoothed out, only his face remained different, he was a bit smaller than his mates but as they were going and he had a hernia I decided that he would be better going too - just waiting for the abattoir to condemn his skin or something.

 

[Tim G]

His body had smoothed out, only his face remained different, he was a bit smaller than his mates but as they were going and he had a hernia I decided that he would be better going too - just waiting for the abattoir to condemn his skin or something.

Surely more pork scratchings?

 

[JeremyD]

His body had smoothed out, only his face remained different, he was a bit smaller than his mates but as they were going and he had a hernia I decided that he would be better going too - just waiting for the abattoir to condemn his skin or something.

Never seen wrinkled face like that before! Body almost looks similar to Greasy pig?

 

[Pan mixer]

Never seen wrinkled face like that before! Body almost looks similar to Greasy pig?

We have been debating it for a while on here as you may have seen, Meishan ancestry was a popular opinion, definitely not Greasy Pig though I wonder what the abattoir will think...

 

[JeremyD]

We have been debating it for a while on here as you may have seen, Meishan ancestry was a popular opinion, definitely not Greasy Pig though I wonder what the abattoir will think...

Yes fingers crossed abattoir accept.

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

I'm sad that Mr Wrinkles' life story has been cut short, I was half hoping to see a yard full of wrinkly piglets in 3 years time and a new breed fad for smallholders to blow their cash on.

 

[JP1]

We have been debating it for a while on here as you may have seen, Meishan ancestry was a popular opinion, definitely not Greasy Pig though I wonder what the abattoir will think...

Presumably they'll let you know soon enough if there's anything to worry about at their end

 

[Greenbeast]

I would certainly not be quick at letting him go as if it has a high percentage of Meishan they are now an endangered species and I am sure a breeder would pay a premium.

I think we might have the only breeding boar in the country now, unfortunately one of our sows was shot last month and the remaining one is never interested. We've put him on the Berkshires though

 

[Pan mixer]

No stoppages on the sheet at all for that week, I guess that they were keen as it was nearly the festive sausage season.

He had a hernia too.

 

[Greenbeast]

He had a hernia too.

Well Richmonds need something vaguely porky in them.

Personally I think this was just a genetic abnormality, nothing like the meishans we have at the farm

 

[Greenbeast]

For anyone that hasn't seen a meishan, this is what they look like. The body is not particularly wrinkled and the face folds are quite pronounced