EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[Lazy Farmer]

Mr. spider looked like a wolf spider. Very big dude.

They get as big a a child's hand here.

 

[BullChick]

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You make me so happy!

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Can you harvest them from the wild forest around you?

Do you mean wild pig??
Ours are Heritage Breeds.
Wild Hogs taste like road kill by comparison.
We have researched Swine prior to jumping into breeding.
These are our particular breeds we raise.

• Berkshire. Known for it's color, rich flavor and marbling. (Slow growers) Considered a delicacy in Japan.
• Gloucestershire (Old Spot). Known for it's jowl/Bacon belly yield. (Fast Growers) "Huge Hams and broad shoulders. Crowd pleasing Hams for Easter Dinners". When crossed with Berkshire, you will arm wrestle your mother for the last slice.
• Hampshire. Medium size but fast growing. Excellent Mothering skills and jumbo litters.
• Duroc. Super fast growers. Not much bacon unless crossed with Berkshire. Faster returns on less feed. Primarily we raise to sell the offset our operation costs.

Our Christmas gifts we give are delivered in a cooler. We have 3 Gilts growing like weeds that will replace our stock during the Holidays. That and homemade Christmas cards keeps the family and short friends list peeps taste the reason we were foolish enough to jump into this little venture.
Chickens always taste like chicken, but pork and beef you can tweak the Flavor..

 

[Lazy Farmer]

I'm still 77messages behind, but just wanted to pop in to say that I love the new Fall avy's Connie, Banty & Abi.... Abi yours is very spoooooooky!

HI Roomy on the Broomy!

 

[Lazy Farmer]

And I never eaten and never will, eat pork!

I hated vegies as a kid. Said I would never eat them again. Now I love them. Not trying pork and deciding not too could only be for religious reasons.
Big industry pork is fatty and inconsistent. Farm raised on smaller scales for non profit are the ones to try first before making the decision not to like.
Supermarket pork is loaded with growth hormones, steriods and chemicals for a faster growth rate and less feed and higher return. Profit is what they seek. Not quality as much.
They want

We want

 

[kwhites634]

Try feed the acorns if you have them.

Won't acorns effect the taste of the meat, like I hear it does deer meat?

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Won't acorns effect the taste of the meat, like I hear it does deer meat?

We have read that some high end restaurants serve acorn fed pork. Deer and Goat meat is different I suppose. I will try to find the link I saw awhile back.

 

[duluthralphie]

My work here is done, for a while, anyway. Time to turn my attention to a balky chain saw. BBL

I can't wait to see the youtube of you performing your Balky Chain Saw Tricks!!

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Won't acorns effect the taste of the meat, like I hear it does deer meat?

http:/betterpork.com/2012/04/berkshire-pig-diet/
Not the same link but too many too dig thru.. a bunch of references

 

[kwhites634]

We have read that some high end restaurants serve acorn fed pork. Deer and Goat meat is different I suppose. I will try to find the link I saw awhile back.

I read somewhere that acorns give an unusual taste to venison. I guess, because there are scads of oaks here, that I've never had any acorn-free venison, so have no basis for comparison. Supposedly, deer will eat acorns when all their other food sources are gone; not their favorite.