Icelandic Chickens

[kathyinmo]

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hahaha...... Mary eat something something she raises? It is doubtful. I can hardly wait to see what she is gonna do with all those turkeys after she falls in love with them.

 

[NotAFarm]

I know a family who raise and eat alot of different animals. They won't raise turkeys because they said they are just too sweet and lovable. Mary will not be eating those turkeys............she still hasn't said what kind they are.....and she did say pigs, plural, so we know it's more than one!!!

 

[kathyinmo]

I know a family who raise and eat alot of different animals. They won't raise turkeys because they said they are just too sweet and lovable. Mary will not be eating those turkeys............she still hasn't said what kind they are.....and she did say pigs, plural, so we know it's more than one!!!

She said sweetgrass turkeys. I remember, she "liked the name."

 

[NotAFarm]

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She is a California girl!!

 

[kathyinmo]

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She is a California girl!!



Well, that does explain alot!

 

[braindead101]

Those girls carry their combs like their Sunday hats. Cute.

 

[kathyinmo]

Those girls carry their combs like their Sunday hats. Cute.

They are! I love the crested girls. They are just so pretty.

 

[The Sheriff]

I am getting an unrelated, registered pair of critically endangered, heritage American Guinea Hogs. The shoat is 4 months old and the gilt is 6 months old. They should mate in July and have babies, 3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days from then! These are Guinea hogs. Docile, little, and they free range like ruminants and don't root around and tear everything up. These pics are from the American Guinea Hog Association website. I am planning to keep my breeding pair with my goats and emus and create a little muddy wallow for them in the pasture close to a faucet. They like to wallow in mud to cool off when it is hot. I do not plan to eat them. they were primarily used as lard pigs because of their high fat content. Many people prize them for the juicy meat. Mine will be lap babies, not table mates, if you know what I mean. I am super excited about getting them. Have been reading and thinking about it for months now.

 

[NotAFarm]

I am getting an unrelated, registered pair of critically endangered, heritage American Guinea Hogs. The shoat is 4 months old and the gilt is 6 months old. They should mate in July and have babies, 3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days from then! These are Guinea hogs. Docile, little, and they free range like ruminants and don't root around and tear everything up. These pics are from the American Guinea Hog Association website. I am planning to keep my breeding pair with my goats and emus and create a little muddy wallow for them in the pasture close to a faucet. They like to wallow in mud to cool off when it is hot. I do not plan to eat them. they were primarily used as lard pigs because of their high fat content. Many people prize them for the juicy meat. Mine will be lap babies, not table mates, if you know what I mean. I am super excited about getting them. Have been reading and thinking about it for months now.

Wow, Mary, that is a breed I spent alot of time looking at a few year back. The DH put his foot down really hard when I mentioned pigs! It's so nice that you're getting them, now I can have the experience without having them!!

 

[kathyinmo]

How big do they get?

OK, now I have to go do some research..............

I found the description. http://guineahogs.org/?page_id=149
and the ALBC info.... http://albc-usa.org/cpl/guinea.html