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[Rafter 7 Paint Horses]

I sell them for $30.00 each.
I start selling them between 4 & 5 weeks old. They are eating well on their own by then. This litter has been eating good for over a week. They don't even stay with their mother, they are out wandering around the back barn, until something scares them and then they dart back to the safety of the pen where Mom is!


Jean

 

[RobinEgg]

Oh they are soooo cute!!! Dh is glad you're not near us ....he doesn't think we need a piggie.....they're so cute you're so lucky! thanks for sharing

 

[goatkeepers]

Oh my goodness! I've been wanting a pb for about 3 years! But DH says they'll mess up the pasture with their digging

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Those pigletts are just the cutest!

 

[texasgirl]

Why do PB pigs have to have their hooves trimmed and our hogs and domestic pigs don't? We have some 8-10 year old hogs and they have never had their hooves trimmed and their hooves are perfectly short and normal. We also have a PB x feral and her hooves are normal and never trimmed.

 

[Rafter 7 Paint Horses]

I don't know, honestly.
The one we raised from a baby doesn't have to have his hooves trimmed. I guess it is because he wasn't raised indoors, and he has access to several different types of terrain. In his pen are rocks, grass, some sandy areas, and some concrete. I guess he wears his down himself.
We have had to trim the ones we have bought as adult pigs a couple of times to straighten their hooves out, but haven't had to trim them since. Patty, the sow with the babies, was so overweight when we got her that her hooves are permanently deformed.

I guess I might have just answered your question. I bet it is because of excess weight and not having access to variable ground to wear them down. Also, since we keep them as pets, their life span is so much longer than a market pig whose hooves never get a chance to get too long.
And breeding hogs are usually pastured and have some concrete that they get on, at least to my knowledge, and have the opportunity to wear their hooves down naturally.

I have just started raising them, and am learning more all the time. We got the boar when a friends dog caught it and they thought it was a wild piglet. They called and asked us to come and get it. When we got there, it was this little pot-belly pig and he was so scared, and so cute!
That was the start of my pot-belly pig experience. Spanky is now 1 1/2 years old and we got him 3 girlfriends this year. We just got the last one 2 weeks ago.

We have 2 sold already. 1 was picked up on Wed. and the other one will go to it's new home tomorrow. I'll probably have the remaining 4 sold by Sunday.
And we will be expecting another litter in June. The new sow looks like she is coming in heat now, so maybe by the end of September we will have little pigs again.

If anyone has any helpful information on raising these cuties, I've always willing to learn more.

Jean

 

[Rafter 7 Paint Horses]

Here are a couple of pictures of Spanky when we got him.

And one of him all grown up. He is the Daddy to the babies, and that is Patty the Mom behind the bucket.
I was trying to take pictures of them by a 5 gallon bucket to show their size, but Spanky kept knocking it over, he thought there should have been feed in it! LOL

Jean

 

[chicken_boy_Kurt]

Its a good thing you live in Texas or you'd have to keep me locked out. I want one. Maybe if I can convince my mom to get rid of the sheep...

 

[texasgirl]

Can you file their hooves like with a farriers file/rasp to keep them short? I imagine if you start young they wouldn't mind it so much, especially if it was associated with food. I just would prefer a way to get around the yearly circus of loading one up and hauling them to be filed at the vets.

 

[Rafter 7 Paint Horses]

We use a horse hoof nipper. But you could use a pair of shears that are designed to trim goats hooves. These shears are made for animals with cloved hooves. They work very well and are not hard to use.

Jean

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

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they are very very cute.