Piglet testicle and general queries

[dkluzier]

Here's a pic of our herniated piglet with his back to the camera

 

[jvls1942]

maybe he was castrated and they missed one..

 

[MammaHen]

Found out a week ago that both my cousins had undescended testicles and they both had kids...and my pigs goolies have since dropped. So all is well in the little Gaulish village once more...Thanks for the help guys x

 

[farrier!]

Are you planning to have these for supper?
When, if at all, do you plan on castrating them?

The main reason I am asking is I had an offer of a free pig. He was around 300 pounds but not castrated. The butcher shop informed me the meat would not be eidible even if I castrated him.
I would really like to know if he would have been fine for supper a month or two after being castrated.

 

[MammaHen]

Luckily (or maybe not so luckily in this instance) he is the only male and we were planning to use him for making more little piglets....so lets just hope he fires on all cylinders... But thank you for that. we have just got in some more little piglets today so thats something I should follow up on!

 

[sred98]

farrier! :

Are you planning to have these for supper?
When, if at all, do you plan on castrating them?

The main reason I am asking is I had an offer of a free pig. He was around 300 pounds but not castrated. The butcher shop informed me the meat would not be eidible even if I castrated him.
I would really like to know if he would have been fine for supper a month or two after being castrated.

Not to hijack, but we got a "great deal" on some ribs, when we opened them up, it was pure boar smell!

Soak them overnight in apple cider vinegar and they will be delicious!

I am BEGGING DH for pigs! Maybe someday...

Shelly​

 

[KotaDVM]

farrier! :

Are you planning to have these for supper?
When, if at all, do you plan on castrating them?

The main reason I am asking is I had an offer of a free pig. He was around 300 pounds but not castrated. The butcher shop informed me the meat would not be eidible even if I castrated him.
I would really like to know if he would have been fine for supper a month or two after being castrated.

Most likely not Farrier. Even barrows (castrated pigs) that were castrated extremely early in life still have a presence of boar taint. However the traces are small enough that the odor is not detectable to most people. A mature boar like that would most likely never produce edible meat.​

 

[Birch Run Farm]

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Interesting, I just shot and butchered one of my barrows and he was only around 175 pounds. I'd have to say the meat is perfectly fine with no bad taste or odors. I've also eaten plenty of wild boar, (yes, boars) and the meat was also just fine.

The last deer I killed was in full blown rut with a massive neck and urine caked all over his legs. Meat was just delicious.

Maybe it is a matter of good butchering/processing?

 

[farrier!]

A few decades ago it was very common to let male pigs get big to huge before castrating and have "rocky mountain oysters". I just have no idea what the did with the meat later or how much later they butchered the whole hog.
What an animal eats sure makes a huge difference with how it tastes.

I have had oldtimers tell me that the meat taste best if the animal is not stressed before killing. Adrenalin is not good.....I have not been in a situation to tell that yet.

 

[MammaHen]

Had tea with the farmer next door (he's a real grownup farmer, not pretenders like us!) today and picked his brains bout all things pig. He swears that he has never castrated any of his pigs and never had one comeback (he used to sell commecially). He says the answer is in slaughtering before 6months and if thats not possible then to keep the boars away from the gilts/sows for at leat a month before slaughter. Hope like heck it works cause I'm not partial to piglet surgery on a regular basis....