The Old Folks Home

[getaclue]

Have a pig as a pet, and you will never eat pork again.

Of course I would. I just wouldn't eat my pet pig, but all other pigs are fair game.

 

[perchie.girl]

House beaver huh? Cute but no thanks! I wonder how it is going to transition to a life away from doting people.

I suspect hes forever imprinted.... so his life will be that pond... In the video hes still doing baby things... So I suspect hed still be under the watchful eye of mom.

Rehabbing an animal is Catch 22 You raise it up with human contact. and it cannot be released.... You raise it up with a surrogate you may have a chance.... but those wild skills taught by mom ....

HOpefully they will have that in mind and keep him as an educational animal.

deb

 

[bobbi-j]

Dh thinks I've lost it. We had talked about getting a dog. A lady has to give away her 11 month old pet miniature pig. It's completely housebroken, crate trained to sleep in at night, has a bow, and leash that she uses to walk it like a dog......I wanted it. Dh said "NO". I commented I'd be like the one on Designing Women with a pet pig. Pigs have a higher IQ than dogs. Instead of a dog, a pig would work just fine out here in the country. He still said no.

My hubby would say more than “no”. It would be more like “H-E-double toothpicks NO”

 

[Alaskan]

Dh thinks I've lost it. We had talked about getting a dog. A lady has to give away her 11 month old pet miniature pig. It's completely housebroken, crate trained to sleep in at night, has a bow, and leash that she uses to walk it like a dog......I wanted it. Dh said "NO". I commented I'd be like the one on Designing Women with a pet pig. Pigs have a higher IQ than dogs. Instead of a dog, a pig would work just fine out here in the country. He still said no.

I dunno.... I don't know of a long term successful pig pet.

All that I know of either ended up as outside pets... or were sold/given away.

I think they get too strong... . So if not perfectly trained... a horror.

 

[ronott1]

No, after finding out it was just a stuffed duck in a case, we skipped the exciting spectacle.


I had one that was laying out 3 years ago. The only way I found her nest was to stalk her when I knew she hadn't yet laid that day. Takes a LOT of time since none of mine lay on a schedule. Finally followed her to her nest and snagged her. Put her in the barn where there were 6 nests to choose from. She was going NUTS trying to get out of the barn so I finally just locked her behind the gate that goes up to the house area where the girls spend a good part of their day. She made a nest by the pond behind the barn. Found that, took the eggs, she moved to another spot, twice. I gave up and just kept collecting her eggs from the nest daily. At least she wasn't laying 2' from the edge of the road anymore. Then we got the alpacas. She kept using the pond area nest that fall but decided the nest I made from a covered cat litter box in the "feed room" was OK once the snow fell. Been laying her eggs there ever since.


House beaver huh? Cute but no thanks! I wonder how it is going to transition to a life away from doting people.

 

[pennyJo1960]

sorry have 4 dogs still 8 cats no pigs or house chicken that is from me grew up on a farm guess I still have a farm mind or breeders mind, guys do not need to say no as I would never ask either

 

[microchick]

My hubby would say more than “no”. It would be more like “H-E-double toothpicks NO”

Same here.

Of course I was raised country with the knowledge that pigs lived out behind the barn and rolled in the mud there. Period. They were also turned into pork chops and bacon when the time came. My leeriness about pigs probably came from being little and visiting friend's farm who had hogs. They took us out and let us watch 'uncle Walt' feed the hogs and warned us kids not to go in the pen under any circumstances because their hogs would kill and eat us if given a chance.....okay...pigs will eat you. Good reason not to want them around. Of course if you die in your chicken pen they will do the same thing but never known a chicken to kill a person.

Granted mini pot bellies are cute as all begeezers but once a friend who had one came over to our house. I was sitting on the floor playing with the little devil and it marched over to me and bit my little toe......uncle Walt was right! They will eat you if given the chance.

Did a head count this afternoon. 10 big hens and one big rooster left out of a flock of over 30 large fowl birds. Well that sux but on the bright side, I grabbed two BO hens and one Welly hen and all three of them had good keel bone ratings. I know there are a few in the bunch that will have to be culled though but my rooster is in good shape and I know I will be left with a few birds who will peacefully live out their lives, grow old and drop dead off their roost pole in the middle of the night like all good chickens do.

 

[pennyJo1960]

We were not threatened that pigs would kill us just that do not make pets of those we would eat later was how we were raised

 

[bruceha2000]

Did a head count this afternoon. 10 big hens and one big rooster left out of a flock of over 30 large fowl birds. Well that sux but on the bright side, I grabbed two BO hens and one Welly hen and all three of them had good keel bone ratings. I know there are a few in the bunch that will have to be culled though but my rooster is in good shape and I know I will be left with a few birds who will peacefully live out their lives, grow old and drop dead off their roost pole in the middle of the night like all good chickens do.

I guess there is some lemonade with your Mareks lemons. Too little though.

 

[microchick]

Yep, Bruce, but ya gotta squeeze those lemons when they are given to you to the last drop especially when dealing with Marek's