Worth of a 1 year PBP?

[bagendhens]

ive seen people listing adult PB's for free and still cant rehome them...
once there past the adorable phase of piglet life most of the "pet" folks dont want them anymore...
4h's dont want an adult unless there getting into breeding (and then they there paying for bloodlines and rbbons)
and most farms dont want them because well despite being a meat breed (yes the potbelly big was origionally designed to be Eaten) here in the US they are considered "pets" and most famrs and homestads simply dont have the room for lawn ornaments that dont pay their way these days.

so how much will realy depend on her personality and where you are.

if shes been bred in the past and had good litters, and has a good personality you could probably sell her to a small scale farmer whos looking to raise some extra income of the piglets.
if shes got a great personality and is spayed you could probbaly market her to the pet market...

ive seen them in MY area (and im in connecticut where everything is expensive) going for anything from free to $100 for an adult, babies often fetch a little more than double that...but adults are a hard sell around here.

 

[froggie71]

OK, since we aren't really going to sell him. I'm just looking for a round about number just to fill in a blank in a book. It really isn't that important, but I was hoping to get as realistic as possible. I do realize it is difficult to rehome a full grown pot belly, but he isn't even that. As I stated this book is geared toward meat pigs and not pet pigs so it makes it difficult. I do appreciate all the input so far.

 

[bagendhens]

well officially pbs are a meat breed so you could certainly value him on the same scale youd value any meat pig...
but id say around the $100 mark would be about "normal"