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Pot belly crosses?

I know it has been asked before somewhere but.... I have a male potbelly and a duroc/Hampshire sow. Can they be crossed for smaller meat pigs, that will just be on the lardy side? Or will I make some...

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Pet not Pork: Australian Miniature.

View attachment 5715 Hi, does anyone on here have an australian miniature pig? or pet pig? I have so many questions for anyone out there that has a pet pig!!! My little girl is 7weeks Questions: what...

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Is my potbelly pregnant?

View attachment 5634 View attachment 5635 View attachment 5633 I "rescued" Penny and her brother from a neighbor who was neglecting them. I couldn't get the male neutered until 2 weeks after I got...

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GOS/Tamworth Crosses

I am inching closer to starting our tiny breeding program. I want to know, those that have tried it, how the GOS/Tamworth crosses have performed for you? We have a young Tamworth boar and GOS gilt. I...

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Pure Bred GOS and Tamworths Needed

We will be looking for another young Tamworth boar & gilt and possibly a GOS boar & gilt. We live in NE Ohio and if you know or have these breeds, please let us know. I will also be checking...

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Getting a couple heritage pigs….added a picture!

I am VERY new to this, but decided to take the plunge into heritage pigs. I am getting a gilt that is half American Guinea Hog and 1/2 Kune Kune. She looks like an AGH with a short turned up nose like...

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Potbelly mix for meat

I'm hoping a new thread might get some interest. I have a mini pig boar and I want to breed him to my sow who is a black English hog, to create a small pasture pig. Black English hogs have...

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Are my pot bellied pigs pregnant?

Hi, I am new to pig breeding and in looking online to find information about signs of pig pregnancy I am just not able to tell. Is there anyone that can guess if they are pregnant and if so, around how...

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Mini Teaser Boar?

Hello! I will be purchasing 4 breeding sows in a few months. We want to use AI, however, that still normally means having a teaser boar. I'm wondering if anyone knows if it works to use a mini/potbelly...

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American Guinea Hogs and another question

I was looking for a docile pig breed, and the American Guinea Hogs look like they are a great breed! I have some question for AGH owners. Do they root? (my mom does not want to get a pig that roots a...

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will pregnant sow allow boar to mount?

Hello there. My husband raised pigs 18 years ago, and just yesterday we decided to venture back into pigs. We got 3 American Guinea Hogs, a 5 month old Boar, an 18 month old pregnant sow, and a 2.5...

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Looking for opinions on my pig.

I got this pig last month and named her Pinky lol! The guy I got her from said she was part York and supposed to be bred. She is big and long but has short legs. I think she is mixed with a potbelly...

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Mini Pigs

Is it hard to keep mini pigs contained in their pen? And at what age can they breed? What age is it safest to allow them to breed? Thanks in advance!

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Kune Kune vs. Guinea Hog

I am shopping for the right breed for my family of six. We rent a home w/a grassy side and back yard, as well as, a small grassy persimmon orchard. I'm looking for a smaller, friendly, easy care, easy...

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Sow avoiding boar

Well we have been breeding our tamworth sow to a tam/berk boar for almost 4.5 years, last February (5 months ago) our sow was almost ready to farrow and suffered stillborn piglets due to a situation...

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Potbelly Pig in heat or pregnant

Is my pot belly pig in heat or is she pregnant. Her vagina is big and swollen but her breast are also getting bigger

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Pig in heat?

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American Guinea Hogs!

We got some hogs! American Guinea Hogs! We got 2 sows, a gilt, a boar, and 2 non-breeder quality gilts. The gilt gave birth to 6 piglets the day before we brought them, and the two sows are expecting...

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Line breeding. NEED HELP

Hi there, I just bought 2 Hampshire pigs, same dad different moms,they arent ready to breed yet, but when they are can I breed them? I've done a little research and it looks like a hit or miss, I just...

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Half siblings?

I've never had pigs. .. that said, I know that all the research and advice in the world doesn't compare to actually having experience with any particular animal, but. .. I want pigs. .. and they'll be...

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