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12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Thu May 17, 12 5:47 pm Post subject:
Hi Steve, welcome in

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9917
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Thu May 17, 12 6:22 pm Post subject:
welcome

Rusticwood

Joined: 01 Dec 2009
Posts: 2154
Location: All over the South West

Posted: Thu May 17, 12 6:50 pm Post subject:
Hello from sunny Devon

Chickem

Joined: 27 Mar 2009
Posts: 3959
Location: Slightly soggy South Wales

Posted: Thu May 17, 12 6:55 pm Post subject:
Hello Sorry no Pigs 'ere

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 9015
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Thu May 17, 12 8:45 pm Post subject:
Croeso from Wales

arvo

Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Posts: 3321
Location: Somerset

Posted: Fri May 18, 12 7:16 am Post subject:
Hiya! Might be handy to ask the mid-Wales lot they're not a million miles away from you and might know someone who knows someone! Good luck.

Grays85

Joined: 17 May 2012
Posts: 3

Posted: Fri May 18, 12 7:32 am Post subject:
Thanks for the warm welcome. New donkey settled in well.. Will keep trying to get a boar.. Haven't heard how Tonys doin.. Am awaiting a reply. I believe Carron got rid of most of her pigs as she wasn't well? Last I heard!?

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 43758
Location: yes

Posted: Fri May 18, 12 7:50 am Post subject:

hi there,welcome

imho mangalitza genes are from a rather wild type ,a few folk here have decided that less enthusiastic pork is better to live with .

very tasty ,i managed to tame a m x berk enough for her to get big enough for proper hams but the rest were very bitey and went at roast pork size

are you sure you want a boar who may well be a bit fierce ?

the new tamworth boar is a sweetie ,m x tam would probably taste good and the tam genes should dilute the chewyness of mangas

kunes are nice and will get to a decent freezer size and are very charming

im not a pig expert but i know what bites ,canine or porcine ,miss bacon took a bit of taming with treats and cuddles just to make her safe to work with while she got big

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 43758
Location: yes

Posted: Fri May 18, 12 7:52 am Post subject:
ps the recipies on downsizer are as good as any anywhere

faerienono

Joined: 28 May 2011
Posts: 363

Posted: Fri May 18, 12 7:55 am Post subject:
Hello and welcome from me too. No pigs here any more either, but it may be worth getting her in pig with an available boar and then take time to find the one you really want, that way she gets a litter before she gets too old and difficult to get in pig, and you at least have a supply of porkers to go on with......

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 43758
Location: yes

Posted: Fri May 18, 12 8:12 am Post subject:

i would tend to agree with rob and paul that however good it tastes it aint worth risking life and limb with the squealing hoard of teeth ,nick put his lad in the freezer ,the rosewood m x were a nightmare for paul ,bitey and bold .the one i tamed was the most chilled .for comparison the gos x who were around at the same time acted like well trained spaniels

i like em to eat but would not want to work with em ,one moment of carelessness could be nasty

Grays85

Joined: 17 May 2012
Posts: 3

Posted: Fri May 18, 12 11:59 am Post subject: Mangalitza
[quote= are you sure you want a boar who may well be a bit fierce? Hi. I only want to hire a boar, to service the sow...

chicken feed

Joined: 27 Aug 2009
Posts: 2677

Posted: Fri May 18, 12 12:40 pm Post subject:
have you tried the breed society they should know of local breeders, if not you could always try AI (not magalitzas i dont think there is any available but you could try berkshire of tamworth should give good flavoursom pork in return.

Nell Merionwen

Joined: 02 Jun 2008
Posts: 16300
Location: Beautiful Derbyshire

Posted: Fri May 18, 12 1:46 pm Post subject:
Hello for the other side of Andrew's desk....

Pel

Joined: 29 Mar 2008
Posts: 2366
Location: Sennybridge

Posted: Wed May 23, 12 9:33 am Post subject:
Hello from west-wales Doesnt jon adis (think thats his name) have magalitza (sp?) maybe he knows of someone near you.

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