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Post by Tonnymonk on Sept 24, 2007 12:19:54 GMT -6
Also known as Bacon Bit.   A full body pic  And one without the bars-  Aint she purty?? She is not very friendly, yet, but I am working on that!  |
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Post by mckenzygirl on Sept 24, 2007 21:58:02 GMT -6
She's is pretty!  We bought a pig from My husbands brother in law, but he raised them at his place. We just got to pick up all the packages in the fall. I'd like to raise a few pigs for meat. Maybe next year.  |
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Sept 25, 2007 7:08:54 GMT -6
Hey der Lil Bit...  purty and pig don't go together with me, but Deliciously-Beautiful she is  Hey MickyG, I know yer outa town, so just tell me where to go and I'll pick up yer pork parcels fer ya  |
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Post by egh on Sept 26, 2007 3:34:15 GMT -6
sooooooweeeeepig! thats a good looking pig ya got there for sure! bbq ribs......mmmmmmgood! yf egh  |
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Post by Wrennie on Sept 26, 2007 4:33:32 GMT -6
My cousins best friend had chickens & a pig when they were young. Arnold, the pig, was constantly getting loose. into the neighbors yards & gardens. Their dad finally got fed up. Was going to take Arnold to get butchered. Pig didnt want to get in the truck {go figure}. So he calls the butchher. "Do I have to bring him in live? Or can I do him in, he's giving me a heck of a time" Butcher says shoot the pig. So he gets there and is told we cant butcher him for ya cause he came in dead, so we dont know if he was healthy....... {{huh? Ya just me to shoot him...}} Dont remember how it was resolved. But kids would come home & ask "What's for dinner?" & mom would reply "Arnold".
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Post by Penny on Sept 26, 2007 9:10:11 GMT -6
Awwww.......too cute!!
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Post by Tonnymonk on Oct 1, 2007 11:42:09 GMT -6
And here is a video clip of her the day we finally let her out of her cage. Poor little thing was soooo happy to be free!  She sure is fattening up nicely! |
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Post by mckenzygirl on Oct 3, 2007 23:22:07 GMT -6
Oh that was so cute to hear your little one laughing on the video! Looks like your pig liked being set free!  Sorry pharmer phil, that was a few years back that we bought that pig and all.  |
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Post by Tonnymonk on Oct 5, 2007 8:37:15 GMT -6
Yeah, Micky- Mackenna LOVES "her" pig, so does Summer...Here they are with her... Mackenna "meeting" Lil Bit-  Summer was scared at first  But she came around nicely soon enough!  |
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Post by Christy on Oct 27, 2007 19:04:23 GMT -6
awwwwwwww mack has such a cute laugh! she sure loved her freedom! runnin around, are you gonna raise pigs for food or as pets? did i hear thst right? did summer just ask id pigs drank their pee? awwww kids say the darndest things! |
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Post by Tonnymonk on Nov 1, 2007 6:48:23 GMT -6
We are raising Little Bit for food, Sweet Pea- I'm not sure yet whether we will be able to put her on the table  Hand raising one to eat is a bit different than tossing food in. Yup, that's what she said- I was hoping noone would notice that!  |
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Post by Tonnymonk on Jan 28, 2008 6:53:07 GMT -6
Well- Lil' Bit's "time" came a bit sooner than expected. She managed to climb out of the pen yesterday and after chasing her and bribing her- we had to put her down before she got in the road and cost us more in car repair than it cost to raise her.  I'm sure gonna miss that lil thing! (All 140+ pounds of her) We are doing the butchering ourselves since the Cold Storage place around here won't take one if it is already dead. We hung her overnight and are going to do the cutting and packaging tonight. I'll let you know how it all goes. One last pic of her- She sure was a perty piggie!!   |
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jan 28, 2008 7:06:11 GMT -6
as soon as I seen this in the "50 most recent" I phigured her time was up! Good, I'm glad your home butcherin her, people should do their own butchering, not enuff do, and before ya know it, it's another "lost skill" that the next generation will have no knowledge of! Here's to ya (hits exalt button) |
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Post by Tonnymonk on Jan 28, 2008 7:09:23 GMT -6
Thanks Phil! Yeah- we always did our own butchering growing up(cows, pigs, chickens, etc..) I am re-learning it all because I was just a young-un, but I actually enjoy this part(kinda wierd to most people, but......) Our neighbor that gave us the pig in the first place is teaching us(Doug and I) how it's done. He really is a life saver!! My oldest thought it was really cool to see the whole process. She is definitely her momma's girl! |
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Post by crazy1 on Jan 28, 2008 7:10:15 GMT -6
I'm with Phil on this one. Also an exalt sent from me  |
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jan 28, 2008 7:22:13 GMT -6
well it is something that takes practice, a pheller that laura knows wanted advice on butcherin his deer, I told him to bring it out, cause it had been a couple years (actually 12, or since I moved to this DEER BARREN STATE) (i'll get some comments on dat) So, If you are to be an observer...Maybe some pics on the how to We have already virtually butchered a  sheep here on da phorum |
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Post by Tonnymonk on Jan 28, 2008 7:48:15 GMT -6
This one is mostly done, but I can get some "Meat cutting" pics iph ya want.... We did all the "hard" stuff last night. When Sweet Pea's time comes- I will remember the camera. |
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Sorry pharmer phil, that was a few years back that we bought that pig and all. 
I'm sure gonna miss that lil thing! (All 140+ pounds of her) We are doing the butchering ourselves since the Cold Storage place around here won't take one if it is already dead. We hung her overnight and are going to do the cutting and packaging tonight. I'll let you know how it all goes. 