We have raised many different breeds or crosses of hogs through the years here. After a lot of research, we decided to try a heritage breed, the Hereford Hog. yes, they are the same red & white color as the Hereford cow. a very brightly colored, flashy pig. the pros were to be; good on pasture or confinement rearing, good flavor, maintaining some lard/fat to keep a good flavor to the meat, but not excessive, a docile easy to manage pig, that didn't get huge. after butchering our 1st, we are very pleased with the results. Full flavor, 3 sm containers of lard for baking, nice pig. our unofficial rate of gain was 1.76 lbs per day. not our biggest gain, but certainly a nice gain. on a diet of raw whole milk, some grains, and plenty of greens. a nice red pork, full of flavor. it looks like we'll keep them around. we have started with 2 gilts, who are actually 3/4 Hereford X 1/4 Hamp. we have a registered Hereford boar. next yrs pigs will be 7/8ths Hereford. we will be adding in purebred reg gilts in the next year. meet some of our pigs here, the gilts, registered boar, Jason & the market pigs. we will have a half possibly a whole hog available for butcher in Jan/Feb. raised on raw whole milk, grain & greens. we're also working on getting the pigs out to pasture, for pasture raised pork. instead of partially confinement raised.
