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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1768329" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>Commercially raised hogs go to slaughter between 230 and 250.</p><p></p><p>I've raised some to slaughter weight, once, so am not an expert. I've also bought home raised hogs.</p><p></p><p>I made a big mistake buying one that was "milk fed". It was mostly fat. A bad deal as the price went way up as we trimmed fat we threw in the garbage. It had no flavor, too. I'll never buy a milk fed pig again.</p><p></p><p>The ones I raised (20 of them) were kind of fun, but expensive to feed out. I tried to cut the costs by getting produce that was being discarded from a grocery store, but I doubt it helped much in growing them out. And it was a bitch to sort out all the contaminated crap the grocery store threw in the barrels. Commercial feeds and/or special mixes heavy in corn seem to be the best. I used pallets for fencing and they worked well. If I had one thing I would have liked to try it would be to raise one on pasture, but fencing would be prohibitive.</p><p></p><p>I also had a sow that had a litter. Cute little spuds and fun to watch. One got taken, I think, by an eagle. I found it some distance from the pen with huge rake marks, looked like talon slashes up both sides. I suspect it struggled free and was dropped from a height that killed it.</p><p></p><p>So that's what I know, along with some anecdotal bulls**t.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1768329, member: 42463"] Commercially raised hogs go to slaughter between 230 and 250. I've raised some to slaughter weight, once, so am not an expert. I've also bought home raised hogs. I made a big mistake buying one that was "milk fed". It was mostly fat. A bad deal as the price went way up as we trimmed fat we threw in the garbage. It had no flavor, too. I'll never buy a milk fed pig again. The ones I raised (20 of them) were kind of fun, but expensive to feed out. I tried to cut the costs by getting produce that was being discarded from a grocery store, but I doubt it helped much in growing them out. And it was a bitch to sort out all the contaminated crap the grocery store threw in the barrels. Commercial feeds and/or special mixes heavy in corn seem to be the best. I used pallets for fencing and they worked well. If I had one thing I would have liked to try it would be to raise one on pasture, but fencing would be prohibitive. I also had a sow that had a litter. Cute little spuds and fun to watch. One got taken, I think, by an eagle. I found it some distance from the pen with huge rake marks, looked like talon slashes up both sides. I suspect it struggled free and was dropped from a height that killed it. So that's what I know, along with some anecdotal bulls**t. [/QUOTE]
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