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Misadventures in pig farming part 2
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<blockquote data-quote="shaz" data-source="post: 1192326" data-attributes="member: 13738"><p>Back in may I posted that I was going to raise six pigs for slaughter. It was an experiment and we don't have a steer in the pipeline like we usually do so I needed to ge something in the freezer within a few months. The kids always like getting free meat frm us anyway.</p><p></p><p>So, here's the rundown.</p><p>I got six Yorkshires and raised them in an old barn. They were 30lbs and we raised them to 260-320. Just had them slaughtered last weekend and got all the meat back except for the hams which are still curing.</p><p></p><p>Numbers:</p><p>Pigs were 110 each which is steep but the were the only ones I could find. No big deal.</p><p>Feed costs were 150 each. Did everything possible to keep cost down. I fed alot of sack corn, thrift store bred, Shell Mart Deli rejects, stale donuts from a Vietnamese pastry shop and a whole lot of grass clippings.</p><p></p><p>We weighed all the meat and final production costs was 2.36/lb based on packaged meat.</p><p>Don't know if it was worth doing or not. Production cost seemed pretty good for somebody with no grain storage.</p><p></p><p>I kinda had fun too. :banana:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shaz, post: 1192326, member: 13738"] Back in may I posted that I was going to raise six pigs for slaughter. It was an experiment and we don't have a steer in the pipeline like we usually do so I needed to ge something in the freezer within a few months. The kids always like getting free meat frm us anyway. So, here's the rundown. I got six Yorkshires and raised them in an old barn. They were 30lbs and we raised them to 260-320. Just had them slaughtered last weekend and got all the meat back except for the hams which are still curing. Numbers: Pigs were 110 each which is steep but the were the only ones I could find. No big deal. Feed costs were 150 each. Did everything possible to keep cost down. I fed alot of sack corn, thrift store bred, Shell Mart Deli rejects, stale donuts from a Vietnamese pastry shop and a whole lot of grass clippings. We weighed all the meat and final production costs was 2.36/lb based on packaged meat. Don't know if it was worth doing or not. Production cost seemed pretty good for somebody with no grain storage. I kinda had fun too. :banana: [/QUOTE]
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