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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1192519" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>We raise a pig or two for the freezer each year, but we raise them a little different. The kids want to show one, so we buy a little better quality, and feed it show feed (can we say $$$$), but it tastes great in the freezer!</p><p>We pay $300 for a 90 pound piglet (around Feb). I buy from a guy that raises show stock, and has several sales in the winter and spring (<a href="http://stevecobbfamily.com/" target="_blank">http://stevecobbfamily.com/</a>) and he delivers the pigs close to us (part of the deal). I wait until his online sale is over, then pick up on that did not sell for what ever reason. </p><p>Then we feed it Mormans show feed, which is pricey, but since my kids like to put the work into trying to win, I like to give them a good chance at doing it without going broke on a $1000 pig! I figure we buy about 9 sacks, and they average $17/50 lbs, so $153.</p><p>Our pork is always lean, we know what it ate from the moment it was put in our pen, and the kids get a sense of pride raising a fair animal and eating it themselves. Here is a pic of the pig this year, my son won Reserve Champion Market hog and is standing with the judge, and sold his ribbon earning over $500, so in essence the pig was free, but he kept the money to purchase a heifer. I think the pig weighed 276, if I remember correctly. :tiphat: </p><p><img src="http://i58.tinypic.com/wgxgld.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>It is a win win for us, I get good pork and my kids get the experience they will never forget. Oh, our oldest daughter raised a hamp last year, from the same family, and won Champion Market hog. Our fair is little, only about 40 pigs show up. But they are proud of their market pigs they raise!</p><p>This year we are pouring concrete where we put the pig (in the barn, in an 8 x 12 foot area). It will be much easier to keep clean for the 4 months we have the pig.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and Skyhigh, we do not buy meat either, we raise all our meat. Well, except some chicken.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1192519, member: 18809"] We raise a pig or two for the freezer each year, but we raise them a little different. The kids want to show one, so we buy a little better quality, and feed it show feed (can we say $$$$), but it tastes great in the freezer! We pay $300 for a 90 pound piglet (around Feb). I buy from a guy that raises show stock, and has several sales in the winter and spring ([url=http://stevecobbfamily.com/]http://stevecobbfamily.com/[/url]) and he delivers the pigs close to us (part of the deal). I wait until his online sale is over, then pick up on that did not sell for what ever reason. Then we feed it Mormans show feed, which is pricey, but since my kids like to put the work into trying to win, I like to give them a good chance at doing it without going broke on a $1000 pig! I figure we buy about 9 sacks, and they average $17/50 lbs, so $153. Our pork is always lean, we know what it ate from the moment it was put in our pen, and the kids get a sense of pride raising a fair animal and eating it themselves. Here is a pic of the pig this year, my son won Reserve Champion Market hog and is standing with the judge, and sold his ribbon earning over $500, so in essence the pig was free, but he kept the money to purchase a heifer. I think the pig weighed 276, if I remember correctly. :tiphat: [img]http://i58.tinypic.com/wgxgld.jpg[/img] It is a win win for us, I get good pork and my kids get the experience they will never forget. Oh, our oldest daughter raised a hamp last year, from the same family, and won Champion Market hog. Our fair is little, only about 40 pigs show up. But they are proud of their market pigs they raise! This year we are pouring concrete where we put the pig (in the barn, in an 8 x 12 foot area). It will be much easier to keep clean for the 4 months we have the pig. Oh, and Skyhigh, we do not buy meat either, we raise all our meat. Well, except some chicken..... [/QUOTE]
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