Well the corn must be working the pigs are getting huge!!!! Yesterday Jamie measured them since they turned 6 months old. I am happy to say they grew tons!!!
The girl pigs weight came in at 202lbs, that's a gain of a whopping 66lbs in one month. The boys weight came in at 180lbs, with a huge gain of 64lbs in the last month.
Girl Pig, 6 months old
Boy Pig, 6 months old
I just stocked up on corn and bought 4 bags not realizing the pigs would have grown that much in one month. We will be feeding them the rest of the corn which should last us about 2 more weeks and we will measure them again. We are hoping that they will be ready to go to the butcher by the end of February.
Besides their weight gain, they are doing great health wise. Happy pigs, very sociable. They love when we come down for feeding time obviously, but they also love to have pats and scratches.
It's been raining quite a bit here for the past couple of weeks, so Jamie and I spent an hour or so cleaning out their pen over the weekend, getting rid of all the muddy, wet hay. Once done, we put down about 2 bales of hay for them to lay on. They were so happy flipping the hay in the air and laying down rubbing in it.
I took a few pictures of Jamie measuring the pigs.
Jamie with the pigs 1-29-12
Jamie measuring the boy pig 1-29-12
Jamie measuring the boy pig 1-29-12
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