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Tuesday September 06, 2011 - By David
Tamworth Gilt I promised I would update you on the Little Tamworth Gilt who thinks she is a chicken. A
few weeks ago I noticed a pig running through the yard. I watched as
she zipped down past the house and disappeared. I was sure she belonged
to our...
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Thursday June 23, 2011 - By David
Are you sure you want to delete this post? This action is permanent. Yes, delete post No, keep post After several years of contemplating and researching old heritage breed pigs I have purchased a Large Black boar piglet to cross breed...
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Wednesday May 04, 2011 - By David
Tamworth Pigs Rooting A question I always get from farmers who are considering raising hogs on pasture is, "how much will they root?" What they are really asking is how much damage are they going to inflict on my pastures? That's a good...
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Boardtown Organics -
Monday March 28, 2011 - By Greg
It's been a while since our last blog but here's what going on at Boardtown....... Our Tamworths are ready to go to the processor!!! We are just waiting on the labels to get approved by the Ms Dept of Ag! Our young Red Star birds that we...
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Friday March 11, 2011 - By David
Heritage Breed Tamworth When I first started raising Tamworth pigs they were listed with The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy as "critical." Since then they have been moved to the "threatened" list. While
there are many ways to...
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Friday March 04, 2011 - By David
Tamworth Sow and Piglets Tamworth pigs are the breed I decided to raise for several reasons. One, they have big litters. They also are typically good mothers. We farrow our sows outside in the warm months and many times the sow just goes into the...
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Saturday February 26, 2011 - By David
Tamworth Gilt Pigs are easily to keep in with electric fence. But training them to respect it is critical. When we start new piglets out here on the farm. We always take them through a training process. Without
training them you will end up...
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Rainbow Ranch Farms -
Thursday February 24, 2011 - By Poly
12 piglets born to first time mommy, Cheetoe. She was very protective of her piglets while we were moving them to a secure area, while she followed.
2 at a time, being moved into a warm area for the cold winter...
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Friday January 28, 2011 - By David
Purebred Tamworth Barrow Several years ago I was surprised to have a pig that looked more like a Oxford Sandy & Black pig from England. I was surprised because it was the offspring of a registered pair of Tamworth! It was my when I first started...
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Monday January 24, 2011 - By David
Junior cuddling his foster mom I was digging through some photos today and came across Junior. Junior was orphaned in the winter of 2006. Actually my wife was outside and heard a piglet squealing as if in distress. She
went to investigate and ...
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Thursday January 13, 2011 - By David
Tamworth Pigs I came across this old account of hogging off corn recently. Since I was already thinking this might be a good idea as I blogged about a couple of months ago it seemed a good addition to my previous post. HOGGING OFF CORN FIELDS - J.M....
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Tuesday December 21, 2010 - By David
Are you sure you want to delete this post? This action is permanent. Yes, delete post No, keep post Tamworth Pigs Ever
wonder how you keep grass-fed pigs and chickens eating grass in the
winter? The main way of course...
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Monday December 20, 2010 - By David
Tamworth Boar circa 1914 The
Tamworth is probably the purest of the modern breeds of swine, it
having been improved more largely by selection and care than by the
introduction of the blood of other breeds. One historian claims
...
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Friday December 10, 2010 - By David
Chemical Wormer At Spring Hill Farms we try to do things as close to natural as we can. To us that means no chemical wormers. I
realize many farms do use chemical wormers. I also know small farms or
organically oriented farms many times use chemical,...
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Monday November 15, 2010 - By David
The practice of letting pigs eat the corn from the stalks is a good alternative way of finishing pigs. It is a great labor saving practice because instead of having to pick the corn the pigs do the picking! It was a popular method in the early 1900's...
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Tuesday November 09, 2010 - By David
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Did you know? The Tamworth is one of the great ‘dual purpose’
pigs producing stunningly good pork as well as equally tremendous bacon. In the
mid 1990’s the Tamworth came top in a taste test carried out by...
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Sunday November 07, 2010 - By David
This is a good video showing the primal cuts of a half hog. Chef Johns comments on the quality of the bacon on the Tamworth side he is cutting.
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Wednesday July 28, 2010 - By David
I shot some video of our newest piglets. These are from our oldest sow. She only had 6 this time and 2 didn't make it. Her age may be starting to show as she normally has 10+ Anyway enjoy, piglets are always fun to watch!
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Saturday April 03, 2010 - By Brett & Stephanie
As many of you know, this is our first year as a CSA. I have been selling produce down in Rochester for the last couple of years out of a 3 acre garden we had always kept here on the 10 acres where we live. CSA is just a little larger scale then what I was...
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