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I'm Getting a Pig

October 12th, 2017 at 01:17 am

Not one to raise, thank you very much, one for the freezer. A woman on my farm group is selling pork and originally she was just selling halves, but she was offering them $250 for a half. That includes slaughter, cut, and wrap as well. So I asked if it was possible I could get a whole one for $500 and she said absolutely. The hanging weight on one she just did was 130 lbs per half, so 260 pounds after all the waste is removed.

It could be as little as 200 pounds, but at just 200 pounds it still works out to $2.50 a pound. At 260 pounds it works out to $1.92 a pound. So the likelihood is somewhere in between the two, but maybe it'll be a bigger one, as she said they were getting rid of the feed burners first, which tend to be the biggest ones.

And they were fed a soy free diet, which is important with my daughter's soy allergies. You are what your food eats. What they were fed was barley, whey, corn, and vegetables. So I am pretty happy, even if it is not organic.

With this purchase I feel like we can go at least 9 months without having to buy beef or pork, possibly even a year without having to buy pork unless we run out of bacon. Well, we might run out of hamburger, too, but I can get a big box of that for $300 if it comes down to it. It makes me feel much more secure. I will be canning a lot of the pork, just because we mostly like pulled pork for various recipes. We still don't have enough chicken, but I've been working on that. We have plenty of fish and plenty of rabbit.

I'll be canning squash, too. I wish I could can it pureed, but that is not considered safe. I have to can it in chunks. But squash can sit for months before it has to be dealt with. I know we'll be fine when it comes to food now. It is just everything else that I still have to worry about.

3 Responses to “I'm Getting a Pig”

  1. Tabs Says:
    1507875594

    On a relate note, I've been looking into hog hunting. I mean, they are a pest, but they are also a source of meat soooo, that and I personally enjoy the idea of hunting and shooting, so I think it's a win-win. I don't know for sure yet. If you have any thoughts on that, or know anyone who does hog hunting, I would love to hear more about it.

  2. LivingAlmostLarge Says:
    1507912710

    That's incredible deal. Wow that you have the space.

  3. rob62521 Says:
    1507951555

    Wow, what a super deal!

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