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AnnaD



Joined: 12 Jun 2007
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Location: Edinburgh
PostPosted: Tue Oct 02, 12 12:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hello there

crofter



Joined: 11 Feb 2007
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 02, 12 1:01 pm    Post subject: Re: Newcomers... Reply with quote
    

nicelife wrote:

Maybe a good moment to start with a question...
We'd be interested to learn what weight of feed pr pig (nuts or otherwise)


Be careful in there...

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Authorities in the US are investigating how a farmer was eaten by his pet pigs.

Terry Vance Garner, 70, set out to feed his animals on his farm near the Oregon coast last week, but he was never seen again.

A family member later found Mr Garner’s dentures and parts of his body in the pig enclosure on his farm, but most of his remains had been consumed by the animals,

12Bore



Joined: 15 Jun 2008
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Location: Paddling in the Mersey
PostPosted: Tue Oct 02, 12 1:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hi Pete, welcome in to DS

Nicky cigreen



Joined: 25 Jun 2007
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Location: Devon, uk
PostPosted: Tue Oct 02, 12 1:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

welcome

I agree with Nick re pig feed: a pound a day per month up to a max of 4 lbs a day - so at 2 months they were getting 2 lbs of feed a day each, at three months 3 lbs of feed per day each.

They go to slaughter around the 6 - 8 months mark - when they are the right size really.

chez



Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset
PostPosted: Tue Oct 02, 12 2:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Welcome!

(Ask MJ about the apostrophe key on her blackberry if you *really* want to get your own back )

Rusticwood



Joined: 01 Dec 2009
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Location: All over the South West
PostPosted: Tue Oct 02, 12 8:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hello from Devon
We're just the other side of Holsworthy

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