So a piggie at 6 months should weigh 90-100 grams. Long answer: Time to market weight varies greatly with the breed of pig, your goal market weight and what you feed the pigs. They paid for slaughter. Forget TM and market your product locally. Lilac is Jane Levellle-Gay Ludwig's precious pet pig. A fully grown guineapig at 12 months could weigh up to 1000 grams. It does - or should - go on weight not age. : Large loaf of bread = 900 g I hope this helps. Penelope at 6 months old and she's now 3 years old. The typical market pig is 250 lbs or so because that is where they start putting on marbling and the rate of feed to meat conversion drops. I would love to give you an exact number, but there are too many factors to take into account, and a 6 month old pig on one farm can vary in size greatly from the same age pig on another farm (or even within litters on the same farm). Our pigs routinely reached 240 - 250 lbs by 5 1/2 months. Chubs (spotted pig) we got at 9 months old and he's now 1 year old. He is sweeter, calmer, and more personable without the itchiness and agitation caused by the mange. Best of all, if they are purchased from different breeders and have no family ties. Lilac as a baby. A pig’s food and water requirements change as pigs grow. I called two months ago and there was a two month wait for butcher. Growing & Finishing Pigs … If you grow dairy piglets for sale, it is recommended to have three Vietnamese sows and one producer in a small farm. Short answer: 6 months from birth. Some like them fattier, some like them leaner. Piglets (Under 40 lbs.) Oscar has been mange free for a month, and we can now see how much the mange affected not only his behavior, but also his personality and overall demeanor. At that point, we separated the gilts we planned to keep and put them on a more maintenance ration. Some people like bigger pigs, some smaller. This also represents the typical size many pigs can get to in one warm season thus making them fit with fall or early winter slaughter. Don't sell yourself short. Oscar just turned 6 months old, so it’s time for his height and weight check. Both are Monalisa Lidberg's piggy children. Kunekune pigs grow well and they have the ability to fatten on little more than grass. This woman buys at least 3 pigs a year from me so the price can't be too bad. The average weight measurement for this age group girls is 7.3 kgs, according to the CDC. We just brought our first hogs to butcher. Lilac 5 years later. The second picture is these two pigs at 7 years and 2 months old. We have just sold a 6 month old pig on hook weight. Hi Helen Yes, I aim for a live weight of 60kg, which works out at just a little over 40kg once the abattoir have done their deadly work. In most cases, girls weight measurements for this age group (6 month old baby) will lie within the range between 5.73 and 8.93 kgs. Mature Pig — 750 — 1000 gm weight gained / day e.g. The boars become fertile within their 6 to 7 months of age, and the gilts can become pregnant at 5 months. Oscar mostly enjoys relaxing in the sun spot these days. The usual weight of a one-year-old Vietnamese pig is 100–110 kg, and the maximum weight of the producing boar reaches 120 kg. They are the only true grazing pig and can be maintained with grass alone without supplementary feeding. Our finisher pigs have about 0.75" (boars) to 1" (gilts) of back fat. I thought they needed a bit more time and knew they would be heavier than the standard butcher hog of 250 lbs live weight when we brought them in. We always bred our replacement gilts at around 8 months of age, and they had usually been cycling for 6 - 8 weeks before breeding. My experience with old breeds (Berkshire and British Saddleback) has been that they reach 60kg in around 6 months, so your aim for 50-55 carcass wight at 7-8 months … $275.00 with a hook weight of 55kgs. 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