ITS BACON
This weekend Steph traded some goats for some pigs. We are down to 9 goats 2 sheep however, we now have 12 little 70 lb piggies. The idea is that goat is nice and all but they only kid out once a year and 2 per goat is pretty much the max so for a time to $ investment ratio goats are a pretty poor performer.
Hogs on the other hand have between 8-12 piglets twice a year with the average finished hog fetching between $150-250 a head it makes the $90-125 we were getting for the goats seem like a loosing deal. If this does not work out well then there is always sweet sweet bacon, and ham, and pork chops.
February 27th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Bacon is BETTER!!!!
Pigs are cute - goats are not.
Pigs smell - but goatsmell makes me sick.
No bacon from goats - only smelly goatcheese
that puts me in hospital.
No porkchops from goats only 2nd rate bad milk -
that puts me in hospital.
Then there is pork sausage and yuleham.
I don’t know - can you even make sausage
out of a scrawny goat?
Now if you just kill one goat every month I might
even can visit you next yule!
Haelsningar,
Johan