The British Kunekune Pig Society

Hi, I would suggest buying a pig book or two. They will give indepth detail to all your questions, and the answers to a few questions you didn't know to ask. The first thing you need to do is comply with the law on keeping pigs. But its not hard, so don't worry. 1) Get a CPH number if you don't have...

Glad to hear things are going well.

Theres a 4ft covered hay rack you could use to keep the hay in.

Hi, there is some good information on this previous post:
Older sow bleeding from vagina

The last few 2019 Kunekune Pig Calendars are available in the BKKPS Shop

Like anyone offered greens I am sure they will turn their nose up at the hay and demand the nice high protein nuts. But if they are hungry enough they will eat it. Be wary of feeding the big three together as the same thing will happen - one of them will continue to get bigger.

The first thing to tackle is feeding them separately so that you can give each pig a set amount. If you feed them together then the biggest pigs will get most food. So separate pens that they trot into for meal times would be best. 'Sow breeder nuts' sound like they have a high protein content. Ask ...

If you could encourage the owner of the boar you found to list the boar:
http://www.britishkunekunesociety.org.u ... tstud.aspx

Pigs won't soil their bed. But in a large space they will only consider part of it to be the bed, even if your opinion differs. They are presumably still small and won't consider all of the arc to be bedding. So you could block off half or most of the arc until they get bigger and just leave them wi...

The latest results are here

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... date18.pdf

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/african-swine-fever

This isn't something I have ever seen. If you can add a photo, that would be good so that everyone could see what you are talking about. There are a variety of (often innocent) reasons why pigs get lumps, so I would be wary of an internet diagnosis. The best thing would be to consult a vet. The BKKP...

African swine fever (ASF), a virus that affects pigs and wild boar, has been identified in Belgium.
Read further guidance on the AHDB website.

https://ahdb.org.uk/knowledge-library/a ... wine-fever

Details of The British Kunekune Pig Society's 2018 AGM are available on the website:
http://www.britishkunekunesociety.org.u ... enews.aspx

Hi For practical information about housing , feeding etc: Read the articles here Buy a book(s) and pretty quickly you'll know all you need to get started. To help make the decision about whether its the right thing for you, which breed to get, how many etc there is no substitute for getting close to...

I think that even at a week old a piglet would make such a noise and wriggle so much that the fox would be scared off. I don't think you need to worry at all.

DNA testing does prove parentage. But it doesn't prove the breed of pig. I don't know many people prepared to breed 3, or the preferable 5, generations so that they could register offspring. But if you think its a good idea write an article for the newsletter, propose it at the AGM and persuade ever...