Raleigh Farm Has Heirloom Large Black Hogs for Sale

Our animals are producing some of the best food you will ever have in your life. We welcome you to become one of our farm family members today. Our pasture beef, pork, poultry, and eggs all are raised on our farm from "conception to consumption." We are especially proud to be able to offer for sale our Large Black Hogs. If you've never raised this hog, you're in for a delightful treat. End Quote

(1888PressRelease) August 31, 2011 - Ray Family Farms is proud to offer the Large Black Hog for sale in North Carolina. These heirloom pigs offer many great reasons why you should add them to your livestock inventory. Here's some information that might be of value to you.

Also referred to as the Devon pig due to it's English origins, Large Black Hogs were initially referred to as the Lop Eared Black. A new breed organization for this endangered pig was created in 1898. Large Black Hogs are preferred because of their significant size in addition to their particularly excellent taste in addition to being extremely docile, an outstanding land forager and having fantastic mothering abilities.

The Large Black is frequently cross bred together with Yorkshire as well as Berkshire stock to get the best possible meat production. Ray Family Farms offers this service. This hybrid is really an extremely healthy breed as well as being highly regarded commercially.

The name conjures up pictures associated with it's true form. A huge body pig, solid black, together with floppy ears which drop over it's eyes which, even though creates a barrier to it's eye-site, shields them in the event the pig is foraging as well as rooting. As stated previously, the Large Black Hog is well known for it's mother's instincts as well as it's abilities as a forager. As a result of it's capability to raise and ween quite large litters, of up to 8-10 piglets, outdoors in the natural elements, it's survival instincts provide them excellent genetic worth. It's crucial to be aware that female weight problems may cause cystic ovaries as well as trigger it's fertility to drop off. Jowl size can be a good signal as to whether or not the pig is actually overweight or not and may be used like a gauge in order to monitor the pigs condition. The adult boar can easily weigh around 700-800 lbs with the sows achieving 600-700 lbs when fully mature.

Due to the elevated development in pastured management systems as well as the growing interest by consumers to get field raised pork products, there's growing desire for the Large Black Hog that is certainly acknowledged as the very best animal to satisfy these needs. Ray Family Farms is one of about 300 breeders in the US.

At Ray Family Farms in Louisburg, NC - near Raleigh North Carolina - we've got a waiting list for the piglets so make sure you contact us at 919-422-1372 or on our website. We can cross certain breeds with our Large Black boar such as Yorkshire as well as Berkshire to get ideal meat production. Our own pigs are living off of clover, grasses, in addition to woodlands. We additionally complement their particular diet together with fresh ground alfalfa, corn, oats, barley, as well as wheat. We provide them alfalfa hay in the wintertime. Our own pasture pork will be finished together with apples, pears, acorns, as well as dairy products (seriously). We hope to hear from you soon!

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