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Author Topic: What's the best pig to cross with wild stock?  (Read 1827 times)
Wmwendler
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« on: August 07, 2008, 12:49:42 pm »

There is a type of hog called a Tamworth, thats also called a Irish Grazer because they do well foraging for them selves.  I've always thought it would be a good cross to breed up some wild hogs.  U could turn some Sows out and let the wild boars breed them, and if they perform like it is said they could dang near take care of them selves.  Its a pretty rare breed so there are not very many around.

I may be crazy, but the most running hogs I always come across are not hogs with allot of russian (Euro) blood.  The runners are the coal black hogs, old lines of wild hogs from back when they starting increasing in population years ago. 

Of all The ones that Iv'e killed or seen killed that look like Cody's boar, with the split hiars and other European (russain) charateristics were not that bad to bay In my experience. They have enough agression and will stand and fight a dog if the dog plays its cards right.  Sometimes I think people get on a running hog and dang that thing must be a russian because it got away when it might not even have any European blood at all.  But if it got away how do you know if it was a russian or a pot belly?  But like I said I might be crazy and thats just my opinion.

Waylon

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