Comments on: Pig in a Poke http://chickensintheroad.com/dailyfarm/pig-in-a-poke/ Life in Ordinary Splendor Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:41:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: B. Ruth http://chickensintheroad.com/dailyfarm/pig-in-a-poke/#comment-44732 B. Ruth Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:22:34 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=12513#comment-44732 Hey Suz’….. Some pigs smell real good…..they sniff out truffles in France..….sorry couldn‘t help it…! If your piggy’s are partially free range…with a nice, wallow in a corner…they tend not to squalor up their sleeping area….also a thick bed helps to absorb the odor, then the area won’t stink quite as much. I read the meat tastes much better too, something about less stress. I read about a scientific study being done on swine odor and manure management in Ames, Iowa, very interesting reading if you want to google it…My Grandma always had hogs going to bacon and ham….she gave the hogs plenty of room and there was no better tasting pork like it…she always slopped away from their bedding area too…I have smelled a pig sty and then I have smelled a pig squalor………. Dp you remember this little song for kids that goes something like… Two little pigs rolled in the mud, squishy, squashy felt so good. The farmer took two pigs out. Oink, oink, oink the pigs did shout. No little pigs rolled in the mud. they all looked so clean and good…. The farmer turned his back and then those little pigs rolled in the mud again…. PS….wonder if we could train piggy’s to sniff out chocolate truffles….here piggy, seweee, seweee pig! Hey Suz’…..

Some pigs smell real good…..they sniff out truffles in France..….sorry couldn‘t help it…!

If your piggy’s are partially free range…with a nice, wallow in a corner…they tend not to squalor up their sleeping area….also a thick bed helps to absorb the odor, then the area won’t stink quite as much. I read the meat tastes much better too, something about less stress. I read about a scientific study being done on swine odor and manure management in Ames, Iowa, very interesting reading if you want to google it…My Grandma always had hogs going to bacon and ham….she gave the hogs plenty of room and there was no better tasting pork like it…she always slopped away from their bedding area too…I have smelled a pig sty and then I have smelled a pig squalor……….

Dp you remember this little song for kids that goes something like…
Two little pigs rolled in the mud, squishy, squashy felt so good.
The farmer took two pigs out. Oink, oink, oink the pigs did shout.
No little pigs rolled in the mud. they all looked so clean and good….
The farmer turned his back and then those little pigs rolled in the mud again….

PS….wonder if we could train piggy’s to sniff out chocolate truffles….here piggy, seweee, seweee pig!

]]> By: Wheezay http://chickensintheroad.com/dailyfarm/pig-in-a-poke/#comment-44678 Wheezay Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:10:29 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=12513#comment-44678 They stink..but they are cute stinkers. :pinkpig: They stink..but they are cute stinkers. :pinkpig:

]]> By: Sandy http://chickensintheroad.com/dailyfarm/pig-in-a-poke/#comment-44674 Sandy Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:35:59 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=12513#comment-44674 Ours are waaayyy over on the other side of the property. :pinkpig: Too bad for the new neighbors that moved in after the pen was built. They say they can't smell it, but the pigs were young back then. Ours are waaayyy over on the other side of the property. :pinkpig: Too bad for the new neighbors that moved in after the pen was built. They say they can’t smell it, but the pigs were young back then.

]]> By: CindyP http://chickensintheroad.com/dailyfarm/pig-in-a-poke/#comment-44669 CindyP Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:42:25 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=12513#comment-44669 For how good they taste, you wouldn't think they would smell that awful, would ya??? For how good they taste, you wouldn’t think they would smell that awful, would ya???

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