Kunekune Pork is back from the processor!
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- Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2023
- When we started raising our Kunekune pigs it was always our intention to use them for meat to feed our family. We wanted a pair of breeders so that we could always have pork available. We are almost at the point that our herd is getting big enough that we will have different aged pigs available. It has taken quite awhile since they take around 18 months to get to a good butcher size. That is the only negative about the kunekune but there are way more positives than negatives when it comes to raising Kunekune pigs!
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We love the kune kune and have been raising them for about six years now. We raise, process and package on property making sure it's actually our meat as in the Pacific NW we've had horrid issues with butcher/processors here. We started raising the Kune Kune for the specific purpose of being able to handle and process on site. Plus you can render the fat for cooking of which the Kune Kune is a lard pig. I think more and more people are starting to understand these are a wonderful meat source instead of the "pet" industry. I just did my first bacon this year with the pork belly.. Be sure not to brine it too long and smoke it LOW and SLOW... You'll love it! Great looking herd BTW..
We haven’t done it ourselves yet but that is the goal and one of the many reasons we went with Kunekune because it would be more manageable for us to process on farm
My wife cooks up to 5 pounds of sausage at a time and then freezes it that way we have convenience food anytime we want it. I’m still working on getting the farm ready for pigs no later than summer of next year. Thanks for keeping us updated on the progress of your Kunekune project. 40 Shades of Green Farm, Jackson Tennessee
That’s a great idea thanks for sharing
My husband just called me outside to see our FIRST babies ! We are nervous and excited like new parents . Gosh , you feel so responsible . Hope we do right by them . Thank you for your advice !
Congrats!! Always exciting
There is something soothing about the piggies munching. Nice close ups!
Looks good 👍 very nice raising your own meat
Just processed our first two about a month ago great results all our own processing made 50lbs of brats and breakfast sausage and bacon we had made. it’s amazing ribs I won’t mess with anymore. Sliced 1-1/2” ham steaks bone in they’re good so are the loins. The cook times are way faster then regular pork . That’s the learning curve for an avid bbq guy. Ours where 164lb and 146lb live weight we got about 150lbs of meat in the freezer
Thank you so much for sharing that!
Deep South Homestead has a great recipe for curing bacon. I love your feeding style. The bowls aren't close together so they aren't fighting for the feed. Feeding should be calm not a fight fest. I also butchered 3 of my midget whites. I think I tend to over feed. Lol. The largest was 19 lbs. Smallest was 17. But you were so correct on the meat!!!! The legs and thighs are like beef. Really red. The white meat is like the legs and thighs of a store bought. I like to cook long and slow because I have found that free range chickens and turkeys can be tougher than store bought. I like the cornish cross chickens the best. Mine all feather out because I have a coop for them with an outside run for them to forage outside, and they do. They don't just "lay around" like some people say. The meat was top notch!
I told my husband we need to do a road trip and buy piglets from y'all haha😂
Cmon out 😂
Butchers are hella skilled
They sure are skilled but I have found I don't get all my meat back. That is why many homesteaders are resorting to butchering their own meat. Plus, the person that takes how you want your cuts always seems to be in a hurry. Next time I am going to call them out on it and ask that they call me back when they have a few moments to spend with me.
Love your channel. Happy Thanksgiving.
We love it! We have processed a gilt last year that wouldn’t breed. We absolutely loved it and she was on the smaller side. We did bacon, loins, and a lot of breakfast sausage. We processed 2 few month old runts from our other sow last year and we now have 2 barrows that are 16 months that we can’t wait to process come January. It’s all a learning curve but they are around 175lb. Absolutely love this breed for the personality, gentleness, and a nice size to process on the farm.
Totally agree
Could you do a video on your feed? Like what you buy, what you use and such for each animal?
This is a video we did
What we feed our animals!
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Happy Thanksgiving to all of you
Thank you same to you!!
By my calculations, your previous vid on butchering your first pigs you had average of 73% meat Live vrs Hanging weight. This time it's went down to 60-68% Live vrs Hanging weight. Top one was at 68%. Middle one was at 63% and bottom was at 60%. Did you butcher these at a younger age compared to last time? How many lbs of meat total did you get back for each pig?
I don't think I've ever gotten meat back from a processor exactly like I wanted it about a decade of raising and selling meat. I don't know why, but it is a wide spread problem with most processing plants.
I agree and it seems to be different every time even if it’s the same processor
Going for 2 more after Black Friday . Love to see the end result of the meat. It’s hard to find a meat processor that is not covered up here. Do you have a smokehouse yet? Adios
No smokehouse
Hi John, why did you cut back on the number of egg layers? Did your egg sales drop off? I wish I could figure out some way to add kunes to our farm. I dont think our native grass and 18 inch annual rainfall can support pigs even with rotational grazing. I dont think the grass would recover from the rooting pressure.
Yes we did cut back. Just didn’t make sense for us financially.
I just found you videos the other day. I've found them extremely informative, thank you. I do have a question. You stated that you have meat that doesn't have any shots or junk you don't want in your own bodies. Do y'all not vaccinate or deworm via the use of injections? We are on homestead ourselves and have young Kunekunes, and are learning the best ways to raise them.
Awesome thanks for following along. We use dectomax to deworm our herd but we use a natural dewormer for our meat herd
@@KCFarms thanks for the info!!!!
Hi John. How do you the boar piglets away from the mother's to castrate them. So to prevent them from squealing and staring up the mother's? And what age do you do that?
P.S. I wish you and your family a great Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving
Do you castrate the males in your meat herd? Do you process both males and females for meat?
Yes and yes😂
Add more protein to your chickens diet to get more eggs. Mix in some high protein starter/grower!
Some people may frown upon it but it was what was done traditionally…. I got a deer last weekend and have been giving our hens the trimmings and the deer fat. Not joking, the next day they almost doubled the number of eggs and they feel heavier. That extra fat and protein helps a ton. I’ve heard how old timers would throw a varmint in there every week or so in the winter to offset the bugs and such that provides natural proteins in the summer.
What shots do you give your piglets and when?
We only deworm at 8 weeks no other shots
Ok so, I have 9 laying hens and 1 rooster, they aren't anything special, just Tractor Supply eggers. I get 7-9 eggs per day. I am just going to give you my routine since you have so many chickens and you aren't even getting half the eggs I get...and this is a darn shame as I want your farm to do well. In the morning my girls get 1 cup of meal worms or other dried insects, 2 cups of scratch grains, whatever veg or veg scraps I have (so this is not every day) and all the chick starter feed (higher proteins) they can eat plus chicken gravel and calcium. 2 times a week they get a couple sunflower heads or a couple cobs of organic corn I grew in my garden this summer. On the chick starter feed (18% protein) mine didn't molt. They get no supplemental light or heat. The reason I put them on chick feed with the higher protein during the winter is because feathers are 90% protein so if you were on regular protein food you could chose for them to have either feathers or eggs. I don't want to have to chose that. For $2 extra per bag of feed I can get the higher protein they crave at this time of year. The only other thing I do, is if it is going to be very cold, below or well below freezing, I give them 2 cups of cracked corn before their bedtime as this goes into their crops and acts like a bio furnace keeping them warm all night long so they don't have to expend energy keeping warm. Not trying to push anything on you but you are spending all that money and time and you are not getting a return.
Thanks for sharing
🎉 Firsties🎉
Jelly Bean has a solid red with a white foreleg. Is it a boar or gilt? Keeper?
Not sure. We won’t decide until they are around 5 weeks
Question... I know most of yalls pigs are fairly young, but how many years can you expect to breed a kunekune?
We have heard of people’s sows having piglets at 8 yrs old
Do you castrate your meat pigs? I hear you can get meat taint if they aren't castrated.
Yes we do
The bacon smoking is low and slow. Approximately 180 degree heat for approximately 8 hours or the internal temperature is 150. You can also use a marinade of brown sugar and salt for 12 to 24 hours in the refrigerator (dry rub) same temperatures
Thanks for sharing can’t wait to try it!
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