Gandan57, i think the breed chose us!!!!
we see an add on preloved 3 Mangalitza's Free to a good home 2 sows and a boar. rung the lady up and she said she had someone coming to look at them but if they didn't have them we were more than welcome to go and have a look and if we wanted them then they were ours.
we went to see them and instantly fell in love with them all, they are an unusual breed and i think that was what drew me to them, we did a lot of research before hand, and i think even if they had gone to the first person who was looking at them we would have brought some any way.
I am keen to keep the breed alive, i am not really looking to sell them for slaughter if i can help it, i want to register the piglets we have and try and sell them as pedigree's so the breed can grow again. they are quiet a docile pig and love a lot of attention, Marilyn who has just had piglets is a fab mum and despite there size she is quite gental with her babies. We are off to a pig course tomorrow, which deals with breeding and also slaughter, one of our girls actually come from the place we are going to. We chose this course as they have experience in keeping Mangalitza's.
