American Guinea Hogs - Were They Really Worth It?

Pioneering Today

Melissa K Norris

Cookingfromscratch, Oldfashionedliving, Selfsufficiency, Home & Garden, Gardening, Heirloomseeds, Homesteading, Growyourownfood, Education, Survival, Pioneeringtoday, Leisure, How To

4.9 • 931 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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This last year we raised American Guinea hogs for the very first time. Today I'm sharing our experience in raising them, how we liked the meat, the pros and cons of raising this breed, what the final price per pound was, and our conclusion on whether we'll raise them again in future years. This is the follow up from my previous podcast episode (episode #282) all about raising American Guinea Hogs. For more information and shownotes visit melissaknorris.com/294.

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0:00.0	If you want to learn how to use herbs medicinally and not only medicinally but also grow them,
0:06.4	I can think of little else that gets me excited as knowing I can literally grow our medicine right outside our back door, then you, my friend, are going to want to make
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0:40.0	Each week we are going to pick one of those herbs and do a deep dive on how to grow that herb,
0:47.8	but more importantly, how to use it, including safety, and if you should use it or not if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
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1:25.2	Hey pioneers and welcome to episode number 294.
1:29.8	Today's episode I'm going to be sharing with you what our final experience was with
1:37.6	raising the American guinea hogs as are pigs that produce our pork that feed our family for the year. It was a new
1:46.0	breed to us. If we will do it again and my advice for anyone who is looking to raise American guinea hogs as their main meat or one of their main meat sources.
2:00.8	Now if you have not listened to episode number 282 where I had a guest on that
2:07.4	talks all about the American guinea hog the history of the breed how it's different than our modern pork.
2:16.0	It's a very old heritage often referred to as the homesteader pig,
2:21.0	and kind of that whole story and about the American Guinea hogs with their history and the breed and it's really fascinating
2:27.7	It's an episode definitely worth listening to highly recommend that you check that out But this is kind of the part two or the follow-up because we have now
2:37.0	butchered our hogs, gotten all of the meat, and are deciding if we will raise this breed ever again. So that's what today's
2:47.0	episode is going to be all about. Welcome to the Pioneering Today podcast. If you are a brand new listener I'm excited to have you and if you are one of my longtime listeners well welcome back.
3:01.0	A quick recap if you didn't listen to episode number 282 yet just so that this
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