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For all our
miniature piglets that are sold
As we want the best for our mini-pigs and your pet...!
When breeding animals there needs to be breeding records
kept, have a breeding standard and program to follow. Breeding animals
is not just a matter of putting 2 animals together or for the fun of it,
breeding animals should only be for the improvement of that breed
of animal. There is a copy of our standards that we follow at-
Standards
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Our first breeding stock was
brought in southern NSW, I was totally shocked as we were told by the
breeder to catch which ever one we wanted.
Bill and Allan had to run around a
muddy pen and corner the 2 female piglets and try to grab
them.
They finally both walked out of
the pen very happy with themselves after getting the 2 piglets.
I wish I had a camera with me...
they were covered in mud and were holding 2 squealing piglets.
It was on the drive home that we
decided that any miniature piglets that we bred would be handled and
a lot of improvement was need
before being sold
as pets...!
We were able to study the genetics
of the Potbelly Pigs in America and other types of small pigs all over
the
world. It would have been a lot
easier for our breeding program if we could of purchased a potbelly pig…
But pigs of any breed are not
allowed to be imported into Australia, so we did a study on pigs in
Australia and we found pigs here with similar genetics as the smaller
pigs overseas but they were still 65 - 70cm high.
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Krystal
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Breeders owe it to their Breeding
Stock, to know about Breeding and Genetics.
You can't just put 2
animals together and hope for the best.
We did make the mistake of
purchasing a boar (male) from another breeder to bring in new blood
lines, we were
told that he was 4 years old so
we thought that he was safe to use with out breeding sows, but he was really only
10 months
old and not from the blood lines that we were told.
We don't only breed miniature pigs, we also study
their genetics and their behaviour.
All the information on this web-site is from our
years of learning all aspects of miniature pigs.
Oz-Minipigs breeding
stock is very selective: as we choose our mini-pigs for their
temperament, type, size and
their
personality...We have never interbred any of our breeding stock and we keep our
breeding records up to
date at all times and we
now have individual identification for all of
our breeding stock and the miniature piglets
that are sold as pets..
Our Breeding Stock are also
Family Pets, they come to their Names, sit for an ice block or a pat,
lay down for a
belly rub and we also keep miniature pigs in
our house yard.
Our Mini-Pigs Graze on Grass all day...!
They also have natural
cracked grain for dinner and they have a treats of fruit and veggies.
So they are very well fed, according to
their size...
We
also Encourage You to Visit our Farm: to see how small our
miniature pigs are...
we have miniature pigs from
piglets to 8 years of age, so you can see the different generations of
our breeding
program.
* You just need to phone - 02 65506441 and let us
know when you would like to visit.
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We do have a Waiting List for our
Mini-Piglets:
Information on piglets for sale,
our package and how you can go onto our waiting list for your miniature
pig is at
Miniature Piglets for sale
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