narrowed to a few breeds....

[storm1]

i am getting my pens and pasture ready to get my pigs this spring.i will be a newbie with pigs and have been doing some reading.wanted to get some more info if possible.
my plans for the pigs are :
around 4 adults
butcher a couple of offspring and sell the rest.
general purpose meat-mainly for my freezer
they will be rotated on pasture-2 small pastures
must be friendly-family farm
climate is very hot summers and mild/cold winters.no snow

here is what i came up with
GOS
guinea hogs-i like their small size but may need more pigs?
large black
spotted

any advice is greatly appreciated
thank you

 

[Royd Wood]

Nice to see you have Large Blacks on the list - if you have enough grass they will graze instead of rooting but the big plus for you with L Bs is no sunburn, very docile (even the boars) and wonderful meat esp the bacon. Hard to find good bloodlines and demand is going up for these guys. Good luck

 

[storm1]

Nice to see you have Large Blacks on the list - if you have enough grass they will graze instead of rooting but the big plus for you with L Bs is no sunburn, very docile (even the boars) and wonderful meat esp the bacon. Hard to find good bloodlines and demand is going up for these guys. Good luck

yes,sun burn will definately be a problem.glad to hear the boars are docile.
thank you