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TEB

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Fri Jun 8, 2018, 07:23 AM Jun 2018

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I had family who raised a hog one year Sherman A1 Jun 2018 #1
So you guys have dogs, horses, a donkey and now a pig? Ohiogal Jun 2018 #2
Yes TEB Jun 2018 #4
My dad named everything that was going to be butchered "Pete" and Arkansas Granny Jun 2018 #3
I agree TEB Jun 2018 #5
My local USDA person advised (when I was a beginner farmer): BaileyBill Jun 2018 #6
We always named them, too. tazkcmo Jun 2018 #7
Names for cows,pigs,chickens etc Timewas Jun 2018 #8
Breakfast zipplewrath Jun 2018 #9

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
1. I had family who raised a hog one year
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 07:39 AM
Jun 2018

I believe they named it Bacon.

Ohiogal

(41,052 posts)
2. So you guys have dogs, horses, a donkey and now a pig?
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 07:43 AM
Jun 2018

Do you take in wayward Labs who misbehave?

TEB

(15,651 posts)
4. Yes
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 07:48 AM
Jun 2018

We have horses a donkey named herb as well. A pig named herb as well our niece named the pig she is 9 now. Probably yes on the labs

Arkansas Granny

(32,265 posts)
3. My dad named everything that was going to be butchered "Pete" and
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 07:46 AM
Jun 2018

told us to think steak, burgers, chops etc. and to keep in mind that one day it would appear on our plates.

TEB

(15,651 posts)
5. I agree
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 08:39 AM
Jun 2018

We have a overweight doe that is fed from apple trees and she gets fed corn feed and my wife named her dear deer. I said we should call her back strap that went over like a Led Zeppelin my wife says don’t you ever.

BaileyBill

(176 posts)
6. My local USDA person advised (when I was a beginner farmer):
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 08:45 AM
Jun 2018

"Name your kids, not your cows."

tazkcmo

(7,419 posts)
7. We always named them, too.
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 08:59 AM
Jun 2018

Bacon, Ham, Roast etc.

Timewas

(2,776 posts)
8. Names for cows,pigs,chickens etc
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 09:22 AM
Jun 2018

Breakfast,Lunch and Dinner

zipplewrath

(16,698 posts)
9. Breakfast
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 09:22 AM
Jun 2018

Had a friend that bought one. He named it breakfast.

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