Potbellied pigs

[EarthMother]

Does anyone raise potbellied pigs as livestock? I would think, due to their size, they would be a good meat animal on a small place.

[Deberosa]

I thought of it when I saw some for sale here but after reading up on it found that they are not good eating at all. They are very greasy. A better choice is the Guinea Hog which is also small but good eating. They are rare and fairly expensive though.

[bookwormom]

I have no experience, but a friend of mine raised them and she said they were good eating. she used the grease for soapmaking.

[EarthMother]

Well, soap makes sense and perhaps they would be good to render lard. I'm not counting on veg. oil being available when TSHTF. Thanks to both replys.

[QueenoftheFlock]

The "true" PB pigs I have seen (that would be generally the vietnamese or vietnamese/domestic crosses) would be more of a pet rather than livestock. I think if you are looking for eating/rendering you'd do better with a domestic hog. JMO