No quitten we're whelan onto chitchat 12.

And electrolytes or a pinch of salt in the water.

We raised the issue last week in work as we work inside in a factory where it gets extremely hot on a normal day even. Electrolytes were requested but im sure they'll not be provided as its not GMP.

There's a few Kiwi girls on instagram and the like with a similar idea

You must get yourself a tripod to set up there.

has anyone here ever kept a few pigs before. Is it worth buying a few banbhs and fattening them for the freezer or is it a waste of time by the time food and a butcher is taken into account, the only thing I know about pigs is how to eat them so excuse my ignorance

If it's € per kg, buy a pig of your local piggery, they take a good bit more feeding if not in a controlled environment, but if you have access to (surplus) veggies and fruit ) it'll make lovely meat but still dearer.

If you can get 2 female white pigs,something like large white they won't go over fat,also kill around 6mths.a single pig won't do well on there own.

Reared 2 a time over the summer and autumn for 7 or 8 yrs.

Landrace and large white and sometimes had the fattier types. Forget the name.

Enjoyed it rolled barley and table waste they were fed. Around 6 or 7 months for slaughter. Always tricky to know if they have got much or too little fat cover.

The meat was delicious. Especially the chops. Chewing the fat on the chops with the meat is a treat. Also good sausage and rashers and mince. You dont want to have too much fat coz you will cut it off and that means they were fed too much barley and you've thrown money away.

Made pork and salty bacon out of it.Having salty bacon in the barrell felt rewarding.

Kept them in small area outside in a field with electric fence. Also kept them inside other times

We had loads of table waste to complement the rolled barley.

You need a Separate Herd Number.

The Dept also don't want you feeding tablewaste. Fear of African Swine flu.

Still that was the joy of it, recycling the food waste. Now the crows get it. We throw it onto the ground 2 fields away , so as not to draw rats.

It was hard to find a butcher initially. Went to 4 places b4 we settled on one.

The first butcher had cans of Bulmers for sale behind the counter!!!! Never saw it b4 or since!!!!

You wont save money, especially when you start giving friends and neighbours some to share the taste of your hard work.

Yes.

With the humidity levels too, its alot worse doing any physical work, than a brezzey 35 degree day in australia, im drinking twice the water here at the minute versus when working out their at the above temperture, even remember a few 40 degree plus days in western australia and it wasnt as bad as here at the minute

Would you bring water around with you? Id never drink enough water. Might go thru a phase of having a bottle of water in the jeep, but once it rolls under the seat its forgotten about!! Chatting a friend yesterday he just says he grabs a drink from the tap in the parlour when hes passing. He father is in his 70s and was gone off topping, was kinda worried about him not drinking enough water but you might aswell be talking to the cat trying to tell him!