Pigs House

Pigs Swallows

Pigs were domesticated thousands of years ago. They are farmed for their meat and hides. There are still many wild pigs, like the wild boar, the warthog, and the bushpig. Pigs are found on every continent on Earth except Antarctica.

Names: Pigs are also called hogs or swine. The adult female is called a sow. [...]

Bearded Pig

Description

The Bearded Pig is found on the Malay Peninsula and various islands off of southern Asia.

Geographic Range Sus barbatus, commonly known as Bearded Pig, are found in Malay Peninsula, Riau Archipelago, Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo and Karimata Island to the south, Sibutu and Tawitawi islands in the Sulu Archipelago, Balabac and Palawan and the Calamian islands [...]

Wessex Saddleback

Although the Wessex Saddleback was a popular pigs in New Zealand for many years, like so many outdoor and black breeds, it lost favour with the change in rearing methods and market demands, and had become rare in this country by the 1980s.

A Rare Breeders group called SOWS (“Save Our Wessex Saddlebacks”) was set up [...]

Tamworth Pig

Tamworth Pigs

Tamworth Pig The noble Tamworth, whose origins go back to the forests of England and Wales, is able to live outside, and cope with English sunshine and the worst of British weather because of his disposition, his thick skin and ginger hair. It is not a slave. It cannot cope with being cooped up [...]

Saddleback pigs

Characteristics

Its docility, fecundity and mothering instincts, combined with its hardiness and ability to forage, are well suited to today’s increased demands for an extensive approach to livestock farming. This, coupled with a growing awareness of the high quality meat whether taken to pork or bacon weights, makes the Saddleback a valuable breed for both small- [...]

Oxford Sandy and Black pig

Oxford Sandy and Black pig

The Oxford Sandy and Black pig is an ideal pigs for smallholders and first time pigs keepers. It is very hardy and is suited for outdoor living. It has a very friendly outlook and they make excellent mothers.The Oxford Sandy & Black is one of the oldest British Pig Breeds.Their [...]

Giant Forest Hog

DESCRIPTION
The giant forest hog is the largest living pig species, huge and heavily built, with a long body and a rump that is higher than its shoulders. The massive head has a long flat snout, and below the eyes are gigantic warty growths (resembling funguses), which are some three times larger than those of the [...]

Warthog(pig)

Description

Warthogs range in size from 0.91 to 1.5 metres in length and 50 to 150 kg in weight. A Warthog is identifiable by the two pairs of tusks protruding from the mouth, which are used as weapons against predators. The upper canine teeth can grow to 9 inches, and are of a squashed circle shape [...]

Babirusa(pig)

description

The babirusa is a creature that looks a lot like a pig, but some scientists think it may actually be related to the hippopotamus. Its most noticable feature is its hooked tusks, which are overgrown canine teeth, and really function more like the antlers on a deer, but they [...]