How much does this pig weigh?

[tallyho8]

I have no experience with pigs and so I don't have any idea about how much this one might weigh.

More and more animals are being run out of the swamps as they rebuild the levees in our area. First it was deer and then coyote and now pigs.

My neighbor is an excellent wild game cook so I am looking forward to a cochon de lait soon.

 

[k0ua]

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Kansas State University swine researchers recently completed a study to develop a regression equation to determine pig weight based on heart girth, and to validate its accuracy. Heart girth and body weight were measured for 100 growing-finishing pigs (50 to 273 lb.) at the K-State Swine Teaching and Research Center. Heart girth was measured in inches using a cloth measuring tape. The tape was placed directly behind the front legs, wrapped snugly around the heart girth and read directly behind the shoulders.

Heart girth was strongly correlated (r2= .98) with body weight, with the regression equation: pig weight = 10.1709 x Heart girth (inches) 205.7492. The 95 percent confidence interval shows the projected weight to be ｱ 10 pounds of the actual weight of the pig.

There are a few problems that may occur when measuring heart girth on pigs. Pigs often squirm or raise and lower their heads, which can cause variations in the measurement. A confined pig is easiest to measure with the cloth tape. We suggest taking three separate heart girth measurements and using the average. Misreading the heart girth measurement by 1 inch will result in a 10-pound error in weight. Averaging three measurements should more accurately represent true girth measurement.

So get out there with your tape measure.....:laughing::laughing::laughing: and measure that pig!!

James K0UA

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[two_bit_score]

About 150lbs.

Thought a younger, smaller pig was preferred for a cuchon de lait?

 

[Swampwood]

Put it down and find out! You know the state has declared open season on them and classified'em (Nussiance Animials). They drop many litters each year and have no natural predators, so they are over running the state like the nutria did a while back.


I say 150lbs

 

[bullbreaker]

Sometimes hard to tell from a pic,but for fun guessing I'd also say 150 or slightly less.

Boone

(teeth pulled out for effect)

 

[WM75Guy]

It weighs enough to eat :licking:

 

[WM75Guy]

By the way, nobody show this thread to Oscar.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/rural-living/182010-baby-pig-now-what.html

 

[OldMcDonald]

kOua, Thanks for posting that info. I have been looking for some of these mathematical ways of "weighing" livestock. Way back in the 1950s, at least in the UK, it was possible to buy what was called a Weightape (TM I believe) that was a cloth tape and used for cattle, pigs and lambs - just read off the weight on the tape. It was probably as accurate as the method you give. There was, and still is a slight problem in that animals of different lengths will way differently for the same heart girth. Different breeds have different lengths more so than animals within a breed, eg for pigs the British Middle White was a much shorter animal than the Danish Landrace. The same applies to cattle and sheep.

I mislaid my information many years ago, but there was a fairly simple calculation combining the heart girth and the length from between the shoulder blades to the tail head. No metric in Britain in those days so measurements were in inches. I have searched and asked all over these past few years, but nobody knows about it. Most of those who did are probably dead by now, but if anybody has the info I would love to have it.

 

[Rocksprings]

Just over 100 Lbs. About 300 Lbs when you try to put them in the back of the truck :laughing::laughing:

 

[Bob Ha]

Little thin...

A little less than this one. Deer hunter kills Hogzilla | Outdoors

 

[Lloyd_E]

We had two pigs processed in September. The butcher said the easiest way to estimate weight is this: Measure behind front legs - girth: 39" = 100lbs, add 10lbs per extra inch. Our live weight was around 250lbs each.

Hope this helps.

 

[blueriver]

Let me know how it goes putting that tape around that hog!! REMEMBER we are looking for live weight!!

 

[jinman]

Little thin...

A little less than this one. Deer hunter kills Hogzilla | Outdoors

Bob, it looks like somebody's Hampshire boar escaped and just kept growing. He looks to have all the Hampshire characteristics and not be crossbred. Here's a partial description from Wikipedia:

Hampshire hogs are noted for being well-muscled and rapid growers and for exhibiting good carcass quality in their capacity as meat animals.[2] When used as breeding stock, the sows of this breed have been praised for their capacity as mothers, having "extra longevity in the sow". Hampshires are good tempered; they do not grow as fast as many cross-breds, but they do grow faster than Yorkshires.

 

[blueriver]

I'd bet that Hamp upon inspection may be a barrow.

 

[jonyyuma]

My bet at 125lbs, and it will taste good with the right seasonings, and there will be plenty more too.

 

[CowboyRon]

I almost ran over one about that size a few weeks ago. I just barely missed him.

 

[creekbend]

The hog in the picture, most definitely, has a larger percentage of "Russian Boar" ancestry in its bloodline than the wild domestic-cross strains. My Father and I shot 4 of them in the 60's and 70's in Tellico Plains Tennessee.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I'd bet that Hamp upon inspection may be a barrow.

If he was a boar, I suspect it would be clearly evident in the picture...not to mention that you could smell him a mile away. I recall seeing a boar about this size at the stockyards when I was a kid ( A Duroc or Tamworth I think, and the stench was awful). Hogs do get bigger; my Grand father had a Poland China boar that he claimed weighed 1200 pounds. A bit of an exaggeration I thought, but they can get a lot bigger. I found this quote in an article on Poland Chinas:

"The world record for the heaviest pig so far is held by Big Bill, owned by Elias Buford Butler of Jackson, Tennessee. It was a Poland China breed of hog that tipped the scales at 2,552 lb (1,157 kg) in 1933.[8] Bill was due to be exhibited at the Chicago World Fair when he broke a leg and had to be put down. At about this point in time, the trend in hog production began to shift to hogs that were much trimmer and very lean."

 

[EddieWalker]

I'm thinking around 100 pounds. It's just right for eating. Any bigger and it's going to be kind of tough.

Eddie

 

[gsganzer]

Tallyho,
How long have you had your Moultrie camera? What model is it? I have one and it takes the best quality photo's of any game camera I have. Unfortunately, the LCD has screwed up and you can't tell what mode it's on. It appears to be a common problem with them as I know 4 others with the same problem.

I replaced it with a Bushnell and the photo quality is terrible. It has a night range of maybe 20 feet.

I think you're looking at about 100- 110# for your hog. I shot a 85# and a 150# the other week. Yours looks to be slightly bigger than the 85#.