Our Livestock

Our Pigs

We are presently being asked for Weaners, however, at present our youngest piglets are six months old,
these are pictured here.

Our Sows are in pig, however, it will be at least three months before they will be ready,
if you have interest,
please call us and leave your contact details
and we will come back to you, when the weaners are ready.

People who have tasted our pork in the past.

When my husband and myself stayed with John and Linda the meals were great,almost everyday we had a huge breakfast which included lovely tasty bacon, which we enjoyed tremendously, for the evening meals we had both gammon and pork dishes too, and were the best dishes we have tasted. Hope to revisit very very soon to taste more of their tremendous food.

Maggie & Dougie Watson, Methil, Fife.

Linda and John's pork.

We were fortunate to have tasted several choice cuts of pork from John and Linda.

The pork was lean and tender with a hint of sweetness plus a 'je ne sais quoi' which one veteran of pork consumption (and a retired meat grader) was quoted as saying that "He could taste the wild herbs that the pigs ate".

This pork is simply sublime and is honestly the best our family has ever eaten.
Cooked slowly, it melted in the mouth and not one scrap was wasted.

We would highly recommend this product and would be proud to promote it as one of the hidden jems of Scottish produce.

The Bryce Family
Perthshire

"We enjoyed Johns' home bred pork when we visited our friends in Brawl earlier this summer. We stayed for a few days and feasted on Linda's delicious home cooked meals and home baking.
We can certainly recommend the pork. It is so tasty - a very good quality meat."
Brian and Sue Fair, Scottish Borders.

Being a regular visitor to John & Linda's I look forward to Linda's cooking and would happily eat the pork every night. On one occasion John asked my wife Kitty if she would like some pig's liver but she replied that she only liked lamb's liver. John persuaded her to try the pig's liver and assured her she would be pleasantly surprised. Pleasantly surprised was an understatement as my wife said she had never tasted liver as good as that in her life!

Bob Warrender, Fife.

Introducing Henry

Henry is our third Boar, he is known around these parts as "Henry the 3rd".

Henry is a pedigree Gloucester Old Spot, he is three years old and is in his prime,

We have several British Saddleback sows.

Both breeds are considered as "Rare" and countrywide farmers and crofters alike are seeking to increase their numbers considerably.

Our pigs are the "mainstay" of our croft.

Outdoor System of Pig Breeding

On Brawl 29, we practice the outdoor system of breeding our pigs.

Our pigs are born and bred, reared and finished on Brawl 29.

They are free range, and sleep in rough shelters which are erected throughout our croft land.

We provide them with plenty of clean fresh straw and during the harsher winter months we supplement their diet, with fresh vegetables, silage, bruised barley and oats, which is sourced from a variety of farms in Sutherland & Caithness.

Some insight may be found here;

UK Agriculture

The "Rare Breed pig" has a slower growth rate and therefore, where a pig of a commercial nature may be ready for slaughter at three or four months old, the rare breed is not considered "mature" until they are six or seven months old and it is not unusual to find animals of one year or over on farms like ours.

Weaners

Piglets are usually weaned at around two months old,
by this time they are capable of feeding themselves, however, we ourselves do not interfere with this process and have found that piglets can still be taking milk from mum well into their fourth month of life.

Depending on the piglet itself, it's health and general wellbeing is a deciding factor on when the piglet can be sold.

Weaners are normally available on Brawl 29 and are sold at two-three months old.

Our Sheep

Introducing William

William is a pedigree Texel.

He has several times over proved his worth.

We've had several lambs last year
and a few from Pedigree Hebridean Rare Breed tup, aka "Jared".

It's a great many years since we sold our lambs, however, we do have one rather dashing fine young hebridean boy who would be well capable of producing his own, should there be any interested parties out there,
call us.