Best Place Farms

04/29/2024

it’s a rainy muddy day but still have to get out there and do those farm chores and if I have to take time and snuggle with a baby lamb. Makes it even better.

04/05/2024

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11/23/2023

Snow ☀️ is just basking in the sun.

11/16/2023

Cher is looking for her forever home . AKKPS registered kune kune proven Sow.

11/05/2023

Harley is looking for new pastures

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Look out for our Registered kune kune piglets looking for new farms or homesteads.

11/02/2023

I will happily recycle ♻️ your pumpkins . No mold, paint or wax that hurts my tummy .

10/15/2023

A little one is turning a year older with a little country flair! Ready for a farm-tastic celebration! 🎈🌾

09/12/2023

Morning snack Munch, Munch, Munch

08/18/2023

Meet Thor he is a chunky little kune kune boar !

08/14/2023

Wasp season is not my favorite time !

08/14/2023

Next step complete ! Thanks !

08/05/2023

Pua is a mama bear and she ain’t playing.

08/01/2023

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08/01/2023

Check out the moon 🌝 over the farm tonight swipe left to see a Hi from Hiawatha 🐮. The 🐄 jumps over the 🌙 type of night.

07/30/2023

Farm chores will have to wait ..

07/29/2023

She’s holding her tail 😂

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07/13/2023

THE KUNEKUNE DICTIONARY:

KuneKune: pronounced “coo-nee coo-nee” are a small breed of domestic pig originally from New Zealand. The name means ‘fat and round’ in the Maori language. Once almost extinct, breeders exported pigs to the UK and started a conservancy. In New Zealand, too, others gathered remaining pigs to preserve them. If we are serious about raising and preserving this breed, the terminology appropriate to pigs and kunekunes needs to be used to avoid confusion:

Boar: an adult intact male pig, used for breeding (NOT spelled ‘bore’)

Boarling: a intact male piglet not yet adult

Sow: an adult female pig that has had at least one litter of piglets

Gilt: a female pig of any age until she has her first litter of piglets (not spelled ‘guilt!’)

Piglet or Shoat: newborn or unweaned or a young pig under 6 months old

Farrow: the term used for a sow giving birth to piglets, used to describe birthing areas as well (farrowing stall)

Barrow: a castrated male pig of any age

Wattles, tassels, piri piri: all terms for the fleshy appendages that hang from the lower jaw on most kunekune pigs. It is part of the breed standard and description. (Not spelled ‘waddle’)

Colors: please use current color names found here:
https://americankunekunepigsociety.org/akkps-color-chart/

Even teats: same number of teats on each side of belly, on boars too! Not 8 on one side and 6 on another. And ‘evenly spaced’ means that they are lined in rows one across from another with no missing teats

Inverted teats: teats that are not hooked into the mammary system and do not produce milk (think innies vs outies)

Blind teats: again, not hooked into the mammary system and do not produce milk
Teat necrosis: a teat is damaged from an environmental or physical factor and becomes useless

Scrotal hernia: an inherited issue (usually from the boar) where intestinal tissue squeezes thru the inguinal ring into the sc***um of a male pig or piglet. If the pig is not castrated and the issue addressed, it could lead to death of the pig later in life. There are also naval hernias..which also usually require vet intervention.

Conformation: the desirable and/or undesirable skeletal and muscular structures of a pig. It covers all of the important areas of a pig’s structure, from the legs, the spine (or top-line) and the hind quarters to the neck and head. Confirmation is compared to a breed standard. (Not ‘confirmation’)
Herdbook, Registry: official list of animals within a specific breed where certain criteria are met for registration.

AKKPS: American Kunekune Pig Society. An American kunekune registry.

AKPR: American Kunekune Pig Registry. An American kunekune registry. Now called IKHR.

BKKPS: British Kunekune Pig Society.

NZKA: New Zealand Kunekune Association

Breed Standard: devised by breed associations or registries, and are written to reflect the use or purpose of the species and breed of the animal. Breed standards help define the ideal animal of a breed and provide goals for breeders in improving stock. In essence a breed standard is a blueprint for an animal fit for the function for which it was bred. It may outline faults and deficiencies which may result in inability to register.

Permanent Identification: required for registration in registries. Acceptable types for Kunekunes —microchips, ear tags, tattoo

DNA test: required for registration. Verifies parentage only! Compares the DNA on file for both parents to verify the offspring came from those parents.

Hock: the back leg knee joint.

Loin: the muscles on either side of the spine which produces pork tenderloins.

Jowl: the underside of a pig’s neck/jaw

Pastern: the bone that connects the hoof and leg joints.

Rump: the area on a pig’s back just above it’s tail.

Snout: a pig’s nose.

Stifle: the “knee” joint in the hind leg.

Weak pasterns: faulty leg structure which give too much flex in the pastern area. Often these pigs walk on their dew claws. Most landrace pig breeds allow more flex in pasterns than commercial breeds, and pigs do lower some as they age, but excessive angulation leads to stress in the joints. Weak pasterns can lead to arthritis and difficulty walking.

Dew claw: the small appendages just above the hoof on the posterior side

Splay legged: front legs which are in at the knees, out at the toes

Pigeon toed: front legs which are out at the knees, in at the toes

Cow hocked: An animal is cow-hocked when its hock is set inward, resulting in a splayed look in the back legs. This can result in the uneven wearing of hooves, which can end up in permanent lameness, and can prove to be a very serious condition.
Splayed toes: a fault where the toes of the hooves are spread apart too far. This leads to overgrown hooves and lameness.

Goose rumped: a defect in the conformation of a pig in which the hind quarters have an excessive slant downward and backward from the top of the rump and the tail is set low.
Runt: a pig born smaller, often much smaller, than its siblings.

Sire: male parent

Dam: female parent

Castrate: to neuter a male pig by physical or chemical means

Spay: a surgical procedure to neuter a female pig

Litter: a group of piglets born to a single sow

Wean: transition from mother’s milk to eating solid food

Cross foster: moving pigs from one nursing sow to another

Co Farrow: two or more sows raise their litters together

Cull: to remove an animal from the herd

Parity or Progeny: the number of litters a sow has had

Cryptorchid: is where one or both testicles have not descended normally into the sc***um. Usually inherited. A serious defect.

Ridgling: cryptorchid, a male with one or both te**es undescended

Scours: diarrhea

Diamond Skin disease: Caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. Bacteria causing high fevers, abortions and swollen joints. (Erysipelas)

Leptospirosis: Bacteria causing abortions and stillborns; also a zoonotic concern.

Zoonotic: Infectious diseases of animals that can be transmitted to human

Greasy Pig Disease: Skin disease caused by Staphylococcus hyicus.

Ringworm: A fungal infection on the skin causing circular lesions. This infection can be spread to people or other pets.

Dippity Pig: Dippity Pig Syndrome is an acute, painful skin condition that occurs along the back in healthy young pigs. AKA Bleeding Back Syndrome or Erythema Multiforme.

Water Deprivation: aka Salt poisoning occurs due to limited water causing a sodium imbalance in the pig. Can also be caused by ingestion of too much salt.

Dystocia: The abnormal birth of a piglet, or a difficult labor for a female pig.

Estrus: The state of being in heat, in a female pig.

Bone: this describes the diameter of the bone in the legs, jaw and width of head. Good bone is necessary to properly carry body weight.

Creep feeder: an area where piglets can go, but not the sow, where food is provided

Lard: rendered pork fat

Wallow: a water filled hole or container where pigs can lay to cool off in hot weather

Weanling: a piglet which is not dependent on sow’s milk any more

Hanging weight or dressed weight: the weight of a pig carcass after it has been gutted and prepped for butchering

Blowing Coat: A seasonal change in coat where pigs shed their hair before growing in a new coat of hair

Colostrum: First milk produced by the sow with each litter of piglets. Very valuable nutrients providing immunity to piglets for the first several weeks.

Frothing: Foaming at the mouth. Pigs do this in response to food or sexual arousal

Prolapse: A condition where the vaginal or re**al tissues slip outside of the body. This is an emergency situation that requires immediate veterinary care.

Quarantine: To separate or restrict movement of pigs in order to prevent the spread of potential disease or to allow recovery from illness or medical procedures

Biosecurity: the set of practical measures taken to prevent entrance of infection into a pig farm and control the spread of infection within that farm.

Sorting board: AKA Pig Board. A solid board used to move pigs from one area to another. Also used to protect oneself against the advances of aggressive pigs.

Tusk: The canine teeth of pigs. Each pig has 4 tusks, two on bottom and two on top. These are not rooted as normal teeth but are instead attached to the jaw bone. Made of ivory, tusks cannot be removed safely, but can be trimmed as needed

COI: Coefficient of Inbreeding-the degree of inbreeding. To put your result into perspective:
0% = a pig with two apparently unrelated parents (based on all available pedigree information)
12.5% = the genetic equivalent of a pig produced from a grandfather to granddaughter mating, or the mating of a half-brother/sister
25% = the genetic equivalent of a pig produced from a father to daughter mating, or the mating of full-brother/sister

06/24/2023

There’s a new 🐤 on the farm .

06/13/2023

06/13/2023

Delicious 😋 🐮Feed the cows 🐮 .

06/10/2023

Have you met Pepe?.

06/04/2023

Welcome to the world “littles” . 🐽.

06/03/2023

Farm chores are done ….time to relax.

05/28/2023

Made some fresh butter today 😋

05/24/2023

Rainbow 🌈 kind of day ❤️

From the gray clouds emerge, a rainbow look beauty.

05/24/2023

Anither crazy chicken sunday

05/12/2023

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Dont be late for dinner time or you get this welcome