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Another pig's producer:
Les Porcs Noir Gascon de la Vernhière 100% Châtaignes (EN: Gascon Black Pigs from la Vernhière 100% Chestnuts)
Link to their facebook page.
That does sound promising. I assume that chestnuts should be as ideal as acorn.
However, in one of their latest post there is this:
I made a few comments and I got this answer:
My reasoning is that the cereal feeding should not be a big problem if it is completely removed for the last 12 months because none of us had the ideal diet for the first part of our lives either.
Les Porcs Noir Gascon de la Vernhière 100% Châtaignes (EN: Gascon Black Pigs from la Vernhière 100% Chestnuts)
Link to their facebook page.
That does sound promising. I assume that chestnuts should be as ideal as acorn.
However, in one of their latest post there is this:
Our pigs are reared exclusively in the open air in our woods for a minimum of 16 months and feed on acorns found in our forests, chestnuts (30 tonnes a year) that we collect each week from the region's cooperatives, and local cereals.
I made a few comments and I got this answer:
I would like to know where they got this idea.yes, as with all free-range pig farms, if you don't feed your animals cereals for the first 6 months, you won't have any muscle and only fat! After that, however, we stop feeding them so that they get a taste for the natural food they find in our woods! Add to that 3 kg of chestnuts a day for the last 12 months! A unique taste! Enjoy your evening!
My reasoning is that the cereal feeding should not be a big problem if it is completely removed for the last 12 months because none of us had the ideal diet for the first part of our lives either.