Hereford Pig

Facts about Hereford Pigs. The Hereford Pig is a domestic pig breed that hails from the United States. The Hereford Pig breed has been named for its pattern and color that resembles the Hereford cattle breed. The Hereford pig is a rare variety of pig, which has been created from a mixture of Poland China, Duroc, and possibly some Hampshire or Chester White. The Hereford Pig was chosen for both performance and its distinctive white and red-brown coloration that looks like the Hereford cattle. The Hereford Pig breed is most popular in the Midwestern United States, particularly in Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana.

Appearance of Hereford Pig

The Hereford Pig is a medium to large-sized pig breed that appears red in color, two or more white feet and has a white face. The Hereford Pig breeds have a strong body with drooping ears, a broad, somewhat dished face and a wavy tail. Their color and durability of the breed are well-suited to outdoor production. Usually, the weight of the baby Hereford Pig breed ranges from 200 to 250 pounds (90.7 to 113 kg). The weight of the fully grown male Hereford Pig breed will be approximately 800 pounds (362 kg), whereas the female ones weigh approximately 600 pounds (272 kg). The female Hereford Pig breeds produce and wean big litters that range from eight to 10 piglets. The Hereford Pig are the outstanding mothers, closely caring to their white and bright red piglets. The shade protects the pig against the harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun. The Hereford Pig have an even body from shoulder to ham with a slender arch to the back.

Temperament of Hereford Pig

The Hereford Pig breed has a quiet and passive temperament, making them an outstanding option for young people. The Hereford Pig are appropriate to use in 4-H and alike programs because it unites market conformation with a noticeably attractive appearance. The Hereford Pig are strong pig breeds that are suitable for either intensive or extensive production. Herefords are flexible and flourish both under confinement systems and in outdoor operations. The Hereford Pig also perform well in an extensive diversity of climates. The male Hereford pigs are recognized for their violent breeding habits and are extremely prolific.

Uses of the Hereford Pig

Hereford Pig breeds can be raised on grazing land or in semi-confined circumstances. Farrowing can be handled easily in barns or on pasture. The Hereford Pig cultivate well on a diversity of feeds and do not put on huge amounts of fat. The Hereford Pig adore to root and can be fairly useful for tilling. Many Hereford breeds are being bred with the commercial variety sows to perk up fertility and numbers. The female Hereford pigs are standard mothers with civilized milk production. The Hereford Pig breed is blessed with a huge breeding population and an energetic registry with nearly 10,000 hogs. The average lifespan of the Hereford pig breed ranges from 10 years to 15 years.

More Facts of Hereford Pigs

In the world there is about 2 billion pigs in the world. Hereford Pigs are very intelligent, not like everybody thinks, that they are dumb animals. Hereford Pigs are omnivores like humans, an omnivores, (definition-they eat both other animals and plants). The pig’s snout is its most important tool for finding food. The Hereford Pigs snout is used for their excellent sense of smell.

Hereford Pigs are raised for there meat such as ham, sausage, bacon and pork chops. Pigs can make great pets. A wild pig is called a (boar) that lives in the wild and can be hunted. Feral pigs (means wild) can be a very big danger where humans habitat. Hereford Pigs can carry a variety of diseases and can pass them to humans. Pigs have small lungs compared to their body size.

Swine: is any variety of omnivorous, even-toed ungulates of the family Suidae, this includes hogs, boars and pigs having a short neck, thick skin a movable snout and a stout body. Hereford Pigs unlike is said, happen to be very clean animals. Hereford Pigs make sure their bathroom area is far away from where they eat Lie down, rest even piglets (baby pigs) will find a place to go to the bathroom, far away from their nest.

The four feet of the Hereford Pig are called "trotters" that humans eat as a delicacy called pigs feet or pigs knuckles. A pigs foot has four toes that are pointed downwards when the pig walks it walks on the tips of its toes, rather than its whole foot and only uses two of the toes and the outside toes for balance. The Hereford Pig has tougher feet at the ends are hooves. The two toes in the middle of the foot are slightly webbed helps the pigs balance for walking.

Hereford Pigs have 44 teeth when full grown, when they are baby pigs (piglets) the have 28 teeth which will fall at when they are 12 months old. Just like human teeth, the Hereford Pig has an enamel coating that makes the pigs teeth stronger and helps it curb disease. Hereford Pigs chew their food because pigs have a digestive system similar to a human digestive system and cannot digest food that is not chewed.

A pig is the last of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac. The pig is represents, happiness, honesty, fortune and virility in China. The number of baby's that a pig has is 6 to 12 and they are called (piglets). A female adult pig is called a (sow) and the male adult pig is called a (boar).

A Pig can drink 14 gallons of water in a day. The Mini Maialino is the smallest breed of pig. Truffle Mushroom hunters in France and Italy use pigs to hunt Truffle Mushrooms because of there keen sense of smell, the problem is that, sometimes if the hunter doesn't grab the mushrooms in time, the pig will eat it. Sometimes certain dogs are used instead of pigs.
The "scientific name for Pig (Sus scrofa)", the wild swine (Boar) from the old world with a narrow body and prominent tusks is from where most domestic swine come from and introduced in United States and bred to what we have as today's pig.