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Breeding Stock Available - This page is up-to-date as of October 21, 2011. Always more photos and info to come!
We are cutting back on litters in 2011 as we concentrate on strengthening the lines we have chosen to work, which includes the beginnings of developing Samson's offspring into a line that might be useful to other breeders.
We are sad to announce that we made the decision to euthanize Samson on August 9th due to rapidly declining health. At 18, he was the oldest living guinea hog on record, seconded by Biggers Arthur who made it to 16. We will miss Samson as he was a large, friendly guinea hog who was his breed's ambassador long before we knew what guinea hogs were.
R.I.P. SAMSON - Samson (who was 18 years old this year) had a documented history, traced to a Virginia breeder. We had 2 litters by him for the first time in 2009. His genetics will be invaluable in strengthening the bloodlines of the American Guinea Hog. We kept back a nice boar from his very first litter as his replacement. Sammy is shown below. We encourage midwest and west coast breeders to consider one of his offspring in early fall 2011.All matings took this year! THESE ARE THE LAST PIGLETS BY SAMSON ALTHOUGH WE ARE TRYING TO MANAGE THIS RARE LINE.
Samson's history - Samson spent most of his life at the Morris Farm Trust in Wiscassett, Maine. Samson and his original mate, Deliliah, were purchased as young piglets from a Virginia breeder by a couple in Maine who subsequently donated the them to the Morris Farm in 1994. At least one litter was born before Deliliah died while farrowing. We do not know where those animals are. Samson was alone ever since with the exception of his many human friends at the farm. Samson was on loan to us for two summers beginning in 2007 and in 2009 made our farm his home to live out his retirement in the company of other hogs. We spent many months building up Samson's strength through a revised diet and large area to roam in a more natural setting. He was very arthritic but gained strength and was quite mobile. Since there were no breedings the first two years, we were afraid that Samson's age and limited mobility were a problem. Happily, all the matings going forward took!
Sullbar VA Hayley - Registration #1388
Hayley is two years old and had 7 robust piglets.She is not as fat as she looks in the photo - she was due any day. Hayley is 50% Samson and Setty lines and was bred back to her grandfather, Samson. She is a good sized sow with good mothering skills.
Brothers CG, George as we call him, was born 06/26/04. George has a strong build and a comical face. He was the ALBC's 2008 Annual Conference's photo winner! Since many farms have George in their hogs' recent lineage, we've created a printable PDF of the winning photo for your wall! Click the link below. Way to go, George. SORRY, GEORGE IS SOLD.
Lilith is 3 years old and is out of Sullbar Blackberry by George (Brothers CG) giving her strong a strong Setty lineage. Lilith is also a good sized sow and was due any minute in this photo!
Sullbar Solo was our youngest active breeding boar on the farm. He has sired robust litters that inherit his size and length. Although it is not determined where it comes from yet, his litters when bred with Sadie produce heavily red piglets. His is for sale as his genetics might be useful to another farm now. SPRING 2011 - AS OF 4/11, SOLO IS NOW MAKING HIS HOME IN WENTWORTH, NH WHERE HE IS IN THE COMPANY OF ONE SOW. HE IS PROBABLY PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT THE MOVE.
Meet Back 40 Sadie. She is quite a bit smaller than our other sows and has large, forward ears. Sadie is a phenomenal mother who prefers to farrow outside. Her piglets are always robust and inherit the boar's size. She is friendly, rubs on your leg (or runs between the your legs) to say hello and she barks like a dog. So far, her piglets have been born red or have heavy red highlights. The red ones have turned black at about 3 - 4 months old. Sadie will always be with us, as her ability to thrive while having to compete with much larger animals and her excellent mothering skills make her an asset to the breed. Sadie is a strong Nebraska line hog and is a Bullwinkle granddaughter on both sides. Sadie was bred to Samson for the first time in 2010. Her piglets were nice conformation. She was again to Samson for 2011. Only one boar piglet is left out of her August 18th litter. Since Samson is gone, anyone working with the Nebraska (Celesky) line might want to consider this piglet..
We added Little Girl to our 2009 breeding program. She is also a strong Nebraska line hog. We purchased Little Girl from the Beardsley Zoo. She was bred to Samson and had 8 healthy piglets in 2009. She was bred to Samson's son, Sammy, for May 2010 piglets. Her 2011 piglets wer born on July 27th.We have one boar left from the litter. Strengthen your Nebraska lines! Little Girl is extremely friendly (she has to sleep on your foot), as she was bottle fed and handled daily by her early keepers.
Bailey is a full Setty line hog (first generation). Bailey is a large sow with longer hair and a long snout. She is a good mother whose litters are big and strong. She is very protective of everyone's babies.Bailey is sold. She waent to a new farm with Brothers CG (George).
Sullbar VA Samson. Jr. Reg #0311
Sammy was kept back from the very first Samson litter born here in 2009. Even at 8 weeks old, he showed some conformational characteristics that appealed to us. He seemed just a bit longer and had great hams at that age. We never quite knew what his father, Samson's, conformation was like as he came to us severely arthritic and is sort of "curled up". We were delighted to see that we made a good choice!Note the very different face. Samson (Sammy's father) was DNA tested and was discovered to be a distinct line of guinea hog.
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