John Devitt wrote:I am looking into the Kune-Kune. It is a smaller pastured pig from New Zealand. Suppose to get fat on grass and is non-rotting. Main problem is that breeding pairs run $2000. Lots of crosses out there so buyer beware.
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I purchased a boar and a barrow Kune kune. If you shop around you can get a much better price than $2000' especially if you don't intend to sell them as a perfect standard of the breed. I got the boar for 900 because he is missing his wattles. The barrow only cost 200. The gilt I'm buying only cost 1000 since I'm buying the breeding pair from the same breeder. Sometimes you can get a discount from breeders that way. There is a farm in Hayward, Wisconsin that over wintered their Kunes with out any issues and this has been the hardest winter we have had in Wisconsin in something like 100 years. As long as they have shelter, food and plenty to eat they should be good in Ontario. Although they don't get as big as other breeds they are really well tempered. I have them pastured with laying hens and they don't bother them one bit. They supposedly can fatten on grass alone, although I give them about a cup of feed a day. In the winter I'll feed them hay and a ration of food. Another perk is that since they have a short snout they hardly root at all.
