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Obese pig question

 
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Hey folks, newbie here.
We have a handful of mangalitsa pigs and AGH/kune mix. Well we were given a couple more AGH/kunes that are extremely obese... like they barely walk around.

Well we need the pasture space for some other purposes and we’re planning on butchering these obese AGH ladies now.

Is it worth it to try and slim them down? Is their meat ruined? I know they’re primarily a lard pig, so I want to butcher asap and get all that lard but hubs wants to see if we can slim them down first....

Advice?
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Slimming them down will degrade both the meat and lard quality.  Butcher them as is and enjoy your lard!
 
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