Have you ever seen an offer on Craigslist that looked too good to be true?
I have many times. Often, I would stumble upon posts that say things like "FREE MILK GOAT" or some other enticing offer. It seems that more often than not, it was a prank. Someone would want to play a joke on someone else and list an incredible offer, with someone else's phone number. Then, the unsuspecting victim suddenly gets 100 or more phone calls from people asking about a goat. I can see where some would think that this is funny, but the victim usually does not.
A few times I have called people because of posts like that. Sometimes, I was even the first person to call them, so I warned them about the Craigslist post and that most likely more calls would be coming. The other day I saw another post like that.
This time it was for “Free Pot-Bellied Pigs.” First off, I wasn’t exactly in the market for pigs. We already have four, so I kind of have “hogs” crossed off of my list for right now. However, when you have land and the opportunity, you can take advantage of situations like this. I figured that I might as well call. The post was only about a half hour old at the time, so I figured that I had a good chance of getting them, if it wasn’t a prank.
I called a few times, but never got an answer or voicemail, so eventually I moved on with my day. Some hours later I got a call back. As it turns out, the people did actually have two pigs that they were giving away for free. Soon, I was on my way.
The man said that these pigs were a brother and sister, and that he had owned their mom previously. He also said that these little ones were about five to six months old. I asked him if he was sure that they did not want anything for the hogs, and he insisted that he was giving them away, so I did not press the issue.
Soon, we were on our way back home with some new pigs. I put them where we used to have our larger pigs for a while, and then eventually built them a little pen down by the big ones.
MEET THE PIGS
The male is a striking silver color with more hair and less of a belly than the female. He’s a spunky little guy.
The female is very chubby and has much less hair than the male. She is also much more docile than he is.
A SHORT VIDEO WITH THE HOGS
There is a little more to this story, so please stay tuned for part two.
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
proof-of-pot-bellied-pig
The mother was 300 pounds in the end? Mmmmm...
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Mmmmm indeed!
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Just how many kinds of animals do you have. spending time with animals always make me calm and happy.
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So far rabbits, ducks, chickens, and pigs.
Next should be goats, guinea fowl and maybe quail.
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Well, if someone is giving dinner away for free...
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No kidding....
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Potbellies are a kind of mystery to me. I have a friend that has two but I don't understand them, meaning do they actually serve a purpose? Such as other hogs do or are they for the enjoyment to look at?
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Not sure. dounds like the guy ate the mama... Her name was Bacon....
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Everybody loves bacon!!!
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@papa-pepper is on the right frequency! Attracting free bacon is a pretty cool ability!
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It is hard ability to fully develop, but well worth the effort.
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@papa-pepper goes hog wild! :D
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Yes he does!
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She has a big belly, maybe she is pregnant? In any case you are lucky guy!
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That's just how pot bellies are. Good price though.
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That's awesome man! A solid addition to the pepper homestead.
A lot of people think Steemit is an offer too good to be true at first...
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Yeah, I'm used to at least testing it out... now I have steemit and pigs!
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Amazing that they were actually free and not a prank ad. So healthy looking, looking forward to Part 2....Names?
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I know, I was pleasantly surprised!
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muy buena publicacion
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Gracias!
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de nada :)
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So they weren't telling porkies? Do you have rhyming slang there? Pork pies = lies
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No they weren't! Never heard of pork pies.
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Bathing the bacon!
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Awwww!
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@papa-pepper I love piggies! I've been meaning to tell you that I never received the present you sent me in the mail. Seems like it was confiscated by our corrupt postal service here in South Africa :(
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Hmmm... if it does not show soon, please let me know and I will try again.
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My dad told me about a man who called about an ad in the classifieds for a really nice, late model car at an unbelievable price, like $500. He figured it was a typo but called anyway. Sure enough, the woman was selling the car that cheaply. She and her husband were getting a divorce and she was to sell the car she had been driving but he was to get the money. LOL! Since then I figured, it doesn't hurt to call!
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Wow! Might as well check!
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True, but after reading the above post I realized some people pull pranks. Never thought of that before. Now there are two sides to the proverbial coin. Haha
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That's really awesome. I love your new little friends. Where I live it's free chickens you see on craigslist. I'll also see the people who are the butt of the prank posting that the ads for free chickens are scams and stop calling. lol. I did see a free llama once. If I had a farm and the ad was real I totally would have gone for the llama.
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I think my inlaws got a free llama once. We did get some free roosters before too!
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I'm jealous about the llama. That's so cool they got one. It's my dream pet.
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They almost look like kuni kuni pigs ;-)
Some people have them as house pets here.
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There are some of those for sale not far from here.
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Are you going to try to raise them to breed and sell?
Or you going to raise them for meat?
Is the male fixed?
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Probably both, and he's intact.
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You are going to want to separate those two before she starts going into heat.
Actually, I am not very up on this part of animal husbandry, so guess you better use the old internets.
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I'll look into it. Thanks.
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Little pigs are yummy eating!
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lots of mid winter feasts in the future there, a bit of cross breeding as well.
keep right on steemin and fillin that farm.
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Cool ;) Very interesting post. Thank you.
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