Guinea Pig Breeds For Meat

Himalayans are considered the siamese cats of the guinea pig world.

Guinea pig breeds for meat. This albino breed has a white coat with brown or black coloring on its ears feet and nose. Though i tend to wait until females are 1 3 lbs so they don t have their growth stunted. Breeding guinea pigs feeding guinea pigs raising cuy for meat cavies for meat living off the land breeding feeding housing homesteaders growing out. They are perfectly harmless little animals and are very interesting.

The pietrain is a easily recognized meat pig breed that is white in color with black spots. The guinea pigs are probably the most easily managed animals. Guinea pigs is what most people would call them. The meat is described as being similar to rabbit and the dark meat of chicken.

But of the 20 breeds of guinea pig that exist in peru only three are bred for meat. The guinea pigs can be raised in both urban and rural families for supplementary income. The other breeds are exported as pets. The genetic factor for having a satin coat is recessive and found in all types of coat.

It is totally crazy. So the demand for guinea pigs as pets is very large. This breed is recommended for people. It takes about 3 5 months to get a guinea pig to process weight between 1 3 2 lbs yielding around 50 meat 0 7 1 lb.

Cuy reared for pets weigh an average of 750g while breeds reared for. The pietrain has the ability to produce high yields of lean meat. However the pietrain is a known carrier for the gene that causes porcine stress syndrome pss. Pietrain pigs have erect ears.

Sounds like koo ee like the noises the animals make. Unfortunately mutt pigs around here cost more than show pigs specifically because people don t want their guinea pigs to go for food and the pet stores want 35 40 but i managed to acquire someone s entire herd free who just ended up with. A satin guinea pig is not a separate breed but it has as its name suggests a characteristic satin like almost glassy sheen to its coat. Guinea pigs are able to reproduce as young as 3 weeks of age.

The hair shaft on a true satin cavy is actually hollow. They also have a lot of weird small bones and most of the meat is in the head so if that weirds you out it definitely is not for you. It s an idea i ve been kicking around for awhile. Though originally in south america where they were domesticated and are still raised for meat they are called cuy or cui cui.

Long rough curly and short.