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The Chester White is the most durable of the white breeds; it can gain as much as 1.36 pounds (0.62 kg) a day and gain 1 pound (0.45 kg) for every 3 pounds (1.4 kg) of grain it is fed. Their pale color leaves Chester Whites prone to sunburn; they must be given access to shade in the summer.
Breed Origin Height Weight Color Image Aksai Black Pied: Kazakhstan: 167–182 cm: 240–320 kg (530–710 lb) Black and White--- American Yorkshire: United States
Breed name Notes Image American Berkshire [1]: 536 American Landrace [2] American Yorkshire [2] Chester White [2] Choctaw Hog [2] Duroc [2] Guinea Hog [2] Hampshire [2] Hereford [2] Lacombe: Canada; [3] in the USA known as Saddleback [2] Mulefoot [2] Ossabaw Island Hog [2] Pineywoods [2] Poland China [2] Red Wattle Hog [2] Spotted Poland China ...
The Large White derives from the old Large Yorkshire breed, a long-legged and heavy-boned pig from the county of Yorkshire, in northern England.In the nineteenth century this was crossed with pigs imported from China, giving rise to three distinct types or breeds: the Small White showed the greatest Asian influence, small and fat with a markedly foreshortened snout; the Middle White also ...
By the time the Rare Breeds Survival Trust was founded in 1973, numbers of all traditional pig breeds were dangerously low, and many of them were extinct. [11] [12] In 1986 the Middle White breed population was reported to be 15. [4] In 1990 a breed association, the Middle White Pig Breeders' Club, was established. [6]: 145 In 2010 the breed ...
The foundation stock was top Berkshire sows obtained in Canada which were mated to Landrace-Chester White crossbred boars secured from the United States Department of Agriculture. Starting in 1947, 12 years of selective breeding and testing included 258 sires and 840 dams - all highly selected for performance.
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The breed is said to have been named for a stallion belonging to Harry Kelsey in New York state (1820s) [2] or that "the breed was named after a race horse and he in turn was named after Napoleon's Aide, Gen. Christoph Duroc...." [3] The modern Duroc originated circa 1850 from crosses of the Jersey Red and New York's older Duroc.