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This breeding trio — three pigs with three different coat patterns — found their next home together.

(We keep the listing visible so you can see the breeds we work with.)

Honest version: my husband was done with pigs. He wanted to put our time and pasture into the sheep, and after a lot of back-and-forth, I agreed. So we rehomed the trio together, as a group, so nobody got split up.

In the past three years, we've raised four different heritage and small breeds: Mangalitsa, Meishan, KuneKune, and Juliana. None of them are the 'teacup' mini pig you see online — and none of them are the giant pink pig you picture at a fair, either. Here's how they compare.

Mangalitsa — the woolly one

A Hungarian lard breed with a curly, sheep-like coat (yes, really). Adults usually land around 300–450 pounds, so they're big, but slower-growing and much hairier than a commercial pig. Prized for marbled, fatty meat.

Meishan — the wrinkly one

A Chinese breed with deep face wrinkles and huge floppy ears. Adults typically reach about 200–300 pounds. They're known for being calm, mature early, and having very large litters.

KuneKune — the grazer

A small New Zealand breed (pronounced 'cooney cooney') with short, upturned snouts and little tassels under the chin called wattles. Adults are usually 100–250 pounds. They actually graze grass instead of rooting up everything, and they're famously friendly.

Juliana — the smallest of ours

A spotted miniature breed, often called the 'painted miniature.' Adults generally weigh about 40–70 pounds and stand roughly 10–16 inches tall — the closest thing to a true mini pig we've had.

How they differ from a typical mini pig

Most pigs sold as minis are mixed breeds, and many grow far bigger than promised — 100 pounds or more is common. Breeds like the Juliana and KuneKune have more predictable adult sizes, which is why registered lines matter if size matters to you.

For scale

A standard commercial meat pig (think Yorkshire or Duroc) reaches market weight of about 250–300 pounds in roughly six months, and breeding adults can top 600–800 pounds. So even our Mangalitsas grew slower, and our Julianas were a fraction of that size.

We loved every one of them. But the sheep won, and off went all three — together.