We always intended to keep rare Large Black pigs once we were able, but never imagined quite how much fun they would be; they make us laugh every day and bring us so much pleasure.  We currently have Blodeuwedd  from the rare Bess line, Cerridwen, a very rare Queen sow and Olwen, one of only two active Warbler sows in the world.  Olwen's mother, Branwen, died following complications during her first farrowing and we hand-raised her three surviving piglets, including Olwen. We also lost Bran, our magnificent and gentle boar, in January 2025, and now have his successor, young Bran Bach, known as BB, who has successfully sired the first two litters of, hopefully, many.

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 We are delighted to have interested other local pig enthusiasts in the breed, and are setting up a community of Large Black breeders which will be a big help to one of the rarest British pig breeds.  We are also very proud to have had one of our home-bred boys, Blackorchard Majestic 11 (Rhydian), selected by the then Chairman of the breed society to be her boar, and another lad went up to North Yorkshire to be the new boar to the large Rimrock herd.  We have also had breeding sows bought by herds across the country, from County Durham to Wiltshire and Anglesey to Cornwall.

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Our pigs have won or been placed in a number of shows both online and in person, including a third at the Royal Glamorgan Agricultural Society show, Supreme Champion at the Pedigree Pig Breeders UK Winter Fair, and Reserve Champion at the Llandyfaelog Show.

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As well as breeding we produce pork, sell weaners and teach pig courses, details of which can be found here:

Pork Sales

Weaner Sales

Courses