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  • REGISTRATION EDUCATION
  • CALCULATORS
  • KUNEKUNE BASICS
  • HOUSING / SHELTER / FEED
  • BREEDING & FARROWING
  • BRINGING NEW PIGS TO YOUR FARM
  • HEALTH
  • PORK EDUCATION
  • MEMBER WEBINARS

REGISTRATION EDUCATION

AKKPS Registration Guidelines

 

Learn the ins and outs of registering a KuneKune with the AKKPS

Why Buy Registered KuneKunes

 

Learn the importance of registered AKKPS KuneKune Stock

KUNEKUNE CALCULATORS

KuneKune Feed & Vet Cost Calculator

 

Calculate the cost of keeping your KuneKunes

COI Calculator

 

Calculate the Coefficient of Inbreeding between pigs in the AKKPS Herd Book

Please note that the COI on pedigrees & listed on the animals record in the AKKPS Herd Book is the COI at the time of Litter Notification or Full Registration.  Animals are constantly added to the Herd Book which will change the COI for ancestors.  To recalculate the current COI of an animal use the COI calculator.

116 Day KuneKune Gestation Calculator

 

Calculate a KuneKune Farrowing Due Date

KUNEKUNE BASICS

Pig Terms

  • Parts of the Pig
  • Breeding Terms

KuneKune Body Score Chart

The EKPA graciously allowed the AKKPS to use their Body Score Chart and the AKKPS Membership voted to adopt the chart in February of 2024.

KuneKune Breed Standard

Adopted from the BKKPS in 2013.

Wattle Genetics

Understanding the genetics of wattles

Conformation

  • Selecting a Breeding Boar
  • Teat Lines
  • Choosing Breeding Animals
  • The Wattle Gene

Housing, Shelter & Feed for KuneKunes

Fencing

Fencing Needs & Ideas

Pastures

  • Grazing Orchards
  • Frost Seeding
  • Raising Pigs on Pasture
  • Cleaning Up Vineyards

Housing & Shelter

  • Shelter Needs and Ideas
  • Winter Shelter

Feeding

  • Feeders & Waterers
  • Pastured Pigs
  • Grass Fed
  • Basic Feeding
  • What Can Pigs Can and Can NOT Have
  • The Truth About All Stock Feed
  • Lysine

Misc Articles

  • Composting Manure
  • Why KuneKunes
  • Moving Pigs
  • Pigs in Winter Weather
  • Certified Vet Inspection (CVI)
  • Buying & Selling KuneKunes

Breeding & Farrowing KuneKunes

BREEDING / FARROWING / PIGLETS

  • Re-Introducing the Sow to the Herd
  • Iron Injections for Piglets
  • Colostrum
  • Piglet Destination
  • Atresia Ani - Heat Cycles
  • Farrowing
  • Safety Heat Lamps
  • Orphaned Pigs
  • Winter Farrowing
  • Fundamentals for Farrowing
  • Preparing for Farrowing
  • Weaning Piglets
  • Mothering Abilities
  • KuneKune Anatomy
  • Farrowing Stall Set Ups
  • Farrowing Items List
  • Keeping Piglets Safe

Bringing New Pigs to Your Farm

Quarantining KuneKunes

The Importance of Quarantining

Pigs are Herd Animals

Understanding KuneKunes as Herd Animals

KuneKune Health

Health Conditions

  • Coccidiosis
  • Scent Glands
  • Salt Toxicity
  • Dippity Pig
  • Frostbite
  • Anemia
  • Hoof Trimming
  • Jaw Abcesses
  • Mites & Lice
  • Temperatures
  • PEDV
  • Growth Rate
  • Zoonoses
  • Scrotal Hernias
  • Cryptorchidism
  • Vaccinations
  • African Swine Fever (ASF)
  • Swine Pox
  • Polydactyly
  • FerAppease Swine

Giving Injections

  • Using A Slapshot & Repeater Gun
  • Injection Sites
  • Giving Shots

Swine Disease 101 by the USDA for the AKKPS

  • African Swine Fever
  • Foot & Mouth Disease
  • Pseudorabies
  • PRSS
  • Circovirus
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases
  • Lung Diseases
  • Reproduction Diseases
  • Biosecurity

Castration

Learn How to Castrate and What Items are Needed

DE WORMING

Learn why KuneKunes should be de wormed, the different type of wormer and much more.

KuneKune Pork Education

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WHAT CUTS SHOULD I ORDER?

ABOUT PORK

  • Boar Taint
  • Raising for Meat
  • Pork Cuts
  • History of Pork & Pigs
  • How to Butcher
  • Taste of Pork
  • What is Pastured Pork
  • Rearing KuneKunes for Pork
  • Leaf Lard
  • Bone Broth
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WITHDRAWAL TIMES FOR MEDICATIONS

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FINDING A BUTCHER

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HARVEST TIMIMG

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SNOUT TO TAIL & EVERYTHING INBETWEEN

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HALF & WHOLE

COMING SOON!

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RESALE VERSES PERSONAL USE

AKKPS SPONSORED EKPA WEBINARS FOR AKKPS MEMBERS ONLY

 

The following recorded AKKPS Sponsored EKPA Webinars are available to all AKKPS Members through the AKKPS Members Portal Members Only Section.  Please login to the AKKPS Member Portal and go to the Members Only Section to view the link to the webinar.

  • ROOTING INTO KUNEKUNE HEALTH WITH DR. KELSEY GRAY - May 2024
  • Sausage Makeing 101 - Coming September 2024!
  • Conformation Using BKKPS Standards - May 2024
  • KuneKune Nutrition - ComingSeptember 2024!
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