I asked my father, who is suffering from moderate dementia, whether he remembers what colour the pigs were in his village of Kischker in Batschka.  He was having a fairly lucid day yesterday and he was quite sure that there were pink pigs and black pigs, with no spotted or variegated ones.  This suggests to me that they were distinct breeds and were deliberately kept from interbreeding.  There must have been a reason for this but it is unknown to my father.  It is possible that each farmer that raised pigs had their own preference and the two breeds were therefore de facto physically kept apart. Regards, Roy

I just spoke with my other (92)... She grew up in Tschesterek, and they had light colored Mangaliza pigs. On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 10:18 AM Roy Engel <royengel@rogers.com> wrote: > I asked my father, who is suffering from moderate dementia, whether he > remembers what colour the pigs were in his village of Kischker in > Batschka. He was having a fairly lucid day yesterday and he was quite sure > that there were pink pigs and black pigs, with no spotted or variegated > ones. This suggests to me that they were distinct breeds and were > deliberately kept from interbreeding. There must have been a reason for > this but it is unknown to my father. It is possible that each farmer that > raised pigs had their own preference and the two breeds were therefore de > facto physically kept apart. > Regards, > Roy > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe > https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >