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About Basque PigsAbout Basque Pigs



Basque pigs are a breed of swine from Basque Country, France. They are piebald, black and pink.

What is today called the Basque pig is one of several historical breeds or breed types kept by the Basque peoples, and it was consolidated under the name only in the 1920s. Though they were relatively common in the early 20th century, Basque pigs had nearly disappeared by 1981, with fewer than 100 breeding sows left.

Today, the breed is preserved by small farmers in France and Spain who are dedicated to traditional Basque foods. Basque pigs grow more slowly and develop more fat than modern breeds like the Large White, making them less suited to intensive commercial meat production, but ideal for the creation of cured pork products such as Bayonne ham. Basque sows have small litters usually about nine in a litter, but they have a strong maternal instinct.




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