Quote Originally Posted by Mark1887 View Post
First time I am having soft furs, are they really that mean? I hear a lot of positive stuff but then negative also. I intend to handle them and try get them as calm and people friendly as my breeder's I have raised on my own.
My particular colony of ASFs aren't mean. But they aren't friendly either. Not like the Norways.
But I've seen some seriously nasty ASFs who crazy aggressive.

And ASF mamas can be pretty nippy when they have babies around. Something I'm glad the Norways typically don't do.
So having a Norway nurse ASFs makes handling the babies easier when the mother isn't trying to rip your fingers apart.