A competition for us. Go on guess. How much do you think Sheila weighs?
I finally took my dressmakers tape out to the barn to measure her and then applied the equation and the result is pretty close to her actual weight they say. So I have the answer in my mind.
What you do is measure your pigs length from the her tail to between her ears, then her girth (round her tummy).
The equation goes like this: multiply Length by Girth and Girth again then divide by 400.
Here is an example: Tahiti is 44 inches long and 42 inches around – Using this formula she is 194 pounds (or 87kg). The hardest part was to persuade Tahiti to remain standing – just the hint of a scratch and she throws herself on the ground. 
Here they are together. This gives you a point of reference for your estimate. (It was hard to get these shots as Molly spent the whole time following me about chewing on my clown suit, bumping into me and squealing gently. She is a delightful menace!) I think Sheila must be four now. But I need to look that up.
Walter will explain the formula further. (He can find the divide key on HIS keyboard).
So now: Guess. You can give your answer in pounds or kgs. It will be hard for you not to be influenced by other readers guesses so have YOUR guess worked out before you scroll down reading everyone elses. Yes! I know what you are like. I trust you to stick to your guns. Because her weight was a surprise to me, so you might be right. Though it would be a good idea if we do not have two the same. There are flaws but we will see what happens.
I will tell you Sheila’s weight tomorrow and we will see who wins.
I tried hard to think of a prize – things being quite busy at the moment. How about this -the person who guesses the closest weight wins the chance to be the guest writer for the blog while I am on the plane. We will all come to your blog on that day.
I am looking forward to this!
Have a lovely day.
Love celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
90 responses to “Guess how much Sheila weighs!”
I’m bad at this stuff. But judging her against Tahiti, how about 425 pounds…? She looks a tad more than twice Tahiti’s size.
Have you starting putting things into your suitcase yet?
Not yet, I have a plan though.. I think.. c
I guess 970 pounds – I think Sheila might be four or five times bigger than Tahiti 🙂
Complete guess here – 32 stones, or 448 pounds! Never good at guessing weights or age LOL Always think I look younger and thinner then I am (hee hee )
You DO look younger and thinner than you are. 😉
My guess is 435kg 🙂
I’ll guess 610 lbs!
I am guessing 675lbs., and I didn’t look at anyone else’s guess!
520kg for me. (the divide key is a forward slash, lower case question mark). Laura
Just eyeballing Sheila, I’ll guess 642.
I guess 680lbs and I hope I don’t win because I couldn’t be good enough to write your blog, so good luck to everyone else xx Jane
It is really not nice to judge a girl’s weight. I hope no one is out guessing mine, but I must join in the fun. 575 lbs of beautiful pig!
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808.5 pounds. That’s my final offer! I started at something around 1400 because I was guessing that she was twice as long as Tahiti, then I figured that was way off, so I started imagining her length in terms of my own height. This is nuts, and fun.
808.5 and that’s my final offer. At first I came up with something over 1400 pounds, but that seemed nuts, so I started thinking of her length in terms of my height and I came up with this. Nutty and fun.
You have described her as your 600 pound pig before, so if you were surprised, she is more or less than that. You are her weight-watcher & founder of her diet, so let’s say you’ve held her down to 550lbs. But she does look big beside Tahiti, so I hope it’s not 750lbs. Didn’t do the equation~ just guessing.
She is one large girl. I never realized how big until I see her next to Tahiti or Molly. I am not going to guess because I am bit of a shy blogger and it would be too stressful if I won, though I doubt I would.
Sheila looks around 475 pounds to me.