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 reckon she weighs at least twice as much as I do, possibly up to three times, so I’ll put my guess at about 2 1/2 times, thus 179 kilos.
Just for fun I decided to try this on myself and it is actually pretty close to being spot on if you use your waist measurement and height!!
Poor Sheila, she may need therapy for all this speculation on her weight. 🙂
My guess is 831 lbs; hoping it comes as a complement…
I maybe cheating a bit – she looks really close to the size of our Penny pig (gone now but never forgotten), she got to a little over 700lbs before she left us, so that’s my guess – 700 lbs. Your baby is a beauty!!
568 pounds. She is very lovely. Bless your Sheila.
825 pounds
My guess is 738 lbs. That was just a number that came to my brain. I only deal with deer and wild hogs so I could be WAY off!! Ha ha!
My guess is 840 lbs. More than four times Tahiti!
500 lbs even.
Hmmm … I’m guessing she is twice the length of Tahiti … so 88 inches. And three times the girth … so 126 inches. 88x 126 x 126 divided by 400 = 3492.72 pounds!?! I HAD to show my calculations because I am flabergasted. But … there is my guess!
600 lbs exactly 🙂
If numbers are involved, I will withdraw. They dance in my head and scramble my brain. I loved the photos of them though. Looking forward to seeing who got the figures right. 🙂 Have a lovely Sunday.
I guessed that Tahiti weighs about 270 – and I wasn’t too far off. I’m gonna guess that Sheila weighs 675 pounds. ; o )
700 lbs even! Go Denver!
Wow… so much response for a day! Well, by comparison, I am thinking I am way too low but I guessed she was a good third more in length than Tahiti, plus a little bit… so I gave her 60 inches in length — that’s 5 feet — and just a tad less in girth at 55 inches…..thus my guess for Sheila’s weight would come in at 453 pounds.
Kitty is loving the sunshine and I’m loving the kitty… she looks so sweet up on the fence post. Have a lovely day too… and dig out the snuggies cuz the weatherman says we’re in for some cold cold weather. But then this winter has been so exceptionally great I suppose we really can’t complain. ~ Mame 🙂
I’m guessing 625.