What do y'll use for fencing your pastured pigs? Do you rotate? How do you decide how large to make the paddocks for rotation? How long do you wait to send...
... Me too. Would love to see ingenious pig-proof housing. ... I think that sounds well worth trying. We just collected up about 20 pallets left from our...
... I'd love to hear what everyone is doing. As first timers, we are using a weedy fenced track about 200 feet long by about 20 wide that runs behind our old...
I know they love thistle & burdock roots. How much rain do you get? I'd be worried about having so much hill torn up. What are your plans for erosion...
Thought this question was a bit hidden. ... And I'd love to hear what everyone one else does as their trick to cut down on feed costs, keep things natural and...
Glad they love those roots. We get a bit of rain here, not sure how many mm off the top of my head. I think the main thing will be the limestone boulders and...
The rocks at the top & flat, grassy at the bottom makes me think that it's already suffered a lot of erosion. I'd think about terracing. Maybe lining up the...
Thanks for the help. We know the previous owner built up the top with rocks. We have tonnes of limestone here in the fields-along the fencelines, by the...
Hello, I am new to both this group and to pig raising. We have not purchased our pigs yet, but are trying to be sure we are ready for them when they do come...
I have to tell you, I don't have any experience w/ pigs... yet. But, I'd say that it really depends on your pigs as much as anything else. Most animals that...
We have decided to try raising pigs for our own use and maybe will sell some. We have electric fence up in he woods for them to forage. I was wondering what...
We just got some 5 week old weaner pigs and we feed them ground corn and goats milk and they're starting to nibble alfalfa too. when they're a big bigger...
I have several email addresses, w/ several different dom de plumes. Each & every one of them has spoken up! You need to make yourself heard on this!!! ...
Hi, all, I'm new to this group. I was told on another group that this was a more appropriate group to ask this question, so I'm repeating my post from...
The best use of your pasture would be for grazing and farrowing sows. Rotationally graze them, supplement a couple lbs of feed per day, and then farrow them...
We hope to do kinda-sorta the same thing, except taking the plowing out. Rotate the pigs on the pasture, so they don't dig it up to badly & don't compact it....
Hey all, I'm new to the group and just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Jason Rook, and I have a small farm in Southern MO. We raise American Guinea Hogs,...
Welcome! I have Red Wattles. I don't know how they compare to Guineas or chesters, I think they're likely larger and I've heard that they are also much...
I'm traveling right now, and don't have good internet access. So, it's taking me a bit to approve new members & messages. Would someone like ot come on as...
I just joined but have time to moderate. I've never been a moderator before so a tutorial may be needed if I have to deal with HTML or other code. I added my...
Hello from Michigan! We currently raise Large Black Hogs & Tamworths on pasture. We got our first pigs this past Feb & are having a blast with them! So far...
So, I decided a few weeks ago that I'm getting to much piggy mass out in the pasture. As they get older, they're getting more destructive....lifting gates &...
Morning Evelyn! Bustling here too for fall - We are waiting on 3 Tamworth litters and 1 Large Black litter for Sept, so things are jumping. Do you have Tams...
We have 2 TamXRW gilts. They are the one's ready to pop out some babies any day. Our Boar & other gilt are both papered RW. We also have a TamXRW barrow....
Hi, we are relatively new to pigs. We have raised up one to put in the freezer but never have bred them. We now have 2 gilts, a boar and a barrow. I was...
... Jennifer, Are you farrowing in a crate or in a stall? We farrow in stalls so the info I am giving is based on our experience with that. My husband added...
I just have her out in an 8 acre pasture (w/ the others). She'll build whatever nest she wants. I og check every morning.... nothing yet. :( Her belly is...
 Hi all my name is Jeff Lance and I live in Arkansas,,I have 82 acres in the country,I have 5 pigs,one is on the bottle he's a blue butt pig,,,the 4 others...
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