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I will be picking up another set of feeder pigs this weekend. I may have made a contact at a local brewery for their spent grains/mash to be able to feed to my pigs to supplement their feed. I have read that people have done this, but I am wondering if the pigs should be a little...
I have about two weeks to go with my pigs and my neighbor has two walnut trees and a hickory tree that is just starting to drop nuts. There are tons of green ones still hanging from the tree. Has anyone feed walnuts and hickory nuts to their pigs? Are they safe for them to eat. There are...
Pick up my two Berks yesterday. They were still in the pen this morning so I will say we are off to a good start. Hope the next 5 months go as smoothly. :)
There was another thread posted recently regarding a pig with an attitude. I was going to ask this question in that thread, but thought I would start a new one instead. I am picking up two feeder pigs (berkshires) on Sunday. This will be my first time with pigs. I have worked with horses and...
My two feeder pigs will be arriving soon. I have been spending the last couple weeks finalizing things for their arrival. As I continue to "check off boxes" of things to do, I try to keep a mental note of questions to ask this group. Here are a couple things I have so far.
1. How much water...
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I have read a lot of threads on the forum with ideas on building pig pens/shelters which have been very helpful. I thought I would share my pig pen that is just about complete. My plan is to raise to feeder pigs in the spring. Not going to get into breeding or anything like that for...
I just finished my first mowing of my pasture and want to get opinions on length of grass. My pastures are use for grazing of my couple horses. The pasture are not manicured, but are in pretty good shape. I have a mix of grasses in the field. I have spread a pasture mix at times to help...
I am wondering what people think about using a DEF fluid 55 gallon plastic barrel for water for a couple pigs? While I know this may not be ideal, I am having a hard time finding a food grade blue barrel in my area. Many that I am coming across, the owners are not sure what came in them and...
I bought a half a pig last week from a great farm in the area. This was my first experiment with getting a half of pig and cutting it up for meat/roast/sausage/ etc. I asked to have the leaf lard left in the pig so I could render it for lard. I had done some reading on it and how to render it...
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This is my first post on this forum. The chicken forum was very helpful in getting me started with my chickens, and I am looking forward to some great advice here. I am considering and looking into getting a couple feeder pigs. At this time, breeding is not in my vision of the...