Do pigs stink? I got my answer!!!!

[bheila]

I had the opportunity to get a free piglet yesterday but couldn't take it because we live on my parents property and my mother experienced smelling a stinky pig pen one time. So now she thinks that all pig pens will stink.

I know because of all of my research that pigs pens can smell if not cleaned out and left filthy. What are your guy's experiences so I can show her she's wrong.

BTW, I only wanted to keep the pig long enough to raise it to butcher weight, 4-6 months and since it's the dry months here there's even less of a chance of it ever smelling. I even rake my goats poop to keep it clean for them

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

yes they are wildly stinky! even if you try to keep them clean - unless you keep on cement (like the show pigs our neighbors have) they are stinker-ific. the good news is... it smells like compost to me! great for the garden. i think my pig book says to keep 100yrds from the neighbors to keep relations good.

but dont let that deter you - nothing like home grown pork!

 

[bheila]

yes they are wildly stinky! even if you try to keep them clean - unless you keep on cement (like the show pigs our neighbors have) they are stinker-ific. the good news is... it smells like compost to me! great for the garden. i think my pig book says to keep 100yrds from the neighbors to keep relations good.

but dont let that deter you - nothing like home grown pork!

We don't have neighbors who are close so that's not an issue, it's my mother who had one bad experience. What is it that makes the pigs stink? The urine, poop, mud? Every farm I've ever gone to that has pigs never smells.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

i think its to poop that got me... and i swear this summer i was down where we had them last year and it STILL stunk!

i'm sure there's folks with solutions to this and i'm sure the standard' keep it dry and clean' advice is the best

as for your mom... golly she just may not want them. but it may not be as bad as she thinks... everyone is different

ps and the flies are pretty bad too!

 

[bheila]

I would pick there poop up every day. I just think it's an excuse on my moms part. She doesn't like the thought of us butchering our chickens either. I guess it makes her feel better to buy meat from the super market that's been caged Can you tell I'm frustrated

 

[Farmer Kitty]

Free pig? Take it! I just paid $50 a piece for feeder pigs.

The farm where we got them smelt like a pig farm. But, since getting them home, they don't seem to smell so strong. I think, not only how they are kept but, the feed makes a difference too.

We were just out to check on them and they are making their messes in one corner only! I hope they keep that up, it sure will make cleaning their pen easier!

 

[gaited horse]

remember pigs that have baths smell good

 

[farmy]

we have almost 80 pigs and they arent stinky... old mud is very very stinky, but they themselves are not... their poop stinks... but so does most peoples

 

[bheila]

My husbands family used to raise pigs when he was a kid. He says they do their business in the same spot all of the time so that makes for easy clean up. I'll be showing your guys posts to my mom.

I would love to take the free piglet but I won't go against my mothers wishes She already told us we couldn't have chickens....we got 2 then up to 130 and now were back down to a managable 50 If only we could afford to live somewhere else but the economy sucks right now

 

[mully]

You know your mother is going to "look" for pig stink if you get them so for her they would smell even if you washed them every day.