Raising Pigs In The Woods - Beginners Guide To Forest Raised Pork
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- Raising Pigs In The Woods - Beginners Guide To Forest Raised Pork
Today we are moving a group of our feeder pigs into the woods. These are pigs we are raising to process for meat for retail sale later this year.
Our pastured pigs are being raised in the woods so they have access to a more natural diet of mast, or nuts, from our hardwoods, bugs, grubs, worms and other tasty treats they can find rooting around in the ground.
This environment allows our pigs to live more like a pig in their normal habitat. It helps to stir up the ground, distribute manure and improve our soils.
Would you be interested in attending a pastured pig class here at Sheraton Park Farms? Leave us a comment below.
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The pigs are going to love it on the hillside
No doubt! They went right to work. Thanks for watching
Beautiful to see pigs running and sniffing and rooting around in the woods like God intended. No cement and steel bars for them! BTW you mentioned no issues with predators, you should not have to worry about bears as they absolutely HATE electricity (an electric cattle prod is more effective against bears than pepper spray). That electric wire will keep them away. Coywolves on the other hand...
You have a beautiful farm there!
This is a very metaphorical video. Those pigs who thought they “missed the boat” actually had several more hours or days to live
Love to see the piggers in the woods!!! 🐊🦅🇵🇷❤
Thanks. Appreciate y’all watching
Started raising pasture pork 2 years ago in Hilo, Hawaii. Best decision I ever made!! One day I would like to check out larger scale farms.
That is a great idea 💡 man those hogs look so much happier than I've ever seen in a pen of some sort . God Bless
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100% interested in pastured pork day! Sounds like a blast.
I love it your took over ownership of that trailer! 🤪
I’m going to have to start paying child support on it. 🤣🤣
I've got woods with a thick swamp a lot of rumble grass just about everything you could think of lol it's about 12 acres and I was thinking of breaking it up into four locks and doing some pig raising and see how it goes I enjoyed your video thank you
Does anyonet Trap feral Hogs anywhere near you?
If so, gonce you've got your Fencing secure, (with a sturdy plot for training to Hot-wire fencing) see if you can arrange a deal with a Trapper for his underweight littluns. Chances are he gets nothing for them if he's selling to a Processor. If you've no experoience breeding & rearing, it might be a way to get some use from otherwise useless land.
Nice looking pigs!
Thanks 👍
Another great video I love those pigs in the woods like that
Thanks. It’s how the good Lord intended them to live. You not interested in a class?🤷♂️ Come in man! 😆
@@SheratonParkFarms oh I am interested I thought that was a given
🤣🤣 oh yeah. You may need to run it. You have pregnant 🐷
Beautiful ground. Can't see the neighbors. Hardwoods. A farm or two. Perfect.
Her may have to , orotect the good Hardwood trees to stop' em getting "Ring-Barked & ki8lled. Trees, not the pigs..
I also have a lot of oak hickory shagbark hickory walnut not many but I believe it would make a good pig raising woods
I just started my pig experience. Got a 5 year old gal, Duroc/landrace cross. I have 7.5 acres in the foothills of the Ozarks in northeast Oklahoma. Gonna be working on fencing this coming week, weather permitting. From watching your videos, I'm liking your fencing. Simple. I have the electric wire needed. I have a bit of wooded "pasture" I already have my horse and mini donkey in. It's a start! Right now, she's in a dog pen with some kunes and potbellies. Those little ones are on the market now.
Thank you for sharing your journey with us. I really appreciate it for sure!!
Awesome video! Fixing to do the same as soon as I find some land in E. TX!
God Bless Y'all!!
Hi.... Thank you 🎥👍👍👍
Excellent. Very informative 👍👍👍Thanks for sharing
Appreciate y’all watching
Absolutely loved the video!! Do you ever think of growing some things to feed the pigs to offset the feed costs?
Great video, I would love to attend one of ur classes next year when I move to South Carolina , really good information here on ur channel,
Thanks. Appreciate y’all watching
I love watching you guys work the pigs! How long will it take to feed them out? Prayers for you!
Thanks. It takes about 6-7 months to get them to the right weight. Appreciate y’all watching
Those pigs moved easy. I remember some weaning that were harder.
Yep. This went amazingly well. Thanks for watching.
I am definitely interested in the pastured pig one day event. I'm in the process of purchasing my farm now in eastern Tennessee and your videos have become a wealth of knowledge and inspiration.
Congrats on the new farm. We have the workshop scheduled. www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1/pastured-pig-workshop-2022
Highly educational. Thank you for the video.
Thanks! Appreciate y’all watching
Looking forward to the little guys/girls! Hope all goes well!
Yes interested in the class but I’m a bit further away than most.
Thanks. Well let everyone know a date
We have it scheduled! Working on some additional details. Here is the link: www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1
Tractor thru the creek was cool!
Brand new to raising pigs. Doing tons of research right now. I've watched a few of your videos. Love them.
We are in Central Ohio and have 18 acres of woods. We are hoping to start with 2-3 feeder pigs for ourselves next spring then build from there.
What size should our paddocks be to start? And how many should we use if rotating? Would like to start sufficient but small but allow for expansion.
Someday my husband and I are going to come out to your property and make one of your workshop/classes. You have been a phenomenal (inadvertant) teacher. We are getting our first pigs soon.
Ps: I love you and Saundra's relationship and how you all tease each other. My hubby and I give each other trouble too. I love seeing that playful love reflected out in the world. 🌍
Interested as well... thanks again
Got it. Thanks. Working on deciding some dates.
We have it scheduled! Working on some additional details. Here is the link: www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1
Definantly interested in your class as well to meet you both. LOVE the videos and learning so much from you two.
We have it scheduled! Working on some additional details. Here is the link: www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1
I would be interested in the class as well! We just got 4 mulefoot and am rotating through pasture. Your videos have been a huge help! Thank you!
Thanks. Glad they are helpful. Working on getting a date set.
We have it scheduled! Working on some additional details. Here is the link: www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1
@@SheratonParkFarms hey friend! This link is broken..
I feel like I’m right there in the field with you
Good work 👍
Very informative and inspiring! Thank you.
I would love a day to learn. I am to months into pasture raised pigs. They are headed into small wooded areas this week.
Good job.
This may be late but I know my dad and I would love to attend a class!
We have a few spots left. www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1/pastured-pig-workshop-2022
Enjoy all of your videos. Very informative. I am interested in your 1 day pastured pig class.
Like all videos very educational. I live in middle Tennessee have over 8 acres mostly woods . Planning on getting goats and hogs . I would be interested in one of your classes. Thanks James hennessee
Any chance you can turn the volume down on the music? It's just so much louder than when you're talking, it blasts my ears out. :)
I'll work on it. Sound is tough to get right on my editing software.
Hey we're less than an hour away and would love to participate in your pastured pig course! We get our first feeder pigs this weekend!
Jon we aren’t doing a pig class this year. That video is from 2 years ago.
I just found this video and see that you're having a workshop this weekend! Will you be hosting another one this year? We'd love to attend if so! We are on a farm in central NY and thinking about woodland raised pigs as our next project. Thank you for your videos!
Do wild pigs who aren't trained to wire break your fencing or cause your pigs to be able to escape?
To train them to the electric wire do you just start with a tall fence with the wire on the inside? So there’s 2 barriers to start?
Great video how many pigs do u have all together on ur farm
I bought another 17 between filming and posting this video. We are at 71 total right now.
@@SheratonParkFarms gotcha is this the only batch u got in the forest
The other groups have access to woods but this is the only group exclusively in the woods
@@SheratonParkFarms k
Sign me up! We are on the other side of the Blue Ridge in Southwest Virginia. My granddaddy used to keep 200 pigs in the woods, but unfortunately he died before I was born so I didn’t get the education
When will you do another class I don’t live far from you and would like to come visit your farm
We're interested in attending the workshop!!
Great. Working on dates now so stay tuned! Thanks
We have it scheduled! Working on some additional details. Here is the link: www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1
About how high is your electric wire? Those pigs look very content. Thats one beautiful farm, wish i was closer.
GOD bless!
Yes. Interested. Roanoke, VA.
We have it scheduled! Working on some additional details. Here is the link: www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1
Are you going to start thinning the forest for silvopasture?
Love the videos, but can't hardly hear you...and then the music kicks in and blows my speakers out
25 or so years ago, Dad decided to raise pigs in part to help fund my going to college. One day while I was off at college, he decided that the boar wasn't performing his job and needed to be replaced. Dad had a F150 that smelled like pigs from two miles away no matter what direction the wind was blowing, and that is what he used to transport pigs to market. This boar, being about twice Dad's size and nearly as angry, didn't like the idea of climbing the ramp. Dad had a gate and had been pushing this boar in the summer sun for longer than he thought he should have, dropped the gate, grabbed a large double headed hammer, looked at the smooth side, shook his head, flipped it around to the waffle headed side, nodded and struck the boar right in the sensitive bits. The boar jumped forward and didn't land on the ramp. If Dad had been slightly less attentive when installing the stock racks, the boar would have been through the back glass and in the cab of the truck!
Very interested
I would love to come
Awesome. Thanks. We are hoping to pull one together. Stay tuned!!
We have it scheduled! Working on some additional details. Here is the link: www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1
Hope you have cattails. Best pig and people feed if needs must. Takota kohen up in Canada swears by them. And mistakes he's made over grazing them. Excellent engineering design of the man made, drainable marsh.
Looking good! Will you all be thinning out some of those smaller shrubs and trees and converting that area to more of a silvo pasture?
Yes sir count in in please..
Got it. Thanks
We have it scheduled! Working on some additional details. Here is the link: www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1
We're interested in the pasture pig workshop.
Got it. We are close on a date. Stay tuned!
We have it scheduled! Working on some additional details. Here is the link: www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1
I love pig farming. When is the next class? I will love to attend.
May 22. Would love to have you join us. Here is the link. www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1/pastured-pig-workshop-2022
I would be interested in coming down from PA for a day for the class. I’ll be getting my first set of pigs in April, so I’m not sure of my availability. But if you post a class and I can make it, I will!
Hey Derek. We have the class set up. Here is the link:www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1/pastured-pig-workshop-2022
I’m also interested!
We have it scheduled! Working on some additional details. Here is the link: www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1
Rose Valley farm we would love to have a tour of your setup We are located in Hayes North Carolina 1st time farmers and Love watching your channel on RUclips Would love to have a class
Please send the info on the classes, please Sir! Was raised on a farm & miss the lifestyle! Plus, we want to become completely self reliant & free from the corp. food supply!!!
Very interesting concept how long does it take to finish out your pigs in the woods? Thanks for a great show.
Heard you mention watching for infighting when you mix groups, have had that problem, what do you do about it?
Would be very interested in a pig class. I would happily drive from Iowa for the class. Kipp
What keeps the bears from getting into them ? I want to do this but I live in wv and we have lots of bears
That smaller bulk feeder in the forest, is that a brower?
I am interested in the pastured pigs workshop.
Got it. We are close on a date. Stay tuned!
We have it scheduled! Working on some additional details. Here is the link: www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1
I definitely would be interested in a class, I’m 3 hrs from you in East Tn!
Great! We were in Rogersville, Kingsport and Bristol last weekend. Working on deciding on a date.
We have it scheduled! Working on some additional details. Here is the link: www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1
Very interested in the class on pigs!
Awesome. We have it scheduled! Working on some additional details. Here is the link: www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1
Interested in the class for sure! We live about 3 hours from y’all. We recently purchased 17 acres and are in the learning and planning process.
Got it. Thanks. Working in a date now.
We have it scheduled! Working on some additional details. Here is the link: www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1
Depending on the day and if I can get off work I will attend your class and also would like to do some business with you if we could
Whats the brand of trailer you used to move those pigs?
Do pigs need a lot of underbrush to eat? Those woods look like mature trees and leaves. Seems like there wouldn't be much to sustain several pigs.What do they eat in mature woods?
Ahh, insects your video answered my question. So does that mean one can sustain pigs on land they have already cleared of underbrush.
Thanks for all the information! How long will you leave that group of pigs on that 1 acre paddock? Do y’all follow the Salatin model that is based off of feed consumption?
Would be interested in learning more details about you class.
Hey, love your content. And I'm interested in the class!
Thanks for watching. Here is info on the class. www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1/pastured-pig-workshop-2022
I have coyote problems though? I wonder what problems I would have
I have never been around Blue Butt hogs but they look to be pretty docile, friendly and very curious. They are looking good! Am interested to know how long they will take to reach processing weight with amount of feed consumed and how you like the meat in comparison with the meat from the hogs you currently breed. I raised Duroc and Duroc Yorkshire cross for quite a few years and am seriously thinking about starting up again. Am looking at and considering other breeds of pigs and also what makes a good cross with Duroc besides Yorkshire that grows out well in 6 to 7 months. Possibly Tamworth or Berkshire but still looking.
How do you manage coyote packs at night
Very interested and would definitely attend a class or 2,3, or 4.
Awesome. We may be doing some pastured poultry classes too. We’ll keep everyone posted.
We have it scheduled! Working on some additional details. Here is the link: www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1
hi i just wanted to give you a little bit of feedback about your video quality. first of I LOVE your videos and i ADORE your sweet wife. im not sure if anyone has given feedback about the sound quality of your videos but alot of times it seems the audio cuts in and out kinda like a call with bad service. also being the soft spoken person it seems you are i have to turn the volume quite a bit to be able to hear you but then when it cuts to a music clip it deafens me haha im not sure if there is a way to not make the music not quite as loud but just something to think about.
I just heard this week that it might be pigs give off a scent so that predators avoid them
Could be. Had not heard that.
How do people in other states get a couple of pigs?
How steep of an area can you run pigs on?we have a wooded ridge we would like to run pigs on that declines into a valley. Thank you.
that's a lot of Pigs
And we've added 17 more since we shot that video. Its a sickness.😆
Hey I would love to come to the farm for a class. I live in Rutherford county, NC and am about 2 and a half hours from you. let me know if you decide to have us over
Hey Eric. We have it scheduled! Here is the link for info and tickets. www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1/pastured-pig-workshop-2022
I'm interested in the pastured pork one day course
Here is the info: www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1/pastured-pig-workshop-2022
Love to have you join us!
I would definitely come for a class. Very interested.
Good deal. Trying to decide if a date now. Appreciate y’all watching
We have it scheduled! Working on some additional details. Here is the link: www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1
Any date on pastured pig class
Got it. We are close on a date. Stay tuned!
@@SheratonParkFarms I live in AZ, so I trying to see if we could make it. Thanks. Starting tune
We have it scheduled! Working on some additional details. Here is the link: www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1
I'm interested in attending a class on raising pastured pigs.
Depending on the time of year i have two people interested in a one day class. We're from Iowa
Got it. We are about to settle in a date. Appreciate y’all watching
We have it scheduled! Working on some additional details. Here is the link: www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1
I'd be interested in coming up for the class.
Got it. Working on a date now.
We have it scheduled! Working on some additional details. Here is the link: www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1
I would be interested in learning more at the farm. Do you have any problems with predators like coyotes harassing or attacking the pigs?
Never mind guess I should wait till the end of the video before asking questions… you answered it.
I would also be interested in taking your class!
Great. We’ll keep everyone posted.
We have it scheduled! Working on some additional details. Here is the link: www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1
Depending on the day I would love to take a class.
Good deal. We are working on a date now.
We have it scheduled! Working on some additional details. Here is the link: www.sheratonparkfarms.com/events1