Never know when you have a pig hut to build! Gotta admit when your wrong and make sure you learn from it. Anyone else deal with something like this? Let us know!
Oh ya I bought that stupid omelette chicken coop a year back and they outgrew that very fast and upgraded to one like yours! Your lucky your wife helps with the homestead! I’m hustling by myself with 2 dogs 6 chickens with 14 pullets ready to go outside, 2 barn cats and 2 Nigerian goats coming next month! Also 11 raised beds and 6 20x3 in ground beds and a food truck! 😓 😂
It was certainly fast action on your part taking care of your pig hut! Those little devils!...Ya never know what your animals are capable of sometimes. I hope Chelsea isn't too discouraged.
I am impressed you admitted you were wrong. That's a good man. Your parents did a good job. We are allowed our opinions. It's ok if we thought something would work and it failed. It's life's little lessons. Now they will be warm if they need it. Have a great week.
I have been binge watching your channel for the past couple weeks ago after I stumbled upon it. We just got our first baby chicks about 3 weeks ago. We’re definitely learning as we go and your ideas and advice have been a big help. Thanks for all you do.
Just one thing, with the black tarp, it's gonna be hot in the summer. When using a tarp that way, don't expect it to last long. Longest I've ever had one last was 2 years.
Oh yeah, our pig huts got torn apart too! Pigs can be destructive. Granted, one was just an old truck topper that was on its way out. The other one was wood slabs screwed to a quad of trees and they (the potbellies!) managed to rip some of that apart too. Thankfully their pens are farther in the bush, so the trees are a bit of a permanent shelter too.
Nothing was done wrong... they're curious and growing! Very appreciative that you show your 'fails'. Definitely don't think they are fails... just learning experience!❤
Ive been trying to figure out what to do for my two pot bellies and I appreciate you letting us know what works and dosnt work for you. I kind of wonder how this would fair in mountain winds.
I figured out with pigs is if they can get their nose under it, it stands zero chances against them. I know a lot of people like to move their pigs around but that just doesn't work for me. Bury some 4x4's and my go to siding are wood fence pickets. They are cheap and hold up surprisingly well for good long while ( I also build my raised beds out of them. They are less than $2 for a 6ft board and are roughly 5 inches wide.). And if you're able I would concrete the bottom (does not have to be fancy or professionally done) which keeps them from rooting up the ground of the shelter and makes cleaning a breeze.
Having raised pigs since i was a child. I learned all pigs, standard to small, they rut and with that bulldozer nose can tear appart anything. Pigs, if female, can get out when its her time of the month and if ones around find a male. I had 3 three hundred pound girls who all can in heat T the same time. I planted all my fence posts 32+ inches and for 5 days the rutted up my hog panel fences or whent through the sideds of the hog shed even though i thought i had them secure. A neighbor went to work one day and thought his sow might be starting heat, came home that night she was still in her pen so didnt think anything about it. 3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days later she blessed him with a litter of piglets. She had climbed out some how went to the boar 1 mile away. Was serviced and came home all in 8 hours. You figure. A standard hog can get up to my waist and im 6'2". And common nails holding corners together dont always do it. I suggest long longgg screws or pole building spikes.
Do you vaccinate the chick when they hatch?. I have the same incubator and got 10 last weekend. Somebody told me I need to vaccinate them against Marek when they are a day old. About the hut, hey it is all try and learn and the fun and challenges it brings, you are doing really good.
I've hatched and raised probably 1000 chicks and have never vaccinated any of them. I give them apple cider vinegar (with the mother) every other watering for the first 4 weeks (at least, you can do it longer and some people continue it forever). Just a few cap fulls with a gallon of water. I also feed mine yogurt. I'm a firm believer that if you keep chickens guts healthy, you won't have very much illness in your flock. The vaccinations come in mostly with hatcheries and large chicken farms where they have hundreds or thousands of chicks at once and they really have to try to keep any and all illnesses at bay because of the potential loss if a outbreak happens. When you have just a few chicks, you will notice pretty quick if one is acting sick so you can separate them pretty quick and you'll know quickly if it's something you need to treat the whole flock for. Good luck on your new chicks, you'll love it!
@@melissajohnson2935 Thank you for the feedback. I ended up vaccinating mines. Very easy to do but too expensive. As you said you and many other raise chicks with no vaccines and it is all good.
In my experience, your pigs are going to rip that tarp completely off. I have 2 pigs one stands about 3 1/2 ft tall. Perhaps your pigs will be better behaved!
Never know when you have a pig hut to build! Gotta admit when your wrong and make sure you learn from it. Anyone else deal with something like this? Let us know!
Oh ya I bought that stupid omelette chicken coop a year back and they outgrew that very fast and upgraded to one like yours! Your lucky your wife helps with the homestead! I’m hustling by myself with 2 dogs 6 chickens with 14 pullets ready to go outside, 2 barn cats and 2 Nigerian goats coming next month! Also 11 raised beds and 6 20x3 in ground beds and a food truck! 😓 😂
It was certainly fast action on your part taking care of your pig hut! Those little devils!...Ya never know what your animals are capable of sometimes. I hope Chelsea isn't too discouraged.
We are all good here, the pigs had a shelter every night!
I am impressed you admitted you were wrong. That's a good man. Your parents did a good job. We are allowed our opinions. It's ok if we thought something would work and it failed. It's life's little lessons. Now they will be warm if they need it.
Have a great week.
I will make many more mistakes and admitting your wrong allows you to learn and get better. Thank you for the kind words!
@@AcresOfAdventure true story!
Thank you for sharing the ups and downs.
Positive attitude gets you to overcome anything! Love it!❤
I have been binge watching your channel for the past couple weeks ago after I stumbled upon it. We just got our first baby chicks about 3 weeks ago. We’re definitely learning as we go and your ideas and advice have been a big help. Thanks for all you do.
I like your humility. It's great look on people especially men.
Just one thing, with the black tarp, it's gonna be hot in the summer.
When using a tarp that way, don't expect it to last long. Longest I've ever had one last was 2 years.
Oh yeah, our pig huts got torn apart too! Pigs can be destructive. Granted, one was just an old truck topper that was on its way out. The other one was wood slabs screwed to a quad of trees and they (the potbellies!) managed to rip some of that apart too. Thankfully their pens are farther in the bush, so the trees are a bit of a permanent shelter too.
Nothing was done wrong... they're curious and growing!
Very appreciative that you show your 'fails'. Definitely don't think they are fails... just learning experience!❤
Very true, a learning experience that sometimes has to be the hard way! Thank you
The work never ends. Your doing a great job. 👍
You got that right, thank you!
The hoop houses are easy to make and work well. Plan A doesn’t always work. Thank God for plan B.
You have to make sure your ready for plan A to not work. It’s bound to happen
Ive been trying to figure out what to do for my two pot bellies and I appreciate you letting us know what works and dosnt work for you. I kind of wonder how this would fair in mountain winds.
I figured out with pigs is if they can get their nose under it, it stands zero chances against them. I know a lot of people like to move their pigs around but that just doesn't work for me. Bury some 4x4's and my go to siding are wood fence pickets. They are cheap and hold up surprisingly well for good long while ( I also build my raised beds out of them. They are less than $2 for a 6ft board and are roughly 5 inches wide.). And if you're able I would concrete the bottom (does not have to be fancy or professionally done) which keeps them from rooting up the ground of the shelter and makes cleaning a breeze.
Having raised pigs since i was a child. I learned all pigs, standard to small, they rut and with that bulldozer nose can tear appart anything. Pigs, if female, can get out when its her time of the month and if ones around find a male. I had 3 three hundred pound girls who all can in heat T the same time. I planted all my fence posts 32+ inches and for 5 days the rutted up my hog panel fences or whent through the sideds of the hog shed even though i thought i had them secure. A neighbor went to work one day and thought his sow might be starting heat, came home that night she was still in her pen so didnt think anything about it. 3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days later she blessed him with a litter of piglets. She had climbed out some how went to the boar 1 mile away. Was serviced and came home all in 8 hours. You figure. A standard hog can get up to my waist and im 6'2". And common nails holding corners together dont always do it. I suggest long longgg screws or pole building spikes.
Do you vaccinate the chick when they hatch?. I have the same incubator and got 10 last weekend. Somebody told me I need to vaccinate them against Marek when they are a day old. About the hut, hey it is all try and learn and the fun and challenges it brings, you are doing really good.
I've hatched and raised probably 1000 chicks and have never vaccinated any of them. I give them apple cider vinegar (with the mother) every other watering for the first 4 weeks (at least, you can do it longer and some people continue it forever). Just a few cap fulls with a gallon of water. I also feed mine yogurt. I'm a firm believer that if you keep chickens guts healthy, you won't have very much illness in your flock. The vaccinations come in mostly with hatcheries and large chicken farms where they have hundreds or thousands of chicks at once and they really have to try to keep any and all illnesses at bay because of the potential loss if a outbreak happens. When you have just a few chicks, you will notice pretty quick if one is acting sick so you can separate them pretty quick and you'll know quickly if it's something you need to treat the whole flock for. Good luck on your new chicks, you'll love it!
@@melissajohnson2935 Thank you for the feedback. I ended up vaccinating mines. Very easy to do but too expensive. As you said you and many other raise chicks with no vaccines and it is all good.
Pigs are just rough with things--nothing wrong 👍🏻 we go with all metal because they also eat on wood--good luck 🤓 it’s always trial & error
Oh boy, nothing against you but that was a bad idea... the new one much better. Been at the cage making thing for over 40 years.
In my experience, your pigs are going to rip that tarp completely off. I have 2 pigs one stands about 3 1/2 ft tall. Perhaps your pigs will be better behaved!